A 57-year-old New Jersey man has been federally charged, accused of making an attempt to rent a hitman to kill a 13-year-old woman in Texas, authorities introduced Tuesday.
Amando Conceicao of Newark is charged with one depend every of conspiracy to commit homicide for rent and inflicting one other to journey interstate or utilizing interstate amenities with intent that a homicide for rent be dedicated, the U.S. legal professional's workplace mentioned.
In Might of 2021, Conceicao held a gathering with an individual – recognized within the federal indictment solely as "particular person 1" – and supplied him with the sufferer's handle, pictures and money, in response to a prison indictment from U.S. legal professional's workplace. "Particular person 1" then drove from New Jersey to Texas, the place he stayed for about one week, throughout which he took images of the sufferer's dwelling and surrounding space earlier than returning to New Jersey, the indictment reads.
On Nov. 1, 2021, Conceicao met with "particular person 1" once more to debate a plan to kill the woman, in response to the indictment. "Particular person 1" advised Conceicao that he is aware of "a man" who's "low-cost, he is charging fifteen bucks, ten bucks, downside solved," the indictment reads.
In the course of the assembly, in response to the indictment, "particular person 1" requested, "If the entire household is there, how's it going to be?"
Conceicao allegedly advised "particular person 1" to comply with by means of with the plan and homicide the woman, including, "end with the remainder. I do not care," the indictment states.
Federal prosecutors didn't present a attainable motive for Coneicao, or his connection to the woman. The identification of "particular person 1" was additionally not launched.
The woman is secure, authorities mentioned. There was no phrase on how the alleged plan was found, or presumably thwarted.
If convicted as charged on the murder-for-hire depend, Conceicao faces a most sentence of 10 years in jail and a $250,000 effective.