Posted on 08/29/2009 12:50:30 PM PDT by steven33442
Tired of life with her cabinet-maker boyfriend of three years, Sibia Martinez wanted him gone.
She was even willing to pay for it -- $200.
Nearly six months after 29-year-old Jose Manuel Matute-Hernandez was found dead in his Davie apartment with two bullets in his brain, investigators arrested Martinez, saying the 21-year-old had her boyfriend killed by a bargain-rate hitman.
Police also on Thursday arrested Cesar Banegas, 24, and accused him of brokering the hit with his roommate, 22-year-old Jose Suarez, who police say shot Matute-Hernandez dead while he sat on his living room couch.
According to the trio's arrest affidavits, the plot to kill Matute-Hernandez began in late February or early March, several months after Martinez ran into Banegas, whom she hadn't seen since middle school.
Here is what Banegas told investigators, according to police affidavits filed by Detective Jeffrey Corns:
Martinez said she would pay to have her boyfriend killed, but Banegas said he would not take the job and did not know anybody who would.
Less than 24 hours later, over a game of cards and a few beers, Banegas mentioned the offer to Suarez, who said ``Tell her I'll do it,'' according to the affidavits.
Suarez wanted his identity kept a secret, so Banegas became the middle man, brokering a deal that would bring Suarez $100 up front and another $100 after he killed Hernandez.
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
What kind of idiot commits a criminal act that can put them in jail for life or even the death penalty for two hundred dollars? This is aside from any moral considerations.
why hire a hit man? There must be at least 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover..
Let this be a warning to abusive husbands or boyfriends.
Diversity is wonderful!
A simple “get lost” or I’ll call the cops should suffice.
Yes it is. Thank God these people are here to interrupt our boring white bread lives.
I suppose she could have moved out of the apartment.
You don't have to be coy, Roy.
Amateur.
“Yes it is. Thank God these people are here to interrupt our boring white bread lives.”
Yes the boring once paradise of So Florida turned into the tower of babel and a third world pit.
If he’s dumb enough to do a whack job for a couple C-notes, he’s fur sure dumb enough to try and collect!
LOL!
I remember that movie.
IIRC, it was based on a true story.
Pretty sure a High-Point wouldn’t bring $100.
You're using your brain. That isn't going to help you understand this. lol
I don’t know. That ultra-religious nut job who kidnapped and raped an 11 year old and hid her for 18 years, he was white and also an American citizen.
As a matter of principle, the hitman should take her to Small Claims Court to get the $100 he was promised. Fair is fair.
After taxes, social security, and other deductions, he’d be lucky to clear $75. For that money, perhaps he could wound the guys pride.
It's Obama's fault. I guess prices are waaay down.
$200 isn’t a Bargain when it buys an amateur who lands everyone involved in the Slammer within a few hours:-)
Stupid is as Stupid does....
You have a point there ;-)
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