Three sisters from Alabama are charged with attempting to hire a lady to give one of their sons-in-law a fatal heroin injection; they allegedly didn’t care if the man was shot or stabbed as long as the job got done.
According to court filings, federal allegations against Mitzy Gaye Smith, 54, Judy Owen, 61, and Sandra Grimes, 57, include conspiracy to commit murder for hire, conspiracy to transfer a firearm for use in a violent crime, and use of interstate commerce facilities for murder for hire.
According to court filings, the conspiracy was discovered this month when a woman told the FBI that her neighbor Smith and her sisters wanted Grimes’ daughter’s husband killed.
According to court filings, the informant claimed that Grimes told her that her son-in-law had drugged and abused Grimes’ daughter and their children, forcing her to have sex with other people.
Grimes is said to have driven to Louisiana with Owen in order to show their would-be assassin the house of their intended victim, making multiple passes by the address.
The woman was allegedly informed by Grimes and Owen that their target was a drug addict and that they intended her to give him a fatal quantity of heroin by injection.
Additionally, according to the documents, they stated that it didn’t matter if she had to cut his neck “as long as she got the job done.”
According to court documents, they told her they had previously paid a man $10,000 for the murder, but he allegedly fled with the money.
According to court records, the woman accepted the proposal but insisted on receiving extra money. According to court filings, Owen offered her $350 in cash for the heroin after she had supposedly paid the $500 veterinary cost for the would-be killer’s ailing dog in February.
According to court filings, during a second journey to Louisiana, Owen allegedly wanted the woman to kill the intended target outside a courthouse where he and Grimes’ daughter were having a hearing for child custody.
According to court documents, the accused would-be murderer turned down the request, claiming there were too many cameras and it was daytime.
According to court documents, they told her they had previously paid a man $10,000 for the murder, but he allegedly fled with the money.
As per the court records, the woman accepted the proposal but insisted on receiving extra money. According to court filings, Owen offered her $350 in cash for the heroin after she had supposedly paid the $500 veterinary cost for the would-be killer’s ailing dog in February.
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According to court filings, during a second journey to Louisiana, Owen allegedly wanted the woman to kill the intended target outside a courthouse where he and Grimes’ daughter were having a hearing for child custody.
According to court documents, the accused would-be murderer turned down the request, claiming there were too many cameras and it was daytime.
Smith is said to have given the woman a package filled with Christmas ornaments after that trip. According to court filings, a 9 mm Phoenix Arms handgun with a smashed serial number and a three-bullet magazine were found at the bottom of the package.
According to court documents, “she then knew the sisters were serious about the scheme” once she was given the gun.
Grimes and the lady texted about the plan using fictitious names, according to court filings. According to court filings, Grimes allegedly sent her $1,010 for the hit and paid back money through the Cash App for a hotel stay, food, and other costs in Louisiana.
Grimes texted the informant once in March of this year, allegedly saying, “U stab him in the heart at the door or shoot his a– in the heart or face.” The text message was recorded in court filings.
