Woman offers Hitman $1,000 and Sex to kill fiance

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Police were tipped off Wednesday to the murder-for-hire plot by a confidential informant who told them that Strom asked him to kill her fiance and fly to Door County to dispose of the victim’s body, according to a criminal complaint. The informant is a licensed pilot who met Strom several years ago while the two were taking criminal justice courses, according to the complaint.

After contacting police, the informant met with Strom on Thursday evening at a cafe in downtown Wausau, where Strom detailed a plan for the informant to make a bogus appointment at the intended victim’s law office, “blow his brains out and walk out,” according to court documents.

Strom offered sex and $1,000 as payment for the hit, according to the police report.

Strom provided the informant with a diagram of the law office and told the informant he should buy a gun “off the street” and buy a silencer “for extra credit,” according to the complaint.

At Strom’s initial court appearance, Assistant District Attorney Lesli Pluster called the evidence in the case “quite strong” and said investigators have both video and audio evidence that shows Strom’s “careful planning” and “clear intent” to have her fiance killed.

“(Strom) told the informant she had been planning to kill her fiance for two years but did not have anyone to do it for her,” Pluster said. “When she was asked why she didn’t just leave him, (Strom) said she would not be satisfied by just leaving.”

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