This case featured a pattern that could appear to be very similar to this case:
- Very wealthy individual becomes obsessed with ex wife. Gives a cash strapped prospective hitman a glimpse into the mansion and vacations
via chartered private jet life style. He then offers the prospective hitman a large sum of money.
- Hitman is reluctant to directly commit the murder-but finds a sub contractor who will. He and the actual murderer are quickly arrested. Police inform him that they know that he was not the impetus behind the crime.
- I am pretty sure that negotiations began prior to the arrest of the wealthy ringleader as they needed the testimony of the other individual to make the arrest.