West Virginia Murder-for-Hire

(Wood County, West Virginia) A 40-year-old local woman, Amy Yvonne Mayhugh, has been arrested for allegedly attempting to off her husband in a murder-for-hire plot.

Mayhugh faces a felony charge of solicitation to commit murder.

Police said they received information from an individual that indicated Mayhugh wanted to have her husband killed for the purpose of collecting insurance money.

Investigators were able to recover evidence and record conversations between the cooperating individual and Mayhugh allegedly supporting those findings, police said.

Police said Mayhugh also provided the cooperating individual a Rolex watch as partial payment for having her husband killed.

Details on booking are unavailable.