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Peter J. Halat Jr. (born July 27, 1942) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the twelfth mayor of Biloxi, Mississippi, [1] and was later convicted and served time for his involvement in a criminal conspiracy which led to the 1987 murders of Halat's former law partner, Mississippi judge Vincent Sherry, and Sherry's wife Margaret, a Biloxi city councilwoman. [2]
While imprisoned, Nix ordered the 1987 murder-for-hire of Judge Vincent Sherry and his wife Margaret, in Biloxi, Mississippi. His conspirator, Biloxi Mayor Pete Halat, had, in his capacity as Nix's attorney, stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars that Nix had amassed in a massive lonely hearts scam, blaming it on his law partner, Judge Sherry ...
Pete Halat: 1989–1993 Democratic A. J. Holloway: 1993–2015 Republican: Andrew "FoFo" Gilich [1] 2015– Republican Sources "History of Biloxi governance," from ...
Louisiana State Penitentiary, from where Nix perpetrated a "Lonely Hearts" scam. Kirksey McCord Nix Jr. (born 1943) is the former boss of the Dixie Mafia. [1] [2]He was a suspect in the assassination attempt on Sheriff Buford Pusser and in the death of Buford's wife on August 12, 1967.
Former Biloxi, Mississippi mayor Pete Halat. Businessman Juan Bravo in a trial with Senator Héctor Martínez Maldonado from Puerto Rico in 2010. [31] Represented Reno millionaire, Darren Mack in a controversial murder trial. Darren Mack's case was the topic of an NBC special entitled "Killings in the biggest little city."
Mayor of Biloxi, Mississippi; In office 1993 – July 1, 2015: Preceded by: Pete Halat: Succeeded by: Andrew "FoFo" Gilich: Member of the Biloxi City Council from Ward 3; In office
In later years, she played a key role in his operations, including direct ties to the murders of Vince and Margaret Sherry. Edward Humes, in his 1994 book, Mississippi Mud, chronicled their murders and the subsequent investigation of Gillich, Nix, Bobby Fabian, and others who were involved either loosely or actively in the murders. With the aid ...
Following are lists of murders organized in various ways. Entries may appear in more than one section. By location List of ...