A California man was convicted last week of orchestrating the 2018 murder of his wife’s podiatrist. Thomas Shock, 67, was shot to death in his home in August 2018. By his body, investigators found a single page from a California Medical Board document discussing a patient identified by the initials B.L., believed to be Bonnie …
The owner of an auto dealership allegedly paid nearly a million dollars to former soldiers in a murder-for-hire plot
A popular Colorado animal rights attorney accused of setting up a hit on her husband’s new girlfriend apparently said she was the one that was set up. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Jennifer Emmi, the founder of The Animal Law Center in Evergreen, is accused of trying to get at least two informants to kill her …
Before his arrest, the suspect reportedly carried his slain sister’s casket at her funeral.
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 …
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 …
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 …
The mysterious dark web is a place to buy all the things outside the mainstream of social norms and laws, especially hitmen. Today, Crime Stories looks at three cases of murder for hire on the dark web, and the women involved, who are both victims and suspects: Tina Jones, Amy Allwine and Alexis Stern. Joining …
An Idaho woman has admitted in federal court to paying $5,000 to who she thought was a hitman to kill the father of one of her children. Katrina L. Danforth, 32, an adult film star who uses the alias Lynn Pleasant, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire. According to The Spokesman-Review, Danforth told …
An American porn actress is facing a decade in prison for allegedly orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot, People magazine reports. Katrina Danforth, 31, has been charged with five counts of using interstate commerce to hire someone to kill an individual identified as “R.H.” in court documents obtained by the magazine. Danforth appeared in court Wednesday in Idaho …
An Ohio woman who solicited a hitman to kill her stepdaughters’ mother spend five years behind bars for the failed murder-for-hire plot. According to the Columbus Dispatch, Tara Arbogast, formerly known as Tara Lambert, ultimately pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit aggravated murder. Arbogast, 35, was caught on camera in July 2015 offering a hitman a $125 downpayment …
A Utah senior citizen was accused of attempting to hire a hit man for the third time Friday, the same day a jury found her guilty of criminal solicitation for a previous murder-for-hire plot. According to the Washington Post, Linda Tracy Gillman, 70, was convicted of attempting to hire Christian Olsen, who was a tenant of …
