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Storm Lake teen charged for allegedly trying to hire a hit man online

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June 5th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – [UPDATED] Storm Lake police say they charged a 17-year-old girl Friday with solicitation to commit murder after she attempted to hire a hit man on the parody website “rent a hitman.com.” The websites webmaster called police to say that someone had visited the site on two occasions and had attempted to hire someone to murder a seven year old child in Storm Lake. An undercover police officer posed as a hitman and made contact with the suspect and confirmed she wanted the young child killed.

Police says the evidence obtained throughout the investigation led them to believe the solicitation was a credible threat towards the victim. The victim and the victim’s family were not harmed and were unaware of the potential threat.