In reads more like a Hollywood screenplay than a real-life crime: Federal authorities have uncovered a shocking murder-for-hire plot in New York state that involved pigs, a nun, and an offer to settle the score for $1k and a “good bottle of bourbon.”
At the heart of this twisted saga is 57-year-old Jeal Sutherland of Colonie, New York, who pleaded guilty to orchestrating a diabolical scheme to eliminate a romantic rival. The man he targeted was the father of a child with Sutherland’s then-partner. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York, Sutherland used his cell phone over several months to arrange the hit.
