Michigan woman guilty in Craigslist murder for hire

A Michigan woman faces 30 years in prison for several charges, including intent to commit murder resulting from her attempt to hire someone to kill her lover’s wife. Authorities say Anne Marie Linscott, 49, used the popular site Craigslist to recruit a hit man. Respondents to her advertisement of a “freelance position” were told she was looking for “silent assassins” and asked to “eradicate” the victim for $5000.

She also provided personal info on the victim such as name, age, and place of employment. Linscott met her lover, identified only as Duane, when she took an online course several years ago. As part of a deal made between Linscott and the government, prosecutors dropped charges that she had left an explosive device outside the victim’s home in April of 2007. Sentencing has not yet been scheduled.