Parody hitman website nabs Air National Guardsman after he allegedly applied for murder-for-hire job
Source: NBC News
Parody hitman website nabs Air National Guardsman after he allegedly applied for murder-for-hire jobs
Josiah Ernesto Garcia eventually agreed to kill someone for $5,000 while in conversation with an undercover FBI agent, authorities said.
April 16, 2023, 11:11 AM EDT
By Mirna Alsharif
An Air National Guardsman was arrested and charged on Thursday after allegedly applying to be a hitman on a parody website, officials say.
Josiah Ernesto Garcia, 21, came across www.rentahitman.com while searching for contract mercenary jobs to support his family, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office Middle District of Tennessee. The website was created in 2005 and used originally to advertise a cyber security startup, but when it failed, it would receive inquiries for hitman services -- so its administrator converted it to a parody site with false testimonials from individuals who claimed to have used its services, the criminal complaint states.
The Tennessee man applied via the website to get work as a hitman in February, submitting identification documents and a resume, as well as "indicating he was an expert marksman," earning him the nickname "Reaper," and was "employed in the Air National Guard since July 2021," according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Garcia continued to follow up on the website for about a month -- submitting even more identifying information including his home address and a headshot -- and eventually agreed to kill someone for $5,000 while in conversation with an undercover FBI agent, according to the criminal complaint.
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