Man accused of trying to hire man to kill wife - again
By Associated Press
Published August 17, 2005
STUART - An inmate has been charged with trying to hire a hit man to kill his wife from behind bars - for the second time.
Christopher Sheridan Hoar, 56, of Jensen Beach has been in jail since October. He was initially charged with aggravated assault with a firearm after allegedly pointing a gun at his wife and threatening to kill her, according to the Martin County Sheriff's Office.
While in jail, Hoar asked an undercover detective to kill his wife for $10,000 and a vehicle, deputies said. Hoar was charged in December with solicitation to commit murder. Last month, Hoar again asked an undercover detective posing as a hit man to kill his wife, deputies said. He was arrested Friday and again charged with solicitation to commit murder. Detectives said Hoar was fooled by a photograph they staged with 51-year-old Marcia Hoar lying in a pool of fake blood.
"You notice her legs are nicely and modestly laid out," sheriff's spokeswoman Sgt. Jenell Atlas said. "Death's not that neat."
