The plot was clean: Kill his wife, take the insurance money and run.
But this Washington man foiled his murder plan by sending a text containing details of the plan to his former boss by mistake.
Monroe resident Jeff Lytle was supposed to send the text messages to a certain “Shayne” detailing a $1 million insurance payout if he could make the incident seem like a robbery gone awry, according to a Fox News report.
But Lytle was arrested by Snowhomish County police after he allegedly sent a message with details of the planned killing of his wife to his ex-boss.
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Lytle was said to have offered the hit man 50% of the insurance takings, and a “bonus” if he included his four-year-old daughter in the killings, who also has a life insurance policy.
The suspect’s bail was set at $1 million after authorities found probable cause on two counts of criminal solicitation for first degree murder and domestic violence.
Quoting local media, Fox News reported that Lytle claimed “Shayne” was a fictitious person and that the text messages were only written to “vent.”
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