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The would-be hitman contacted police earlier this month, who hired a makeup artist to help create a fake crime scene depicting the deceased target.

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Tara Lambert, who paid an undercover cop to murder her husband’s ex-wife, said she was unjustly made out to be “a brainless, heartless, ex-model.”

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Lytle planned to split his wife’s $1 million life insurance policy with “Shayne” but if he wanted a “bonus,” Shayne could also kill his 4-year-old daughter.

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Edgar Matobato said he was a member of the “Davao Death Squad” and was responsible for about 50 of the more than 1,000 hits ordered by Duterte as mayor.

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Cornelius Green paid his childhood friend $2,500 to kill his pregnant girlfriend, but the two left a trail of evidence which helped investigators nab them.

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Chamblin first dismissed the request to kill his girlfriend’s ex, not believing her to be serious, but after she pressed on, he contacted authorities.

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A Dallas man was charged in connection with a murder-for-hire scheme allegedly orchestrated by a jealous ex-girlfriend of the victim's boyfriend.

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Everybody's favorite bald, duel-pistol welding murder-man for hire is back. IO Interactive released the trailer June 15. Out Dec. 8 for PS4, Xbox One and PC.

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A Colombian hitman critically injured his mark and fatally shot the victim’s brother as he tried to intervene. The hitman entered the bar and ordered a beer as he identified his target, 27-year-old Edison Cortes. He pulled a pistol out of his bag and shot Cortes five times. Cortes’ brother, 25-year-old Frank, Cortes, rushed the […]

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A major drug cartel enforcer was recently arrested as he tried entering the Netherlands, and the telling photos of his exploits he posted to Twitter may aid in his prosecution. Jose Rodrigo Arechiga Gamboa, 23, is a big hitter for the Sinaloa cartel No.2 Ismael “Mayo” Zambada. He’s touted as the leader of the “Anthrax” […]

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The CCTV footage of two Italian assassins that missed their marks from nearly point-blank range in March 2012 has been released after a lengthy investigation. Around 9:30 p.m. in Reggio Calabria, 40-year-old Antonino Pricoco and 29-year-old Giole Mangiola, opened fire on their intended victims, Filippo Nocera and Francesco Barreca. Though they were only feet away, […]

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In a scene that could have been “ripped from the pages of a Tom Clancy novel,” a former Army sergeant and sniper instructor, nicknamed Rambo, has been charged with recruiting ex-soldiers as globe-trotting assassins to do the evil bidding of well-to-do drug traffickers. Three members of 48-year-old Joseph “Rambo” Hunter’s gang were prepared to murder […]

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