Sending a text message to the wrong person, colloquially referred to as a ‘wrongsend’, can be a really awkward situation. It gets even worse when you send someone a clear intent to commit murder.
An American husband was planning on killing his Filipina wife but wound up exposing himself after sending an incriminating text to his former boss. The ‘wrongsend’ was actually intended for a hitman.
According to a report by KIRO 7, 42-year-old Jeffery Lytle from Monroe City, Washington allegedly plotted to have his wife and daughter murdered so he could cash in on an insurance policy. Rhoda Mee Funtanilla Lytle, from the province of Abra, had an insurance policy worth $1,000,000 while their 4-year-old daughter had a policy worth $500,000. Lytle planned on texting a hitman named “Shayne”, instructing him to make the hit look like an accident or a robbery-gone-wrong. Lytle intended to pay Shayne half of the insurance money once he received it.
Unfortunately for Lytle, he sent those messages to his former boss, Robert Alexander. Alexander, understandably disturbed by what he had read, reported the contents of Lytle’s ‘wrongsend’ to the authorities. Lytle was taken into police custody soon after. For his part, the suspect admitted to typing the messages but had no intention of sending them. He alleges that those messages were just a mechanism to “help him vent” his anger.
Lytle guessed that it might have been their daughter who sent those messages by accident. Prosecutors didn’t believe his alibi for a minute and he was charged with “criminal solicitation for murder in the first degree.” He has since been detained at the Snohomish County Jail.
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