FAYETTEVILLE -- A Lincoln woman accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill her estranged husband pleaded guilty Nov. 9 in Washington County Circuit Court.
Jamie Lee Cianflone, 48, of 312 W. Pridemore Drive was arrested in September 2014 in connection with felony solicitation to commit capital murder.
Circuit Judge Mark Lindsay sentenced Cianflone to 30 years in prison for murder solicitation with 20 years suspended. She was given credit for 403 days of jail time served. She was ordered to have no contact with her estranged husband.
Cianflone thought she was hiring a hit man to kill her estranged husband, who lives in Florida, but the hit man turned out to be an undercover detective who was wearing a recording device, according to an arrest report.
Cianflone told the detective that she could gain financially by killing her husband, according to the report. Cianflone told the detective that her husband had cheated her, and that she wanted what was rightfully hers. She agreed to pay $5,000 for the murder, according to the report.
Cianflone was sent to the State Hospital for a mental examination. She reportedly told doctors that she felt drugged on the day she met with the undercover detective and felt that her boyfriend had set her up.
According to the mental evaluation, Cianflone suffered from major depressive disorder, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and had borderline personality traits.
But, doctors said Cianflone did not have a mental disease or defect at the time she met to arrange the slaying, and she did not lack the capacity to appreciate the criminality of her conduct.
General News on 11/18/2015