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2-9-21 columbus woman charged in murder for hire plot

todayFebruary 8, 2021

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman has been charged in federal court with trying to hire a hitman using bitcoin currency. According to documents filed Friday in the Western District of Wisconsin, 37-year-old Kelly Harper of Columbus used a murder-for-hire sites on the dark web to set up the death of a unnamed Sun Prairie man from late October through late December. Harper provided the man’s height, weight, eye color, cell phone number and photos of his vehicle. She also shared a screenshot of a bitcoin wallet with a value of about $5,633 to the site administrator. She’s due to make her initial court appearance Tuesday.

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