Woman charged in murder-for-hire plot against ex-husband

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. – Florida's Manatee County Sheriff's Office has revealed new details about a Bradenton woman's plot to kill her ex-husband.

Rachael Leahy, 34, was arrested and charged with solicitation of murder after deputies say she agreed to pay $5,000 to an undercover detective to kill her ex-husband, 59-year-old David Leahy.

Arrest documents show on August 23, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office learned that Leahy was trying to have her ex-husband murdered. A phone number to an undercover detective was passed on to her and when Rachel called the undercover detective she expressed that she was eagerly awaiting the call.

The arrest report includes a shocking statement, "Rachel went on to describe that she has thought about David being kidnapped and taken to another country and made into a sex slave."

She even suggested to the undercover officer that her ex could die in an accident like a drowning or if he was caught in a fire.

Read more at WFLA.


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