Iowa Teen Charged After Allegedly Trying To Hire A Hitman To Kill 7-Year-Old

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It is being reported that an Iowa teen has been charged with a felony after allegedly trying to hire a hitman to kill a 7-year-old child.

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Iowa Teen Charged After Allegedly Trying To Hire A Hitman To Kill 7-Year-Old

According to officials with the Storm Lake Police Department, they received a call at around midnight on Friday (June 2), about somebody visiting a parody website called “rentahitman.com,” and attempting to contract a murderer to unalive a child in Storm Lake.

Officials said that they received the information from the webmaster of the website. The website administrator claimed that someone had allegedly visited the website two times and sent out an inquiry, giving details about a child; including the kid’s name and where the kid could be located.

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With this information, police launched an investigation and by that Friday morning, they had found the child’s identity and also a possible suspect, which they only identified as a 17-year-old girl from Storm Lake. Later that morning, police had an undercover officer pose as a hitman, who then made contact with the teenage suspect.

Upon doing so, they were able to confirm that the suspect had indeed tried to hire a hitman to kill the 7-year-old child. The teen also allegedly confirmed the name of the kid, their home address, and even what time they believed the child would be at the house. Around 3:30 p.m. that same day, police had enough evidence to take the teen into their custody. 

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Later that Friday afternoon, police updated that they had conducted interviews with the teenage suspect and went ahead and searched through their cell phone for anymore admissible evidence — and based on all that they had gathered throughout their investigation, police confirmed that the suspect was definitely a credible threat to the child.

So, later that evening, around 8 p.m., police moved forward with pressing charges, and they hit the teen with one count of solicitation to commit murder, which is a class C felony and carries a possible 10-year sentence in prison (or in this case, possibly a detention center based upon the suspect still being a minor).

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Upon being charged, the 17-year-old girl was transferred to the Cherokee Youth Emergency Services Center, and her case has been referred to the juvenile court. Meanwhile, the child’s identity has not been released, for their safety, but their family is now aware of the potential threat. Police also update that the investigation is considered ongoing.

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