A Tennessee woman allegedly paid a hitman to assassinate the soon-to-be wife of a man she met on a dating site, according to ABC News.
Melody Sasser was arrested on May 18 and charged with attempted murder at the request of a man. according to To ABC News. According to ABC News, federal investigators suspected Sasser sent $10,000 in bitcoin to a site called Online Killers Market, and the soon-to-be wife of a man he met on a dating site. claimed to have demanded the murder of The website allegedly offers hitman services such as “hacking, kidnapping, extortion, acid attack injury, and sexual assault” (WVLT 8) report. (Related: Federal officials accuse Kentucky Islamic Center leader of hiring hitmen)
According to ABC News, the woman posted a hit-seeking post under the pseudonym “Cat Tree” and then contacted the website’s administrators for help.
A Tennessee woman allegedly paid to hire a hitman to kill the wife of a man she met on a dating site, according to a criminal complaint. https://t.co/g05Eib19WN
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Sasser reportedly befriended the man on Match.com because of their shared passion for hiking. ABC News reports that Sasser turned to the dark web after learning the man was planning to move out of state to marry another woman. She provided specific details about the man’s future wife, including her home and work addresses, the car she drives and information about her daily life, according to the complaint cited by the Times.
The screenshot shows Sasser saying, “It has to look random, or [an] Incident. Or if you plant drugs, you don’t want a lengthy investigation,” the paper reported.
In late March, the woman showed impatience and asked for the latest information. “I’ve waited two months and 11 days and the job is still not done… What’s behind? When will it be done,” Sasser wrote, ABC reported.
Sasser is now scheduled to appear in federal court on Thursday, ABC reported.
