Dr. Stephanie Russell, a pediatrician in Kentucky, is accused of agreeing to pay an undercover FBI agent in a murder-for-hire scheme to kill her ex-husband for $7,000.
A pediatrician in Louisville, Kentucky, is accused of an alleged murder-for-hire scheme in which she agreed to pay an undercover employee with the Federal Bureau of Investigation $7,000 to kill her ex-husband, according to authorities.that Dr. Stephanie Russell, 52, has been charged with the “use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of Murder-for-Hire,” and faces up to ten years in federal prison if she is convicted.
On Wednesday, Russell allegedly tucked $3,500 as payment for the undercover in a dropbox outside of the medical office where she worked, according to the DOJ. She was arrested Thursday and made her first court appearance Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. She is scheduled to appear at the U.S. Gene Snyder Courthouse Tuesday for preliminary and detention hearings, the DOJ said.
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