A school principal has admitted to hiring a hitman to kill a teacher after she told him she was pregnant with his child. According to reports, the principal allegedly used school funds to pay for the collision. new york post.
Cornelius Green, former principal of Carr Lane Visual and Performing Arts Middle School in St. Louis, Missouri, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of murder-for-hire and another count of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire. . The 2016 murder of Jocelyn Peters.
The report noted that the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office has agreed to drop the state murder charge if Green is sentenced to life in prison on the federal charges. Green’s plea deal ensured he would not receive the death penalty for his horrific crime.
KMOV report In 2015, Peters became pregnant with Green’s child. At some point in early 2016, Green decided he needed to kill Peters. Ms Peters was 27 weeks pregnant with Ms Green’s child at the time. To carry out this act, Green reportedly contacted his childhood friend Philip Cutler and offered to pay for the murder.
Green apparently stole $2,500 from the middle school to pay Cutler for the crime. Then, on March 21, Cutler traveled from Oklahoma to St. Louis and stayed at Green’s home.
Green took an Amtrak train to Chicago the next day, leaving his car and keys to Peters’ apartment with Cutler in an attempt to create an alibi. Cutler allegedly broke into Peters’ home and shot her in the head. Using potatoes as a silencer Silence the shot.
After Greene returned to St. Louis, she called 911 to report that Peters had been shot and “feigned ignorance of the circumstances that led to her death,” according to court documents.
The report states, “Historically accurate location information obtained from Cutler’s cell phone provider indicates that his phone was near the victim’s apartment at the time,” indicating that he was at the crime scene. It is said that
Green is scheduled to appear for a sentencing hearing June 5 in the Eastern District of Missouri. Mr. Cutler is also charged by the federal government with conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and murder-for-hire, but has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him.
Cutler’s trial is scheduled to begin on March 11th.
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