Grandparents Ordered Hit on Family, Police Say

AP
TAVARES, Fla. (June 2) - A couple tried to hire a hit man to kill their three grandchildren and daughter-in-law to stop them from testifying against their son in his rape trial, authorities said.


The couple, ages 60 and 59, were charged with four counts each of criminal conspiracy to commit murder. They were being held without bond.


Police said they initially offered $100 to an undercover sheriff's deputy to kill their son's wife, their 10-year-old granddaughter, two step-grandchildren, ages 14 and 16, and the family dog. More money was promised after the killings, said Lake County sheriff's Sgt. Christie Mysinger.


The couple's 31-year-old son has been jailed since November on 22 charges of sexual battery on a child, lewd and lascivious molestation and showing obscene material to a minor, court records show.


Detectives say his daughter and stepdaughter are the victims. The Associated Press has withheld the names of the grandparents and the family members to protect the children's identities.


The man tried to solicit a fellow jail inmate to kill his family, the arrest report said. An informant told detectives about the plot and they arranged to meet the man's parents Tuesday at a Best Western motel in Tavares, a lakefront community about 30 miles northwest of Orlando, police said.


"(The deputy) said, 'You want me to kill everyone, including the dog?' They agreed," Mysinger said.


The son's attorney, Peter Sartes, said he had no details on the parents' arrest. It was not clear who was representing his parents.

$100? THIS AIN'T 1899 GRAMPS!!!!

GaryTheNoTrashCougar said:

...I was thinkin' the SAME THING!!!
It's a sure bet that these folks live in a trailer of some sort...

Some people will stoop very low

They offered the deputy money?

God I hate people. People are just evil.

coolcat said:

$100
$25 per head, what a deal!

sad

littlemissG said:

Was that a K-mart blue-light special? Maybe a Wal-Mart rollback?

littlemissG said:

and just throw in the dog for free....

bkw said:

...I wonder if PETA will press charges...?

FUBAR!

Just no need for the dog...these people got carried away
with the whole idea of offin' people.

Revolution said:

Maybe they were Korean and the dog was a bonus for them.

TMPletz said:

...with soy sauce...?

This could be a Mexican thing... There's always people who want to get rid of, say, wayward sons & daughters who have "dishonored" the family.

One was a friend of mine - her father hired a hitman to do away with she and her four children... she was on the run for a few years. Her "crime" was having married a black man.

How absolutely bloody ridiculous

Heiress said:

In Argentina I heard the story how a woman bore a child out of wedlock and brought shame on the family, so her mother took her illegitimate grandchild and jumped off iguazu with it

ZombieKitten said:

...say WHAT?!?!?
...say WHAT again?!?!?!

PurpleJedi said:

well that's the story the tourguide told, it was in the 1930s though, we were shown the very spot.