HER IN LOCKUP.
>>> JOHN: TINA JONES APPARENTLY
HAD A LAPTOP, AND AUTHORITIES
SAY THEY FOUND MUCH OF THE
EVIDENCE THEY NEEDED ON THAT
LAPTOP.
SHE COULD FACE OVER 20 YEARS IN
PRISON, FOR A NUMBER OF FELONY
CHARGES, INCLUDING SOLICITATION
OF MURDER FOR HIRE.
INSTEAD, SHE NOW FACES 12 YEARS
AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO ONE
COUNT OF ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE
MURDER.
TINA JONES, LED AWAY FROM THE
COURTROOM IN HANDCUFFS AFTER A
GUILTY PLEA.
THE 33-YEAR-OLD NURSE ADMITTED
SHE PAID NEARLY $12,000 IN
BITCOIN TO HAVE THE WIFE OF A
FORMER BOYFRIEND KILLED.
SHE PROVIDED A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE
VICTIM.
SHE PROVIDED THE ADDRESS OF THE
VICTIM, AS WELL AS THE VICTIM'S
HUSBAND'S WORK SCHEDULE.
JOHN: PROSECUTORS SAY THAT JONES
WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH THE
INTENDED VICTIM'S HUSBAND, WHO
SHE WORKED WITH, AND USE THE
RELATIVE ANONYMITY OF THE DARK
WEB TO HIRE A COMPANY CALLED
"SICILIAN HITMEN INTERNATIONAL"
TO KILL HIS WIFE, ALL FROM HER
QUIET SUBURBAN DES PLAINES
APARTMENT.
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE
DARK WEB STUMBLEUPON  --
STUMBLED UPON THE EVENT AND
BROUGHT IT TO POLICE.
>> SHE ADMITTED SHE HAD ACCESS
TO HITMAN WEBSITES.
JOHN: INVESTIGATORS FOUND
EVIDENCE OF BITCOIN PAYMENTS AND
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE HITMEN
WEBSITE ON HER LAPTOP.
JONES SAID LITTLE, AND SHOWED NO
EMOTION AS SHE HEARD THE JUDGE
ISSUE HER 12-YEAR SENTENCE.
PROSECUTORS SAY THE VICTIM WAS
SATISFIED WITH THE SENTENCE.
>> IT WAS A SINISTER AND EVIL
PLAN THIS DEFENDANT HAD, TO TAKE
THE LIFE OF AN INNOCENT PERSON
ALL TO ELIMINATE AN OBSTACLE TO
HER.
A ROMANTIC RIVAL.
JOHN: IT TURNS OUT JONES WAS
BEING SCAMMED BY THE HITMEN
WEBSITE.
THEY WERE HAPPY TO ACC
