A woman advertised on the popular Internet site Craigslist for an assassin to kill the wife of a man with whom she’d had an affair, authorities said Saturday.
The ad by Ann Marie Linscott, 49, was posted in November as a generic request for somebody to perform a “freelance” job, court document said. Her true intention was only communicated to those who e-mailed her seeking additional information about the job, the Craigslist CEO said.
Linscott offered $5,000 for the hit, had the name and work address of the woman she wanted dead and she described successful candidates as “silent assassins,” according to agents and court documents.’
Dillo out $5K.
Comment by Jeff aka Alcyoneus on 1/26 @ 10:33 pm #
Wait. There is a finite probability that she was “abused.” Maybe a man told her ‘no’ once. Surely some woman will claim this was…
…BECAUSE OF THE PATRIARCHY.
Comment by B Moe on 1/26 @ 10:44 pm #
…she described successful candidates as “silent assassins,â€Â
I mean, really, how long has it been since you could hire a ninja for a measly $5k?
Comment by mgroves on 1/26 @ 10:48 pm #
Ah, see I first read that as “craig shit list”…BECAUSE OF THE TYPOGRAPHY.
I got nothin…
Comment by Jeff aka Alcyoneus on 1/26 @ 10:49 pm #
B Moe, the Japanese are outsourcing to China nowadays. It’s really shaken up the ninja labor market.
(Jeff thinks, will anyone get that ’shaken’ reference?)
Comment by harrison on 1/26 @ 10:51 pm #
Agents arrested Linscott,…
I was wonderin’ why she never called back…
Comment by Great Mencken's Ghost on 1/26 @ 11:30 pm #
#3 — The lady qualifies either way.
#4 — It’s a toss-up.
Comment by fr on 1/27 @ 12:22 am #
Kennedy endorses Obama tomorrow. Kennedy was shot because he made stuff.
Comment by Barbara Diamond on 1/28 @ 10:24 am #
$5,000???-Assination on the cheap is not the way to go. You’ve got to invest money into these things. A proper job requires stealth, efficiency and NO publicity. In other words, you don’t advertise these sort of things and hope to be successful. Hope this helps.