Post by Logan on May 14, 2016 4:58:55 GMT -6
CARTHAGE — A Missouri man has pleaded guilty in Illinois to trying to hire someone to kill a 4-year-old to prevent the child from testifying in court against him in a sexual abuse case.
The Quincy Herald-Whig reports that 27-year-old Christopher O. Brown of Revere, Missouri, entered the plea Thursday in a western Illinois court to one count of solicitation of murder for hire. Two other similar charges involving a 20-year-old woman and a 2-month-old child and two sexual abuse charges were dropped as part of a plea deal.
A Hancock County judge immediately sentenced Brown to 25 years in prison.
Court documents say Brown offered another Hancock County Jail inmate $15,000 and a $20 jail commissary to kill the 4-year-old.
Read more: www.sj-r.com/news/20160513/missouri-man-gets-25-years-in-illinois-murder-for-hire-plot
The Quincy Herald-Whig reports that 27-year-old Christopher O. Brown of Revere, Missouri, entered the plea Thursday in a western Illinois court to one count of solicitation of murder for hire. Two other similar charges involving a 20-year-old woman and a 2-month-old child and two sexual abuse charges were dropped as part of a plea deal.
A Hancock County judge immediately sentenced Brown to 25 years in prison.
Court documents say Brown offered another Hancock County Jail inmate $15,000 and a $20 jail commissary to kill the 4-year-old.
Read more: www.sj-r.com/news/20160513/missouri-man-gets-25-years-in-illinois-murder-for-hire-plot