Man Hires Hitman To Kill Family

**willy4pres** · 05.21.07, 11:55 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/05/21/fa....ap/index.html

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- A man tried to hire a hit man to kill his family, including his 7-year-old daughter, even requesting that she be shot in the chest and not the head so there could be an open casket at her funeral, authorities say.

John Orlowski, 49, made a brief appearance in U.S. District Court on Monday on the murder-for-hire charge and was ordered held without bail pending a detention hearing scheduled for Thursday.

"Thankfully the plot was uncovered by law enforcement, and three innocent victims avoided a horrible tragedy," U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan said.

Orlowski's lawyer, James Roche, said Orlowski intends to plead not guilty.

Orlowski, who was going through a divorce, met the man he wanted to kill his wife, daughter and mother-in-law in county jail earlier this year after he'd been arrested a second time for violating a restraining order his wife had taken out against him, according to court documents.

He allegedly approached the man again after they were both released, and gave him a diagram of his estranged wife's house indicating the location of bedrooms and where he could find a pistol.

Orlowski initially offered $500 to plant drugs on his wife, saying if she were arrested he'd get their house in a divorce, the man told police. But he later increased the offer to $2,000 to kill the two women and the child, according to court documents.

The would-be hit man was troubled by the plot, especially the prospect of killing a child, authorities said, so he told his mother, and she called the FBI. The man was not identified but court documents referred to him as a self-professed member of the Crips gang with a lengthy criminal record.

Working with the FBI, the man met with Orlowski on Friday and taped a conversation in which Orlowski specified how many bullets he wanted in each victim -- one in the chest for his daughter and two each in the head for his wife and mother-in-law, according to authorities.

During the recorded conversation, the man repeatedly expressed concern that Orlowski might regret the killing of his daughter. But Orlowski assured the man that he would have no such regret, saying at one point, "It's got more to do with my wife than anything," according to the affidavit.

In court Monday, Orlowski told the judge he is being treated for depression, but said he had not taken his medication for three weeks. His lawyer refused to comment when asked if Orlowski's depression would be used in his defense.

Orlowski's wife had taken out a restraining order against him earlier this year, according to court documents.

In January, Orlowski was arrested at his wife's home and charged with violating the restraining order, domestic assault and battery and unlawful storage of firearms. Police seized 121 guns owned by Orlowski.

Orlowski was arrested a second time a month later at his wife's home, and charged again with violating the restraining order and unlawful possession of a machine gun.

If convicted on the murder-for-hire charges, Orlowski faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

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**voivod** · 05.21.07, 11:56 AM

**Ace Ventura** · 05.21.07, 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by voivod

Dude, where do you come up with this shit???? LOL...

**jimmy812** · 05.21.07, 12:09 PM

10 years max in prison sounds too low, despite the fact that no one was actually killed. What a piece of shit.
He could have just flown his family members out to Iraq and they would have done a public stoning for free.

**Nostalgia Act** · 05.21.07, 12:18 PM

The dude's a time bomb.

And with all that artillery.

It's never gonna be over with him.

**muffdiver** · 05.21.07, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by voivod

?.

**Kimmie5150** · 05.21.07, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by voivod

Lol!!! Do you have any idea how funny you are?

Too freakin' funny!!!

**jrk5150** · 05.21.07, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by willy4pres

The would-be hit man was troubled by the plot, especially the prospect of killing a child, authorities said, so he told his mother, and she called the FBI. The man was not identified but court documents referred to him as a self-professed member of the Crips gang with a lengthy criminal record.

Thank God for that shred of humanity.

**vhrocker** · 05.21.07, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by voivod

Damn that's funny as hell!!!

**voivod** · 05.21.07, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by Kimmie5150

Lol!!! Do you have any idea how funny you are?

Too freakin' funny!!!

Oh I know, my wife laughs at most twice a month... OK OK, sometimes only once a month...

**Menlow** · 05.21.07, 07:53 PM

If he were going to kill his wife, why would it have been necessary to kill his daughter to get back at her?

Sick, sick man. I hope there's some prison justice in his future.

I also hope his daughter never finds out about this.

**Kimmie5150** · 05.21.07, 08:33 PM

Originally Posted by voivod

Oh I know, my wife laughs at most twice a month... OK OK, sometimes only once a month...

Lol!! Really? I don't know how she could keep a straight face. Lol!

**smithjc** · 05.22.07, 09:26 AM

How sickening. I hope he gets a nice long stay in prison and a healthy dose of prison justice. They need to lock him up and throw away the key.

**ZeoBandit** · 05.22.07, 11:12 AM

How can you hire a hit man to take out your own daughter?

Cold, heartless sicko. He'll get a nice dose of prison justice, that's for sure.

**chefcraig** · 05.22.07, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by voivod

Oh I know, my wife laughs at most twice a month... OK OK, sometimes only once a month...

When you ask/beg for a particular service, sex in general, or when you drop your trousers?

I finally stopped asking for anything, thus depriving her of the some total of mirth in the relationship when she'd shake her head, laugh and then look at me like I was from another planet. So much for taking the edge off of one's day.