Travell Anthony Hill pled guilty on Friday to murdering Andre Montgomery Jr., the grandson of Sweetie Pie’s owner Robbie Montgomery. The 30-year-old St. Louis man was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and received an additional count of murder-for-hire in the killing of then-21-year-old Andre in March 2016.
Travell confessed he had fatally shot his victim in exchange for $5,000 as requested by Andre’s uncle, James Norman, who was adamant that “he wanted Montgomery dead.” Furthermore, he claimed that James had hired Terica Ellis, a former girlfriend, to play along by luring the late reality star to the 3900 block of Natural Bridge Drive where he ended up being shot and succumbing to his injuries.
Wow the killer plead guilty in conspiring to killing Andre Montgomery, grandson of Sweetie Pie’s, Robbie Montgomery. That fact that his own uncle, Ms. Robbie son Tim Norman did this is disgusting for $450,000. His deceased brother kid! 🗣 THROW WIDE HIPS UNDER THE JAIL!
— Shay 👑 (@shaytheproblem) June 4, 2022
Before Andre’s death, James allegedly tried to cash out $450,000 in life insurance policies with the help of his insurance agent Waiel Rebhi Yaghnam. The two are charged with wire and mail fraud, while Waiel is also facing another count of aggravated identity theft. James and Terica are expected to go on trial in September for their conspiracy to commit murder charges.
During Friday’s plea hearing U.S. District Judge John A. Ross said that Travell’s sentencing will also be scheduled for September, with both counts carrying a mandatory life sentence in prison. An indictment revealed how Travell had outed himself by discussing the incident while incarcerated and on the phone with his brother. Federal prosecutors have said they will not seek the death penalty for the murder.
I hope that this news about the shooter implicating Tim Norman in Andre Montgomery’s death is enough to convince Miss Robbie that her son isn’t a good person and it’s ok to let him go. If he did this to his nephew, he probably wouldn’t have spared her either. #SweetiePies
— BeautifulSouL (@MisoFThSto) June 5, 2022
Andre found fame as one of the stars of “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s,” a soul food-based reality show which ran from October 2011 to June 2018 on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
His grandmother, Robbie, was a former member of The Ikettes, and landed her big break in the ‘60s as a backing vocalist for Ike & Tina Turner before going on to work with the likes of Stevie Wonder, the Rolling Stones, Joe Cocker, and Barbra Streisand. Robbie later turned her attention to becoming a restaurateur with the help of her family as they ventured out and created the Sweetie Pie’s franchise, which would propel them to receive their show on OWN. Interestingly enough, Andre and Tim made recurring appearances on the reality series.