Robert Aime Maheu (1917 - 2008)

Born 30 Oct 1917 in Waterville, Kennebec, Maine, United States

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Died 4 Aug 2008 at age 90 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States

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Biography

Robert Aime Maheu (October 30, 1917 – August 4, 2008) was an American businessman and lawyer, who worked for the FBI and CIA, and as the chief executive of Nevada operations for the industrialist Howard Hughes.

Maheu was born in Waterville, Maine, the son of Christine and Ephrem Maheu, who were of French-Canadian descent. In 1941, during his law studies at Georgetown, he was hired by the FBI and worked as a counter-intelligence officer in Europe during World War II. He left the FBI in 1947 and opened Robert A. Maheu and Associates, a private detective firm in Washington, DC.

In testimony before the Church Committee in 1975, Maheu confirmed his role in an assassination plot against Fidel Castro, involving Johnny Roselli and Sam Giancana. CIA documents released in 2007 provided additional details of the plot.

He and Jack Kerouac were 8th cousins. He and Trader Vic were 7th cousins once removed.

Sources

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24N-X275 : 2 March 2021), Robert A Mahew, Birth 30 Oct 1917; multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm 10,152.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFZL-TX6 : 1 February 2021), Robert Mahen in entry for Ephriam Mahen, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMDM-N5Y : accessed 10 August 2021), Robert Maheu in household of Ephseme Maheu, Waterville, Kennebec, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5...

• "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPMK-QD6P : 16 April 2021), Robert A Maheu and Yvette C Doyon, 1941.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTJN-WMK : 12 January 2021), Robert A Maheu, 04 Aug 2008; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia:...

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29610607/robert-aime-maheu

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Maheu

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_attempts_on_Fidel_Castro

• http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/national/familyjewels/20070626_ciaandmob.pdf

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Jewels_(Central_Intelligence_Agency)