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HUNTER: Elnaz Hajtamiri suspect makes U.S. Marshals Most Wanted list

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Deshawn “Thorobread” Davis is in a world of hurt.

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The 36-year-old Toronto man has now ascended to the top of the criminal milieu’s Mount Everest.

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On Thursday, he was named to the U.S. Marshals Service’s 15 Most Wanted Fugitives list. That means he has a target painted squarely on his back and there’s no safe space for him anywhere.

The Marshals are hunting Davis for a nasty bit of business in Miami. He is also wanted in Ontario for his alleged role in the kidnapping and presumed murder of Elnaz Hajtamiri.

Police issued a $100,000 reward in Elnaz Hajtamiri abduction case. Elnaz Missing Since January 2022 from Wasaga Beach. Images provided by OPP
Police issued a $100,000 reward in Elnaz Hajtamiri abduction case. Elnaz Missing Since January 2022 from Wasaga Beach. Images provided by OPP

The 37-year-old woman was kidnapped in the dead of night from a relative’s Wasaga Beach home by three armed men wearing police gear. That was in January 2022.  She has not been seen alive since and is presumed dead.

OPP and York Regional Police detectives eventually unravelled a convoluted plot suspected to be connected to stolen vehicles being shipped to the Middle East.

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Her former boyfriend is charged with kidnapping and first-degree murder.

But Deshawn “Thorobread” Davis’s bigger problem is now the U.S. Marshals and that gang-related murder in Miami.

On May 7, 2023, Davis allegedly 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.

Mohammed Lilo has been charged with the kidnapping and attempted murder of missing Elnaz Hajtamiri, who was snatched from a Wasaga Bech home in January. LILO/ FACEBOOK
Mohamad Lilo has been charged with murder and the kidnapping and attempted murder of missing Elnaz Hajtamiri, who was snatched from a Wasaga Beach home in January 2022. MOHAMAD LILO/FACEBOOK

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

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OPP detectives believe that Hajtamiri’s ex-boyfriend, Mohamad Lilo of Laval, Que., Davis and another accomplice posed as the cops and dragged the terrified young woman into a white SUV.

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He had been charged along with two others in February 2022 in connection with the Hajtameri case, but by then he was in the wind headed for unknown parts.

Lo Grissom was gunned down in a Miami nightclub. MIAMI BEACH CRIME STOPPERS
Lo Grissom was gunned down in a Miami nightclub in May 2023. MIAMI BEACH CRIME STOPPERS

That would be the Sunshine State where he allegedly resumed his criminal career.

“Placing Deshawn Davis on the U.S. Marshals Service 15 Most Wanted list reflects the heinous nature of his alleged crimes and shows our resolve to bring him to justice,” said U.S. Marshals Service Director Ronald L. Davis.

The U.S. Marshals are offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information that leads to Davis’s capture.

This photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows officers arresting Ivan Claudio Rosero in Philadelphi
This photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows officers arresting Ivan Claudio Rosero in Philadelphia, June 6, 2023. Photo by U.S. Marshals Service /via AP

The USMS in the Southern District of Florida and the USMS Florida/Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force have adopted the Miami Beach Police murder warrant and are collaborating with the USMS Investigative Operations Division Office of Canadian Affairs to locate Davis, who is believed to be still in the U.S.

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Davis is also listed as one of Canada’s 25 Most Wanted list with a $100,000 price on his head. Anyone with information concerning Davis is asked to contact the OPP or the dedicated TipLine at 1-833-728-3415.

He is described as Black, average build, 6-foot-1, 175 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. He has tattoos on his neck, forearms and chest.

A US Marshal comforts a suspected sex trafficking victim. The Marshals recovered more than 300 missing children last year.
A U.S. Marshal comforts a suspected sex trafficking victim. The Marshals recovered more than 300 missing children last year. Photo by HANDOUT /US MARSHALS

As I said, Davis’ problems are mounting.

Twenty-odd years ago, I saw the U.S. Marshals in action firsthand on W. 47th St. in New York City.

A guy from Texas who slaughtered his family decided to shoot it out with the Marshals on the busy street off Times Square. I missed the shootout but the winner was not in doubt.

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The Texas killer was lying dead on the cold pavement.

That’s something for Deshawn “Thorobread” Davis to think about.

bhunter@postmedia.com

@HunterTOSun

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