his father, nicoh mayhew, soon follows. man crouchinge behind a car, suddenly running. within seconds, they shoot nicoh the head.ice in the child is injured. ordered by nicoh's nephew, brian, during this 2012 jailhouse phone call. time!w >> no question. >> look, got the time and all that, when you supposed to be everything. >> that's the voice of brian mayhew, already locked up for a double murder, telling his friend in code to kill his uncle, to prevent him from at his trial. >> it tells me that he just doesn't care. the criminalved in world that he's lost all sense of humanity, that he would kill own family member. reporter: the homicide detective, on the case from the packing uplly evidence today from the case, after last night, seeing mayhew triggerman convicted for the murder. an earlier trial last summer ending in a hung jury. this afternoon, prosecutors and the victim's loved ones, claiming justice is done. >> witness intimidation is a strategy. work.l never, ever reporter: brian mayhew will now likely face another consecutive life term. victim's mother says the p

nicoh mayhew seen wearing a white jacket here walks into his mother's apartment building holding his 2-year-o the suspect seen ducking behind the cars, go into the building shooting and killing mayhew and injuring his 2-year-old son. >> they know what they did to my son. i don't think any mother or anybody should have to you go through that. >> reporter: nicoh mayhew was set to testify against his nephew. state prosecutors say mayhew ordered his uncle's murder to keep that from happening. >> we hope it sends the message out to anyone that witness intimidation as a strategy will never, ever work. >> reporter: he coordinated his uncle's hit while he was locked up in prince george's county jail through a series of illegal three-way conversations. >> get all the way up. >> what you think i'm going to do? >> i don't know. i just -- you know i got to put it down like how i do it nothing less, feel me. >> scheming, conniving and just ruthless. he has no heart. he's just a dang >> reporter: despite his uncle's murder, brian mayhew was convicted in that double murder. now he and his co-defenda

>> brian mayhew doesn't care about anybody. >> reporter: nicoh mayhew was set to testify against his nephew. >> we hope it sends the message out to everyone that witness intimidation as a strategy will never, ever work. >> reporter: he coordinated his uncle's hit while he was locked up through a series of three-way conversations. in one call he's told to expect his 2-year-old son to be there. he refers to him as a joint. >> remember the joint that got in the way. that might be with him. >> what about it? >> nothing. >>ic wearing a white jacket enters his mother's apartment building while carrying his 2-year-old son. the gunman seen hiding behind cars ran in to shoot and kill him. his son was shot but survived. >> i'm these people will not be walking the streets no more. >> reporter: now, this has been an incredible trial when it comes to security. nearly 20 deputies protecting that courtroom where this was held. additional security for the prosecutors who prosecuted this case as well. now, all three of them will be sentenced next week. there was also a young lady who was helping with

nicoh mayhew waso,rp killed in weeks before he was set to take the stand. prosecutors say mayhew ordered the hit through a series of illegal jailhouse phone calls. despite the murder, ryan mayhew was convicted on the double murders. >>> we're working for you with this health alert. more and more people are getting the flu, producers, we have all been hit over the last couple weeks, so doctors are advising everyone to wash your hands. health officials say the flu is widespread in 12 states, including maryland, but this year's vaccine is a good match for the strain that's circulating and doctors say it's not too late to get the flu shot. >>> he's the man behind a shocking crime that got national attention, but even as the case against him builds, there's still one big question that's looming over the mansion murder. >>> and what part of your weekend could be wet and more on the storm we're tracking for next week. (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. a

nicoh mayhew's son was also sho the in this incident but survived. that boy's mother testified today along with his grandmother. this case is expected to last the next two weeks. i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >>> at the live desk we're learning if sea senior isis lea wife has charged in the death of kayla mueller. now the woman is facing charges. she's married to abu sigh yef, senior leader of isis until he died last year. she admits she was solely responsible for watching mueller and says isis leader al baghdadi owned mueller during her time in captivity. she was captured during a u.s. raid on one of her homes and is being held in iraq where she's facing charges. >> chris lawrence, thank you. >>> tonight desperate plaes for a young woman in virginia to return home. no one has seen or heard from rose ditoro in several days and her family says her troubled past has them very concerned. news4's pat collins is in manassas at the hotel where she was last seen. pat? >> reporter: doreen, she has no money, she has no cell phone, she has no car. rose ditoro is

nicoh's 2-year-old son was shot but survived. it's also alleged that mayhewas able to threaten his uncle face-to-face when he came oto visit his brother in jail. that led to stricter training for jail officers. coming up on news4 at 6:00, the prince george's county jail is still looking for a new vendor to try and make sure that those illegal three-way conversations do not happen. we'll also explain why security is at an all-time high here inside of the shouscourthouse. >>> v.j., after what we went through a couple weeks ago, i'm thinking this storm could be a piece of cake. does that sound right? >> it could be a piece of cake if we don't get ahead of ourselves because it's tomorrow afternoon late, tomorrow evening where i really think we'll start to see the snow pile up very quickly in some areas, especially north of d.c. where that winter storm warning has been posted. for us we're going to be in this a while, folks. for this evening though, it's just rain showers first. nothing to worry about. it's early tomorrow morning that roads will be impacted. hopef