04-29-2011, 06:44 PM
NBC Miami
A disgruntled South Florida wife wanted her husband killed so she could get her hands on the couple's house, a witness told jurors Friday.
Mohamed Shihadeh said Dalia Dippolito told him that she wanted her husband, Michael, out of the picture because her husband was abusive, the Palm Beach Post reported.
Shihadeh and Dalia Dippolito were lovers and she allegedly came to him with the idea of hiring a hit man to murder her husband, prosecutors claim.
Shihadeh then went to Boynton Beach Police, who set up an elaborate sting to catch Dippolito in the act and she took the bait. Cops videotaped Dippolito negotiating with a hit man, who was really an undercover cop.
In the tape, Dippolito plots out the murder and how she wants it done.
Adding to the odd nature of the case, Shihadeh's testimony was videotaped last month. He is in Jordan with family.
A disgruntled South Florida wife wanted her husband killed so she could get her hands on the couple's house, a witness told jurors Friday.
Mohamed Shihadeh said Dalia Dippolito told him that she wanted her husband, Michael, out of the picture because her husband was abusive, the Palm Beach Post reported.
Shihadeh and Dalia Dippolito were lovers and she allegedly came to him with the idea of hiring a hit man to murder her husband, prosecutors claim.
Shihadeh then went to Boynton Beach Police, who set up an elaborate sting to catch Dippolito in the act and she took the bait. Cops videotaped Dippolito negotiating with a hit man, who was really an undercover cop.
In the tape, Dippolito plots out the murder and how she wants it done.
Adding to the odd nature of the case, Shihadeh's testimony was videotaped last month. He is in Jordan with family.