Hitman For Hire | True Crime Podcast

Episode 459,   Sep 27, 2022, 09:00 AM

An alleged sexual assault victim of 12 years old claims that a man attempted to hire a hit man to kill her.


A grand jury has indicted a 28-year-old sex offender on charges of soliciting money to kill a 12-year-old child who he had allegedly seduced.

On December 3, 2021, Chandler Cardente allegedly began communicating with a minor girl via social media, as detailed in a press release issued by the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Rhode Island. Cardente allegedly made "sexual contact" with the juvenile on December 10, 2021, over a week later, and was subsequently arrested for this crime.

According to the indictment, on February 4, Cardente, while being confined at the Adult Correctional Institutions, had a phone conversation with another individual. Allegedly, he attempted to start a murder-for-hire plan by offering $200 cash and $1,500 worth of equipment to have the minor victim killed.

The indictment claims that Cardente informed the victim that he wanted her to "end up dead" because she was "a witness."

Cardente was charged with enticing of a juvenile, conducting a felony act involving a minor while being a registered sex offender, and interstate murder-for-hire on September 14th, according to the Attorney's Office.

Reports indicate that Cardente faces life in prison if convicted of enticement of a minor, "with a minimum mandatory term of incarceration of 10 years; committing a felony offense involving a minor while being a registered sex offender is punishable by a consecutive term of incarceration of 10 years to any sentence imposed for enticement of a minor; interstate murder-for-hire is punishable by a statutory penalty of up to

According to official documents, Cardente is still being imprisoned in one of the state's high-security prisons for adults.

According to court documents, Cardente was arrested in 2013 and 2014 on child molestation allegations and again in 2020 for failing to register as a sex offender.


Arizona police respond to burglary and discover'mummified' body in bathtub.

An investigation into an allegation of a female burglary resulted in the discovery of a body in a bathtub, according to reports

Police in Bullhead City, Arizona, responded to a burglary call in the 100 block of Palm Avenue around 3:30 a.m. on September 10.

Christine Walters, 65, was found "rummaging through things," according to the police report taken at the site. According to the investigation, Walters allegedly broke into the house.

Walters allegedly burglarized the residence twice in two days, on September 8 and 9, taking handbags and apparel to resell on the internet.

Officers searching the residence reported discovering a person "in a mummified state" inside the bathtub, which they suspect to be the homeowner. How long the body had been in the home or the bathtub is unknown to police.

According to reports, neighbors told investigators that they hadn't seen the homeowner in about a year and assumed she had relocated.

In the course of executing the search warrant, detectives located several items belonging to the victim "including her birth certificate, IRS documentation, driver's license, and credit cards," according to the police report. Methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia were reportedly discovered by detectives as well.

After being charged with two counts of burglary, Walters was taken into custody and lodged in the Mohave County Jail. The police said that additional charges for things like credit card theft, illegal drug possession, and drug paraphernalia are conceivable.


Parents on the run, grandma in custody after kid in cage and another with meth pipe discovered.

After a sexual assault investigation led authorities to a youngster who was allegedly found in a cage and another who was holding a methamphetamine pipe, two parents remain at large and a grandma is in custody.

The Hocking County Sheriff's Office said in a press release that on September 18 they had searched a house on Bear Run Road based on a search warrant. It was in "deplorable state," according to the Sheriff's Office.

A 3-year-old was reportedly "kept inside a cage, which was secured with zip ties" until investigators gained entry. A cup of ruined milk, various bugs, and unclean bedding were purportedly found in the cage.

The Sheriff's Office reports that a 2-year-old was seen carrying a methamphetamine pipe around the house.

Franklin Varney, 38, and Megan Smith, 25, the parents, reportedly left the house during the sexual assault inquiry. The children are currently living with their grandmother, 61-year-old Ella Webb, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Reports state that Webb was taken into custody by the Fairfield County Sheriff's Office after being charged with endangering minors, a third-degree crime.

The Hocking County Sheriff's Office states that the parents have been charged with child endangerment in the third degree.

It has been stated that the youngsters have been placed in temporary foster care.

Caleb J. Moritz, chief deputy of the sheriff's office in Hocking County, Ohio, issued the following statement: "I urge Mr. Varney and Ms. Smith to turn themselves in to the authorities right away. The Hocking County Sheriff's Office will exhaust every local, state, and federal resource available to bring these two to justice if they chose to escape from their obligations again tonight."

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