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I remember a case from when I lived in Toledo in the 80’s.

Some family there of Middle Eastern origin (there are a lot of them in that area) had arranged a marriage between their pretty young daughter and some guy back in their home country.

Except the girl had grown up an American and wanted no part of an arranged marriage. So she turned 18 and ran off. Ended up shacking up with a boyfriend someplace in Florida.

The family of course became enraged. She had violated some medieval honor code back home. The father met with a hitman and cut a deal to go and kill the daughter and her boyfriend. Since he had befouled the promised bride, the father also wanted the hitman to slice off the boyfriend’s family jewels and bring them back so that they could be given to the family overseas as a peace offering.

Fortunately the hitman turned out to be an undercover cop and they were all taken down. Sensational trial though.