Photo: Pennsylvania Dept of Corrections ; Franklin County Jail
A Pennsylvania woman who hired a man to “whack her stepmom,” according to police, will spend 30 to 60 years in prison for her role in the stepmom’s 2017 murder.
Tosha Mae Daley, 29, drove the killer to her stepmom’s neighborhood and handed him the knife after offering to pay him $30,000 for the deed, according to prosecutors, reportsThe Patriot-NewsandThe Herald-Mail. She then picked him up after the attack.
Daley pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of third-degree murder and robbery, in exchange for dropping 11 other charges against her, Franklin County District Attorney Matthew D. Fogal tells PEOPLE.
Daley’s accomplice, Nicholas Shinn, 24, is serving a sentence of life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in October, reportsThe Herald-Mail.
Jamie Ruth Daley, 46, was stabbed in her Greene Township home on December 7, 2017, and was a mother of two — daughter Chloe, who was 16 at the time, and son Samuel, who was then 10, according to aGoFundMe pagecreated to raise funds for her children.
Jamie R. Daley.GoFundMe
Shinn offered a different account and alleged themurder for hire. “I was going to get paid to whack her stepmom,” he said, according to a probable cause affidavit in the case.
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Tosha Daley’s plea to third-degree murder means she admitted her intent to cause harm, but not kill the victim. Her plea averted a trial where she faced a maximum sentence of life without parole if convicted.
The sentence to which she agreed carries 20 to 40 years in prison for the murder, with an additional 10 to 20 years for the robbery.
source: people.com
