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Haunting final texts emerge after CHP captain and her Napa Valley hitman lover lured her husband to his death
New York Post ^ | May 3, 2026 | Zain Khan

Posted on 05/03/2026 12:18:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway

-Napa Valley man Thomas O’Donnell found guilty of murder-for-hire in Kentucky court.

-Prosecutors say former California Highway Patrol captain Julie Harding hired O’Donnell to kill her estranged husband, Michael Harding, luring him to a secluded Kentucky home for an HVAC repair.

-Harding died by suicide months after the killing; O’Donnell, 64, faces 20 years to life in prison.

A Napa Valley man hired by a former California Highway Patrol captain to kill her husband has been found guilty as text messages revealed details of the murder-for-hire plot.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: banglist; california; crime; donutwatch; hiredkiller; hitman; kentucky

1 posted on 05/03/2026 12:18:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Holy cow!

From this:


Julie Harding is seen in her California Highway Patrol uniform before her shocking transformation that her colleagues said they noticed following her divorce.

To this:


2 posted on 05/03/2026 12:35:47 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: fidelis

Yikes!! From 9 to 1 in 3.2 seconds.


3 posted on 05/03/2026 12:48:48 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
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To: nickcarraway

Don’t these guys watch crime TV? What a poorly planned murder. Put the cell phone down.


4 posted on 05/03/2026 12:51:57 PM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: fidelis

Hair and makeup.


5 posted on 05/03/2026 1:22:11 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: nickcarraway

captain Julie ... LOL!


6 posted on 05/03/2026 1:29:09 PM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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To: DouglasKC

Probably the first photo was heavily re-touched as well.


7 posted on 05/03/2026 1:31:07 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: nickcarraway
#believeallwomen


"women are more emotionally mature"

8 posted on 05/03/2026 1:34:30 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: nickcarraway

CHP never the same since Ponch and John left.


9 posted on 05/03/2026 1:43:56 PM PDT by JZelle
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To: nickcarraway

Womens murder numbers are lower precisely because they convince a man, usually a lover or wannabe lover, to do it for them.

Get another example.


10 posted on 05/03/2026 1:50:15 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: fidelis

Wow

Went from “I’d tap that” to “Not even if I was drunk”


11 posted on 05/03/2026 1:53:55 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: T.B. Yoits
From the article title, CHP captain and her Napa Valley hitman lover lured her husband to his death

"You don't need a gun because law enforcement will protect you."

12 posted on 05/03/2026 2:11:11 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Secret Agent Man

Sorry, but women KILL THEIR UNBORN BABIES.....so killing anyone else is EASY!


13 posted on 05/03/2026 2:13:12 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: fidelis

The hate filled feminists are not going to like the CHP captain story.


14 posted on 05/03/2026 2:23:51 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Secret Agent Man

Well, to be fair, it’s a good plan. And it’s harder to convict a woman of murder. And when you add in another suspect.


15 posted on 05/03/2026 2:41:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: fidelis

Filters are NO ONE’s friend.


16 posted on 05/03/2026 2:42:39 PM PDT by larrytown
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To: nickcarraway
Harding died by suicide months after the killing...
If only she had sought out that solution first.
All of her problems would've been solved from the start.
17 posted on 05/03/2026 3:07:10 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: fidelis

Meth-head. 100%. Seen this many times.


18 posted on 05/03/2026 4:28:21 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Secret Agent Man

It’s very unlikely that Hillary has personally killed anyone.


19 posted on 05/03/2026 4:51:22 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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