KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (TCN) — A 48-year-old lady will spend over eight years behind bars after she pleaded responsible to attempting to hiring a success man on the darkish internet to kill the spouse of a person she met on a relationship web site.
The U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace for the Jap District of Tennessee introduced Wednesday, Sept. 18, {that a} choose sentenced Melody Sasser to 100 months in federal jail, adopted by three years of supervised launch as a part of an settlement the place she pleaded responsible to utilizing interstate commerce amenities within the fee of murder-for-hire.
Sasser reportedly went to a website known as On-line Killers Market to rent a success man to kill an Alabama lady. She reportedly requested that the killing look “random” or like an accident. The web site On-line Killers Market reportedly has over 12,000 members and “consists of a public discussion board whereby customers are inspired to overtly, and publicly, ask any query of both the administration or the alleged hit man.”
In response to Sasser’s affidavit, Sasser and the sufferer’s husband met on Match.com, and the 2 have been pals when he lived in Tennessee. Later, the person moved to Alabama and obtained engaged to the sufferer, who was recognized by initials J.W.
In late 2022, Sasser traveled to Alabama. The person reportedly informed her about his engagement, to which Sasser replied, “I hope you each fall off a cliff and die.” Across the similar time, J.W. discovered her automotive seemed prefer it had been keyed. Then, J.W. reportedly acquired “disagreeable telephone calls from an individual using an digital gadget to disguise their voice.”
On Jan. 11, 2023, Sasser despatched a message on On-line Killers Market offering particulars about J.W.’s automotive, her commute, and her residence. Sasser paid almost $10,000 in bitcoin for the hit. Three months later, she despatched one other message asking why the job had not been accomplished but.
Sasser was finally arrested and charged in June 2023.
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