Contract Killing News
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Woman allegedly paid dark web company in bitcoin to kill lover's wife: Prosecutors
An Illinois woman is suspected of moving through the shadows of the dark web to carry out a sinister murder-for-hire plot, even using cryptocurrency to mask her identity. Tina Jones, 31, of Des Plaines, Illinois, allegedly paid a dark web company more than $10,000 via bitcoin in January to have the
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3 former US Army soldiers convicted in contract killing
A former U.S. Army sniper and two other ex-soldiers have been convicted in New York for the contract killing of a woman in the Philippines
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International team to investigate in slain journalist case
Slovakia's prosecutor general has signed a deal to create an international team to investigate into the slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancee
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Juror on verdict in murder -for -hire case: He won't 'be around to terrorize' others
A juror in the trial for a Texas doctor convicted of a plot to have his ex-girlfriend and the ex-husband of his girlfriend killed says it was hard to believe he was anything but guilty in the case. Thelma Ginsburg was one of two women on the jury at the trial of Leon Jacob, a doctor who was accused
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What happened in bizarre murder -for -hire plot that led to veterinarian's suicide, her boyfriend in prison
Valerie McDaniel knew she had been found out. Detectives had arrested the prominent Houston veterinarian and her boyfriend, Leon Jacob, after accusing them of trying to hire a hit man to kill both of their exes, and now they were facing the possibility of time behind bars. Out on bail but still
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Russian spy case draws comparisons to other targeted poisonings
As British authorities work to establish who was behind the poisoning of a former Russian double agent with a nerve agent last week, suspicion has quickly fallen on Russia. Britain’s government has said it is too early to assign blame for the attack in the small town of Salisbury that left Sergey
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Family of victim in love triangle botched homicide in Florida speaking out
Crying in front of a Florida funeral home where their loved one lay in a coffin, the family of a woman mistakenly targeted in a murder-for-hire case stemming from a love triangle demanded justice Friday while expressing gratitude for the outpouring of support they have received from the stunned
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Probe shows Florida woman was heading home when mistakenly targeted for murder
During her lunch break on Jan. 7, Janice Marie Zengotita-Torres phoned her Kissimmee, Florida, home to check on her young son and tell her mother she would be home as soon as she finished her shift at shopping mall store, according to police records obtained by ABC News. But by 4:30 the next
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Wrong woman killed in love triangle murder -for -hire plot, officials say
A murder-for-hire plot spun out of a love triangle went awry when the wrong woman was kidnapped and killed, authorities said. A woman's body was found Monday in Florida's Ormond Beach and later identified as 42-year-old Janice Marie Zengotita-Torres, who had been reported missing in Osceola County.