AL - 3 sisters charged in murder-for-hire plot to kill son-in-law - May. 15, 2024

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$500 vet bill allegedly turned into Alabama murder-for-hire scheme involving 3 sisters

The plan evolved from making his death look like an overdose, to shooting him, to saying they didn’t care if his throat was slit “as long as it got the job done.”

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Mitzy Gaye Smith, 54; Sandra Kaye Grimes (aka Sandra Kaye Johnson), 57; and Judy Owen, 61, are sisters.

 

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Rebecca Elizabeth Murphy (Photo courtesy of the Baldwin County Jail).
According to the information Whitehurst received from Murphy, three sisters—Sandra Grimes, Judy Owen and Mitzy Smith—attempted to hire Murphy to murder Grimes’ son-in-law.

Whitehurst’s testimony said Grimes told Murphy that her son-in-law allegedly drugged her daughter, forced her to have sex with others, and assaulted her daughter and grandkids. This prompted Grimes, Owen and Smith to kill him.

Whitehurst’s testimony said the three women paid a man $10,000 to kill the son-in-law, but he ran off with the money, so they turned to Murphy.

Grimes took Murphy to Marrero, Louisiana, to show Murphy where her target lived and to convince her to kill.

According to Whitehurst’s testimony, the three sisters wanted Murphy to inject a lethal dose of heroin into the son-in-law to make the murder appear as an overdose because he reportedly used drugs. Ultimately, Murphy agreed to the scheme but for more money.

Foley woman becomes 4th arrested in murder-for-hire plot: court documents | WKRG.com

BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — A Foley woman was arrested on Friday afternoon in connection with a murder-for-hire plot, according to court documents. Rebecca Elizabeth Murphy, 36, provided informat…

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A federal jury in Mobile, Alabama, on Friday, January 10, 2025, found Judy Owen, left, and Mitzy Smith, right, a guilty of conspiring to hire someone to kill a Louisiana man

Jurors heard testimony from three co-conspirators, including the defendants’ other sister, Sandra Grimes, who already had pleaded guilty. Prosecutors alleged that Grimes was so angry at her estranged son-in-law, Raul Mina, that she wanted him dead – and that she got help from Owen and Smith to pay someone to do it.

Sisters found guilty in Baldwin murder-for-hire conspiracy

A federal jury on Friday found a pair of sisters guilty of plotting to kill a Louisiana man engaged in a bitter child custody battle with their niece.

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