Police file new charge against Coraopolis man accused in death of Murrysville businessman

A new charge was filed Wednesday against an Allegheny County man accused in the fatal shooting of a Murrysville businessman.

Allegheny County Police said they believe Jeremy T. Fisher, 41, of Coraopolis, asked a former business associate to kill George Dayieb, 57, about a month before Dayieb’s Dec. 27 death, according to court papers. Fisher offered the man $50,000 sometime around Nov. 27, the witness told police.

“Witness #1 initially thought Jeremy was kidding until he (saw) that Jeremy was arrested for killing George (Dayieb),” police wrote in the new complaint.

Fisher and two other men were arrested in late December in connection with Dayieb’s death. Prosecutors said during preliminary hearings for two of them last week that Fisher urged his nephew Braden N. Elliott, 20, of Chicora, to kill Dayieb and provided Elliott with a gun. Testimony indicated the gun came from William Fortuna, 58, of Conway.

Elliott testified against both men and said Fisher promised him a work truck in exchange for killing Dayieb.

The three are accused of leaving Dayieb’s body at a Clarion County camp.

In the days after news coverage of Dayieb’s death and the three arrests, police said the new witness came forward. The witness is from the Butler County area and told authorities that he has worked with Fisher for years and knows his family and friends.

One day in late November, Fisher showed up at a site where the witness was working and asked him to kill Dayieb, according to court papers. Fisher claimed that Dayieb owed him money for an excavator, but the witness said “that did not sound like something (Dayieb) would do,” police said.

“Witness #1 said he asked Jeremy what type of problem he had with George (Dayieb) and Jeremy told him he would not understand,” the complaint states.

Fisher had not been arraigned on the new charge, solicitation to commit criminal homicide. His attorney could not immediately be reached.

In the original homicide case, he and Fortuna were ordered to stand trial after 3½ hours of testimony. Elliott admitted to killing Dayieb while they rode in Fisher’s truck and Fisher drove. Elliott previously waived his right to a preliminary hearing.

Police found the Ford F-350 Dayieb drove Dec. 27 abandoned near McKees Rocks. Authorities said in court papers they believed the killing was over a $400,000 debt Fisher owed Dayieb for purchasing a piece of equipment for him.