A witness testified that on April 22, 1991, Kenneth Hartley and two codefendants (Ronnie Ferrell and Sylvester Johnson) approached Gino Mayhew who was selling crack cocaine outside of his Chevrolet Blazer.

The witness saw Hartley place a gun to Mayhew’s head and force him into the driver’s seat. Hartley sat in the back seat, behind Mayhew, and Ferrell climbed into the front passenger seat. The Blazer left at a high rate of speed, with Johnson following in a truck.

On April 23, 1991 police found Mayhew slumped in the driver’s seat with five gunshot wounds – one shot to the forehead, three shots to the back of his head and one shot to the shoulder.

Source: Florida Commission on Capital Cases