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Tennessee Woman Sentenced for Hiring Hitman to Kill Romantic Rival

Melody Sasser received 100 months in prison for attempting to hire a hitman via the dark web to murder the wife of a man she met on Match.com.

  • Melody Sasser, 48, used the dark web site 'Online Killers Market' to hire a hitman for nearly $10,000 in Bitcoin.
  • Sasser became obsessed after David Wallace, whom she met on Match.com, announced his engagement.
  • She tracked the couple's movements using the fitness app Strava and harassed Wallace's wife with threatening voicemails.
  • Sasser's murder-for-hire plot was uncovered by federal investigators, leading to her arrest and a search of her home.
  • Sasser pleaded guilty and was sentenced to over eight years in prison, along with three years of supervised release and restitution payments.
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