A 51-year-old South Rockwood woman was arrested for attempting to hire a hitman to kill her ex-husband. Wendy Wein was arrested on Friday the 17th after contacting a fictitious website called www.rentahitman.com, which claims to offer hitmen to “solve problems.”
She completed a “service request form” on the website and requested a consultation to help her with an “issue.” Wein specified her ex-husband as the target of her problems. The owner of the website contacted the Michigan State Police because he was concerned that Wein may be attempting to kill her husband.
The Michigan State Police Monroe Post initiated an investigation with the assistance of officers from MANTIS and LAWNET. An undercover state trooper posing as a hitman met with Wein in a parking lot in South Rockwood. She offered to pay him $5,000 to murder her ex-husband, who lives in another state, and provided him with an up-front payment for travel expenses.
Wein was arrested for Solicitation to Commit Murder and was lodged at the Monroe County Jail. Wein has since been arraigned in the First District Court where she was charged with Solicitation to Commit Murder and Illegal use of a Computer to Facilitate a Crime.
The owner of www.rentahitman.com advised that, since he started the website in 2005, he has been contacted numerous times by people requesting murders, school shootings, and even the abduction of a baby. He claims that the website has been responsible for preventing over 130 murders, because he just passes on all requests for hitmen over to law enforcement officials.
The investigation into this matter is ongoing.
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