Overview

• Pamela Jean Stanley, 63, was indicted on July 10 on charges of criminal solicitation with intent to commit murder, attempted murder and possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver.
• Prosecutors say Stanley planned to mail her ex-husband a high-end box of chocolates laced with fentanyl and disguised as a congratulatory engagement gift from a fake travel agency.
• An undercover operation on May 30 at a Weatherford motel led to her arrest when she attempted to purchase what she believed was powdered fentanyl, and authorities also seized 9.5 grams of methamphetamine.
• Stanley has a prior 2019 conviction for deadly conduct after unlawfully discharging a firearm and is being held in Parker County jail on a $450,000 bond.
• Her jury trial is scheduled to begin on October 20, 2025, in Parker County District Court.