Murder for hire

Murder for hire
February 8, 2021

Colorado animal rights lawyer jailed in murder for hire plot

A Colorado animal rights attorney and social media personality has been arrested and charged with trying to hire a hit man to “take care” of her husband’s girlfriend, CBS 4 reports. Jennifer Emmi and her husband were separated and going through a divorce, the station reported. According to Emmi, he had begun an affair with …

Murder for hire
January 30, 2021

Oklahoma couple arrested in murder-for-hire plot to kill wife’s ex-husband

An Oklahoma couple are suspected of trying to hire a family friend in Texas to kill the wife’s ex-husband, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) reports. Courtney Deatherage, 25, was arrested on January 22 when she, Dustin Deatherage, 26, and the family friend met to discuss the deal. The friend, however, had contacted law …

Murder for hire
January 30, 2021

UPDATE: Family in shock after middle school teacher allegedly paid to have his mother killed

Family members are shocked after a Kentucky man allegedly plotted to kill his mother in a murder-for-hire scheme thwarted by the person he paid to carry out the execution, WSAZ-TV reports. Kentucky State Police and the FBI on Thursday arrested 41-year-old Billy Reynolds after he allegedly paid someone $10,000 to kill his mother, as CrimeOnline …

Murder for hire
January 29, 2021

Did property dispute lead son to hire hitman to kill his mother?

A northeastern Kentucky middle school teacher was arrested earlier this month after allegedly hiring someone to kill his mother, Kentucky State Police said, according to WSAZ. Billy G. Reynolds, 41, was a bus driver for Carter County Schools and also served as a special education teacher at West Carter Middle School in Olive Hill, Superintendent …

Murder for hire
November 20, 2020

Tennessee man offers undercover ‘hit man’ $10K to kill his sheriff’s deputy stepfather

A Tennessee man has been arrested and charged with trying to hire someone to kill his stepfather — a Putnam County sheriff’s deputy, the sheriff’s office said. Brian Allen Hodges was taken into custody on Friday and charged with solicitation of first degree murder after he agreed to pay an undercover agent $10,000 to kill …

Murder for hire
June 17, 2020

Nancy Grace goes toe-to-toe with attorney for ‘Black Widow’ newlywed who was caught on tape plotting husband’s murder

For Monday’s episode of “Crime Stories,” host Nancy Grace went toe-to-toe with the lawyer representing a Florida woman who’s serving a 16-year sentence for a failed murder plot targeting her husband. Prosecutors have alleged Dalia Dippolito plotted Mike Dippolito’s murder to gain control of her husband’s savings and their Palm Beach County home. Authorities got …

Laene Piontek
Murder for hire
June 17, 2020

Wisconsin man accused of sexually assaulting little girl, paying someone to kill her & her mother so they won’t testify: Police

A Wisconsin man charged earlier this month with sexual assault is apparently facing additional charges after he tried to have the victim and her mother killed, police say. Fox 11 reports that Laene Piontek appeared in court Tuesday on charges of first-degree intentional homicide solicitation. Although the suspect’s defense attorney called the new charges a …

Murder for hire
May 24, 2020

Georgia businessman would have paid thousands to have his wife ‘assassinated’ [Cops]

A coastal Georgia town was rocked this week by a shocking crime when the owner of a freight transportation company was arrested in an alleged scheme “to have a family member assassinated,” WSAV reported. Port Wentworth Police Lt. Dale Sylvester told the station that they received a tip last week saying that Mark Clayton Davis, …