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Background: The Outagamie County Government Center in Appleton, Wisconsin (Google Maps). Inset: Lindsey Feucht (WBAY/YouTube).
A woman from Wisconsin stands accused of plotting to hire a hitman to murder her mother and stepfather, allegedly because they “ruined her life.”
Lindsey Feucht, aged 43, is charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit first-degree intentional homicide, according to court documents reviewed by Law&Crime. She made an appearance in Outagamie County court on Monday for a preliminary hearing related to the case, which began in August.
Prosecutors allege that Feucht was determined to have her mother and stepfather killed, willing to pay for the act, as detailed in a criminal complaint obtained by local media including Green Bay’s ABC affiliate, WBAY. She reportedly reached out to someone she believed could carry out the murders, who turned out to be an undercover informant, and explained her reason for seeking such drastic measures.
The complaint, cited by local Fox affiliate WLUK, states, “Feucht said she was ‘fondled’ when she was younger, informed her mom, but nothing was ever done about it.” It further reveals that Feucht harbored a deep-seated grudge, stating she would never forgive them for their inaction.
Feucht allegedly told the informant, “There needs to be a price to pay,” expressing her belief that her life had been destroyed by her parents’ failure to act. She elaborated that her neighbor had molested her as a child and that her mother and stepfather had neglected to report the incident to the police.
The defendant is said to have told the informant that she wanted the deaths to “look natural” and mentioned inheritance money. Law enforcement set up a meeting at the Fox River Mall in Appleton, Wisconsin, between Feucht and a man pretending to be a hit man, and she allegedly offered him $10,000 per kill.
Feucht was very organized and detailed in her instructions on how the supposed hit man could complete the act, authorities said, providing him with photos of her parents and a diagram of their home and where they slept. She even reportedly described jewelry he could take to make the crime look like a burglary.
Feucht was arrested after the meeting. She is being held in the Outagamie County Jail on a $100,000 bond. Her next court date is set for Dec. 10.
Outagamie County is located in eastern Wisconsin, just west of Green Bay and Lake Michigan.