Notorious Murder For Profit Killers:
1. Stella Nickell
Nickell was convicted of killing her husband and a stranger by putting drugs in their pills and was sentenced to 90 years in prison. She wanted to collect her husband's $176,000 life insurance policy.
2. Sante Kimes
A mother who was sentenced, along with her son, to life in prison for the murder of a family friend and business associate. Sante Kimes ordered her son to shoot her business associate because he discovered Sante Kimes took out a loan in his name for $280,000. They also killed the socialite Irene Silverman and before they were caught, the two had all of her financials and social security lined up. Sante Kimes and her son, Kenneth Jr., also fit the “Family Ties" category and you can read more about the murderous duo on that page.
3. Deidre Hunt
Hunt was sentenced to two consecutive life terms for killing 18 year old Kevin Ramsey and 19 year old Bryan Chase. Hunt's boyfriend wanted his wife dead, so he hired Chase to shoot her in the head and then her boyfriend shot Chase. The boyfriend wanted to collect his wife's money and life insurance. Her boyfriend paid Hunt to kill Ramsey because he had information of the boyfriend passing counterfeit bills and he was blackmailing him.
Nickell was convicted of killing her husband and a stranger by putting drugs in their pills and was sentenced to 90 years in prison. She wanted to collect her husband's $176,000 life insurance policy.
2. Sante Kimes
A mother who was sentenced, along with her son, to life in prison for the murder of a family friend and business associate. Sante Kimes ordered her son to shoot her business associate because he discovered Sante Kimes took out a loan in his name for $280,000. They also killed the socialite Irene Silverman and before they were caught, the two had all of her financials and social security lined up. Sante Kimes and her son, Kenneth Jr., also fit the “Family Ties" category and you can read more about the murderous duo on that page.
3. Deidre Hunt
Hunt was sentenced to two consecutive life terms for killing 18 year old Kevin Ramsey and 19 year old Bryan Chase. Hunt's boyfriend wanted his wife dead, so he hired Chase to shoot her in the head and then her boyfriend shot Chase. The boyfriend wanted to collect his wife's money and life insurance. Her boyfriend paid Hunt to kill Ramsey because he had information of the boyfriend passing counterfeit bills and he was blackmailing him.
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