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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.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: banglist; california; crime; donutwatch; hiredkiller; hitman; kentucky
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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:
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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!)
To: fidelis
Yikes!! From 9 to 1 in 3.2 seconds.
To: nickcarraway
Don’t these guys watch crime TV? What a poorly planned murder. Put the cell phone down.
To: fidelis
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posted on
05/03/2026 1:22:11 PM PDT
by
DouglasKC
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
05/03/2026 1:29:09 PM PDT
by
bankwalker
(Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
To: DouglasKC
Probably the first photo was heavily re-touched as well.
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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!)
To: nickcarraway
#believeallwomen
"women are more emotionally mature"
To: nickcarraway
CHP never the same since Ponch and John left.
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posted on
05/03/2026 1:43:56 PM PDT
by
JZelle
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.
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posted on
05/03/2026 1:50:15 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: fidelis
Wow
Went from “I’d tap that” to “Not even if I was drunk”
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posted on
05/03/2026 1:53:55 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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."
To: Secret Agent Man
Sorry, but women KILL THEIR UNBORN BABIES.....so killing anyone else is EASY!
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posted on
05/03/2026 2:13:12 PM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: fidelis
The hate filled feminists are not going to like the CHP captain story.
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.
To: fidelis
Filters are NO ONE’s friend.
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.
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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)
To: fidelis
Meth-head. 100%. Seen this many times.
To: Secret Agent Man
It’s very unlikely that Hillary has personally killed anyone.
To: Verginius Rufus
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posted on
05/03/2026 6:43:55 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(YMMV)
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