Woman charged after killer Craigslist ad
A Michigan woman has been charged with using the Craigslist classified-advertisement
Web site to find a killer for a romantic rival.
The job title? Freelance. The price? US$5,000.
According to authorities, Ann Marie Linscott posted two ads in November and
received at least three responses, apparently from people who thought the ad
was for a freelance writing gig.
In e-mail exchanges, however, Linscott, 48, told the job seekers that she was
looking for "silent assassins" to "eradicate" a 56-year-old
Oroville, California, woman named "Carol," according to an affidavit
from the FBI agent investigating the case. Carol's husband had been having an
affair with Linscott after the two met several years earlier during an online
college course, the affidavit states.
Linscott used the alias bourne2run as part of her e-mail address.
On Wednesday a California grand jury brought murder-for-hire charges against
Linscott, who is now facing up to 30 years in jail and a $750,000 fine for her
ad. She was arrested on Jan. 24 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
IDG News Service
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