Metairie Couple Charged with Murder Solicitation.

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    Metairie pair charged with soliciting hitman to kill man's ex-girlfriend: Jefferson Parish DA
    NOV 13, 2020 - 2:30 PM

    The Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office has charged a Metairie man and woman with plotting to kill his former girlfriend and mother of his child, according to court records.

    In a superseding bill filed Thursday, prosecutors charged Merwin Gamez Montoya, 25, and, Jessica Vasquez, 25, with solicitation to commit murder. The new bill added Vasquez's charge. Gamez previously pleaded not guilty in the case in March when he was first charged.

    Merwin Gamez-Montoya, 25, and Jessica Vasquez, 24, both of Metairie.

    Vasquez is accused of helping Gamez in a scheme to kill a Nashville woman with whom he shares a young daughter, Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office investigators said. Vasquez was a close friend of Gamez's new girlfriend, according to authorities.



    Vasquez acted as a translator between Gamez, who speaks Spanish, and the 50-year-old Metairie man tapped to perform the hit, according to authorities.

    With Vazquez as the verbal go-between, Gamez paid the man an undisclosed sum of money to kill his former lover, court records said. Vasquez, who worked at a local cell phone store, also provided a phone that the two men used to communicate about the hit.

    Sheriff's Office investigators accused Vasquez of calling the intended victim while posing as an administrator from the daughter's school in order to confirm the woman's address in Nashville.

    But instead of going through with the slaying, the would-be hitman contacted the Sheriff's Office in November 2019, authorities said.

    The man was not arrested because he never had any intention of killing the woman, the Sheriff's Office said. He wanted -- and kept -- the money he was paid, according to authorities. By the time the man reached out to investigators, he said he had already spent the cash.

    Vasquez is scheduled to be arraigned on Nov. 17. Both defendants were being held Friday at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center on $100,000 bonds.
     

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    Sounds like a clear cut case of taking advantage of a language barrier!!!

    Bravo to the guy who took the money. He needs a medal. He selflessly took away the means from the plotters!!
     

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