Accused Elnaz Hajtamiri kidnapping-murder mastermind wants bail

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The man cops allege is the mastermind behind the shocking 2022 Elnaz Hajtamiri kidnapping and presumed murder wants out on bail.

Her ex-boyfriend, Mohamad Lilo, of Laval, Que. is charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping.

According to CTV News, Lilo briefly appeared in court on Monday in another bid for bail. The matter was put over until Jan. 13.

Lilo has been on ice at the Central North Correctional Centre in Penetanguishene since his arrest in June 2022. CTV reported that he applied for bail in late November.

Previous bail bids were torpedoed.

The Hajtamiri investigation was one of the most in-depth probes in recent memory with layer upon layer needing to be peeled away by OPP and York Regional Police detectives.

Hajtamiri had fled to a relative’s home in Wasaga Beach after being beaten in the underground garage of her Richmond Hill condo in December 2021. Only the appearance of a passerby thwarted a kidnapping attempt at the time.

But on Jan. 12, 2022, she was snatched from her relative’s home by three suspects posing as cops and claiming to have an arrest warrant.

She has not been seen since.

Investigators discovered a suspected wide-ranging plot involving at least a dozen actors. Some of the participants have had charges withdrawn or stayed. Other alleged plotters are expected to stand trial in 2025.

From the start, the probe has been murky with threads into the criminal underworld centering on the highly lucrative stolen vehicle business. Lilo ran a shipping container business.

Several of those arrested were also busted in connection with an Alberta theft ring that targeted Ford F-150 pickup trucks for overseas sale.

The final suspect in the plot, Deshawn “Thorobread” Davis, 36, of Toronto, was arrested in California last August by the U.S. Marshals — just days after hitting the famed law enforcement agency’s 15 Most Wanted Fugitives list.

At the time, Davis was wanted in Ontario for his alleged role in the kidnapping and presumed murder of Hajtamiri.

Davis was wanted by the Marshals for a gangland murder in Miami.

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Cops allege that on May 7, 2023, Davis opened fire during a party at the GALA nightclub in Miami Beach. Rapper, impresario and talent scout for Chris Brown Entertainment, Lowell “Lo” Grissom, was shot to death. Two women were also injured.

Cops in Miami believe the Grissom slaying was targeted and gang-related.

Sources said that Davis fled to Florida after he was named a fugitive in the maze-like Hajtamiri probe.

None of the allegations against Lilo have been proven in court.

bhunter@postmedia.com

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