Triple-murder suspect’s attorney gets computer expert to decipher evidence
The attorney for a man charged in a triple murder in Warren this fall gained the ability to hire an expert to decipher and organize computer data in different formats from multiple police agencies.
Judge John Chmura of 37th District Court in Warren on Thursday approved providing $3,500 at $150 per hour for the defense to hire the expert in the case of Nicholas R. Bahri. He who is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Tukoyo Moore, 32; Moore’s 6-yearold son, Tai’raz; and his girlfriend, Isis Rimson, 28. Their bodies were found the morning of Oct. 1.
“I need a computer person to organize and put together and abstract it and put it on my computer,” Rodnick told the judge.
The case involves at least three law enforcement agencies as Tukoyo Moore’s body was found in Moore’s burned out rental Kia Sorrento in Detroit, while Tai’raz and Rimson’s body’s were found in the basement of their Warren home. According to police, Bahri left his West Bloomfield Township home in the Sorrento driven by Moore shortly before 8 p.m. Sept. 30 and returned to his home in a taxi shortly before 4 a.m. Oct. 1. Bahri allegedly committed the murders during that eighthour gap.
He is captured on security video twice at his home and once each at a gas station at Eight Mile Road and Woodward Avenue in Detroit, where he appears to purchase a gas can, and outside the MGM Casino in Detroit, where he is seen
waiting a taxi.
Bahri was arrested about two weeks after the incident.
Each police agency has provided a large volume of evidentiary information in the case in different digital formats, Rodnick said.
Assistant Macomb Prosecutor William Cataldo did not oppose the request and noted his office at times also “struggles with” accessing information arriving in “different formats” from various police departments.
Rodnick said the computer expert told him his services in total will probably cost about $6,000 to $7,000.
“This is a good start,” he said of Chmura’s approval, adding he likely will ask Chmura or a Macomb
for
County Circuit Court judge, if the case progresses to the higher court, for more funds as needed.
A probable-cause hearing is scheduled for Jan. 7.
Thursday’s hearing was held over Zoom and shown on youtube.com. Bahri appeared remotely by video from the jail. He provided short replies to questions from the judge. At one point when asked a series of questions about whether he understood each type of charge, he said, “I know my charges.”
The horrific execution style shooting of especially the child shocked the community. The mother and child were found in the basement of the Otis Avenue home near Dequindre and Nine Mile roads.
Moore was also shot to death but was found in the vehicle on Hyde Park, on the near east side of Detroit.
Police allege Bahri killed
the victims over drugs and money as they were involved in drug dealing. Moore kept a large of amount of drugs, firearms and cash inside the home, according to authorities.
Police indicated Bahri’s cell phone showed he possessed a large amount of cash after the slayings. Further details were not provided.
Bahir is charged with three counts each of firstdegree and felony murder, mutilation of a corpse, arson and six counts of felony firearm.
Bahri has an extensive criminal history, none of it for assault-type crimes. He was discharged from prison on Aug. 20 after serving time for several crimes including thirddegree fleeing police, cocaine possession, larceny and breaking into a building, according to Michigan Department of Corrections records.