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Arrest made in studio killing
January 26, 2005
BY MARSHA LOW
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For three weeks, Ferndale police searched for the man responsible for pumping two bullets into Amjed A. Abdallah, leaving him to die on the floor of his 8 Mile music studio.
In the end, Terrence Moore, also known as Terry Maddog 13, made his arrest easy for police.
On Tuesday, Moore, 26, of Detroit was arraigned on a charge of first-degree murder in Ferndale's 43rd District Court. Moore, who has the number 13 tattooed on his forehead, stood silently before Judge Joseph Longo, who entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf.
Abdallah's body was discovered on the studio floor Jan. 4. He had been dead for two days.
Immediately, Moore topped the police list of suspects.
A local rapper, he had been recording songs at Abdallah's studio. But the pair had a tense relationship, police said.
Moore liked to brag that he was a killer. Abdallah, 36, told friends and relatives that Moore made him nervous, police said.
On the night of Jan. 2, Moore knocked on the studio door and Abdallah let him in. The pair began to argue over studio fees. It ended with Moore pulling the trigger of a .357-caliber handgun, unloading two bullets into Abdallah, said Ferndale Detective Lt. Norm Raymond.
Moore left the studio that night with a $25,000 mixing board under his arm, police said. The next day he went to a pawn shop in Detroit and tried to sell it for $5,000.
The shop owner later told police that he didn't buy the mixing board because the serial number was missing. He said Moore often came to the store to try to sell random items. The shop owner described the tattoo on Moore's forehead.
Police visited Moore's Detroit home several times to question him about the shooting.
"The tattoo was obviously a helpful ID," Raymond said. "Each time we interviewed him, he was a little more forthcoming, until he confessed."
Just weeks before the killing, Abdallah was the focus of national media attention for putting his studio up for sale on eBay, advertising it as the place where Eminem recorded his breakthrough CD "The Slim Shady LP." However, most of the tracks for the CD were recorded in Los Angeles.
Abdallah was also well known as the drummer for the popular Detroit band Howling Diablos.
According to Deb Carley, spokeswoman for the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office, Moore has a lengthy criminal history that includes auto theft, breaking and entering and several weapons offenses. He served 51 months in a federal prison and was paroled in September 2001.
Moore is being held without bond in the Oakland County Jail. His preliminary exam begins at 8 a.m. Feb. 3 before Judge Longo. If convicted, Moore faces mandatory life in prison without a chance of parole.
*I have a big 13 on my head... nobody will notice anything*
Arrest made in studio killing
January 26, 2005
BY MARSHA LOW
[font=helvetica,arial]FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER[/font]
For three weeks, Ferndale police searched for the man responsible for pumping two bullets into Amjed A. Abdallah, leaving him to die on the floor of his 8 Mile music studio.
In the end, Terrence Moore, also known as Terry Maddog 13, made his arrest easy for police.
On Tuesday, Moore, 26, of Detroit was arraigned on a charge of first-degree murder in Ferndale's 43rd District Court. Moore, who has the number 13 tattooed on his forehead, stood silently before Judge Joseph Longo, who entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf.
Abdallah's body was discovered on the studio floor Jan. 4. He had been dead for two days.
Immediately, Moore topped the police list of suspects.
A local rapper, he had been recording songs at Abdallah's studio. But the pair had a tense relationship, police said.
Moore liked to brag that he was a killer. Abdallah, 36, told friends and relatives that Moore made him nervous, police said.
On the night of Jan. 2, Moore knocked on the studio door and Abdallah let him in. The pair began to argue over studio fees. It ended with Moore pulling the trigger of a .357-caliber handgun, unloading two bullets into Abdallah, said Ferndale Detective Lt. Norm Raymond.
Moore left the studio that night with a $25,000 mixing board under his arm, police said. The next day he went to a pawn shop in Detroit and tried to sell it for $5,000.
The shop owner later told police that he didn't buy the mixing board because the serial number was missing. He said Moore often came to the store to try to sell random items. The shop owner described the tattoo on Moore's forehead.
Police visited Moore's Detroit home several times to question him about the shooting.
"The tattoo was obviously a helpful ID," Raymond said. "Each time we interviewed him, he was a little more forthcoming, until he confessed."
Just weeks before the killing, Abdallah was the focus of national media attention for putting his studio up for sale on eBay, advertising it as the place where Eminem recorded his breakthrough CD "The Slim Shady LP." However, most of the tracks for the CD were recorded in Los Angeles.
Abdallah was also well known as the drummer for the popular Detroit band Howling Diablos.
According to Deb Carley, spokeswoman for the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office, Moore has a lengthy criminal history that includes auto theft, breaking and entering and several weapons offenses. He served 51 months in a federal prison and was paroled in September 2001.
Moore is being held without bond in the Oakland County Jail. His preliminary exam begins at 8 a.m. Feb. 3 before Judge Longo. If convicted, Moore faces mandatory life in prison without a chance of parole.
*I have a big 13 on my head... nobody will notice anything*
