MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 43-year-old Pierz, Minn. woman was arrested after police say she tried to hire someone to kill her ex-husband.
According to a criminal complaint, Nancy Leona Meyer sent a woman text messages, asking for help to kill her ex-husband on April 10. The woman who received the texts then told police about the arrangement two days later. Meyer is being charged with first-degree conspiracy to commit murder.
The text messages said Meyer had a new knife and asked the woman not to tell anyone. She also texted, “you please help me kill him please,” according to the complaint.
Police say Meyer texted the woman with her ex-husband’s address and his work hours.
The woman placed a phone call to Meyer, with police recording the conversation, asking how much she would be paid. Meyer responded that they could start with $200.
Meyer told the woman she didn’t want her children involved and stated she wanted her to use a gun with a silencer. She also asked to be called once her ex-husband was dead.
Meyer was located near her place of employment and arrested by police.
At the Morrison County Jail, police told Meyer she was arrested for trying to have her ex-husband killed. Meyer said if he would’ve let her see her children, none of this would have happened.
