A cash-strapped newlywed who hired a hit man to kill her firefighter husband for his life insurance was found guilty of aggravated murder.
Uloma Curry-Walker, 45, planned to cash in on William Walker’s insurance four months after she married him in November 2013.
Prosecutors say Curry-Walker racked up thousands of dollars in debt when she asked her 17-year-old daughter if she knew anyone who would kill Walker.
Curry-Walker paid her daughter’s boyfriend, Chad Padgett, $1,000 to carry out the murder-for-hire. Padgett reached out to his cousin, Chris Hein, who recruited Ryan Dorty to kill Walker.
The firefighter was shot four times as he was on his way home from a fast food restaurant.
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Prosecutors say Curry-Walker’s plan to collect on his life insurance was doomed because she wasn’t the beneficiary — his ex-wife was.
Padgett, Dorty, and Hein all agreed to plea deals to testify against Curry-Walker who faces life in prison.
As part of their plea agreements, Hein will serve 18 years to life; Padgett agreed to 28 years to life in prison, and Dorty was sentenced to 23 years to life.