Man in loud shirt, three others in custody for murder of ex-wife

[TexasTowelie]

The ex-husband of Taherah Ghassemi, a 54-year-old woman who’s been missing since early April, was arrested Sunday and accused of paying three men to kill her after deputies found her body buried in St. Helena Parish.

Ghassemi was killed in the murder-for-hire plot paid for by Hamid Ghassemi, her ex-husband, who only a few months ago was ordered to pay her more than $1 million as part of a settlement in a decadelong divorce battle, said Casey Rayborn Hicks, a Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman.

Hamid Ghassemi, who owns two car dealerships on Airline Highway in Baton Rouge, was among the four men arrested Sunday by deputies following an exhaustive investigation into the disappearance of his ex-wife, Hicks said.

Detectives found Taherah Ghassemi’s body Saturday in a “heavily wooded area in St. Helena Parish just north of Pine Grove,” Hicks said.

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