Here’s a pro tip: If you’re looking for a hitman to kill your spouse, and you actually find one, that person will always be working for the FBI. That’s a lesson a woman who went by the online handle “Mz. Feisty” learned the hard way last week, when she was arrested on federal charges when she allegedly attempted to arrange for her boyfriend’s murder in order to pocket an insurance payout.

Rasheeda Johnson Turner, 37, of California, was charged with the use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder for hire. Prosecutors said that Turner contracted an FBI informant to kill her boyfriend in exchange for a portion of his life insurance payout.

Turner allegedly told the informant that she was the beneficiary of her boyfriend’s $150,000 life insurance policy. She offered to pay the informant $50,000 to kill the boyfriend. During a series of conversations that took place over two weeks, Turner allegedly told the informant that she had initially planned to kill her boyfriend herself, but worried that she’d be discovered.

During a December 08 meeting, Turner allegedly told the informant that she wanted him to kill her boyfriend soon, before he could remove her from the policy and cut off her access to his bank account. Turner, who called the plot “Operation Dumbo,” told the informant she wanted the boyfriend killed that week.

Turner had allegedly showed the informant an app on her phone that allowed her to track her boyfriend’s telephone. On December 13, the informant called her and asked where the boyfriend was. Turner allegedly told him the intended victim’s location and confirmed that she would pay the informant for the murder. The FBI then contacted the boyfriend and arrested Turner.

If convicted of the murder-for-hire charge, Turner faces a maximum of 10 years in federal prison.


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