Glam realtor ‘paid hitman $1,500 to murder mom-in-law & sent text to daughter saying gran would be DEAD soon’
A GLAM realtor allegedly paid a hitman $1,500 to murder her mother-in-law as she sent a chilling text to her children saying that their grandmother would be dead soon.
Leigh Ann Bauman, of Missouri, was arrested in March after an ex-friend is believed to have informed cops about her sinister plot.
It’s reported that she was worried her ex-husband and his mom, 74, would’ve fought for custody of her children.
Court documents show that Bauman asked the ex-friend for help after her children had refused to go with her, KRCG 13 reports.
Then she allegedly sent a text warning them that their grandmother would be dead.
Bauman reportedly asked “do you know someone” but they thought she was asking for cannabis.
It’s alleged she replied: “No I want a hitman, someone to get rid of her.”
The 44-year-old allegedly called the witness to come over and court documents show that Bauman had found the hitmen she had requested, and it would cost $1,500.
She told the witness that she would get the money from a bank but didn’t want to speak to the hitmen or know anything about their background.
It’s alleged Bauman told her former friend that she wanted the killing to look accidental and planned for it to take place at her mother-in-law’s home in Haumann.
On a recording, Bauman can be heard saying: “Your grandmother will die. I f****** threatened her.”
After a visit from cops, the 44-year-old claimed the witness was trying to get money from her and said she was just “venting” about her mother-in-law.
She reportedly left partway through her interview for a Botox appointment but denied planning to have her mother killed when she returned.
Bauman denied agreeing to get the money out of the bank but admitted she had a couple of glasses of wine so “couldn’t necessarily remember”.
One person told the Daily Beast that Bauman was a “narcissist” and “opportunist”.
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A judge has since granted Bauman’s ex-husband an order of protection for himself and their children.
Bauman is awaiting trial on a charge of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.
She faces a decade behind bars if convicted and a trial date has not been set.
