Jasmin Paez (18) was arrested on Tuesday. She allegedly used a website called Rentahitman.com where she filled out a form to hire a hitman to kill her 3yr old son, she provided a photo and the address while requesting that the job be completed by the end of the week.
The owner of the site contacted the local authorities Miami Dade three times regarding this request and tried to get an officer to look into it but each time he was referred to Crimestoppers who also did not seem to understand the urgency of the situation. He was finally able to get through to someone that this wasn’t a joke or prank he had serious concerns regarding the safety of a young child and the investigation was passed onto a detective. Investigators posed as the hitman and spoke with Paez to go over details of the hit, the mother agreed to pay $3000 for them to murder her son.
Robert Innes who owns the site, set up for a cyber security company years ago, has received many requests for hitman most people see the joke or see through the site and request silly hits but over the years he has had a few requests that have raised red flags when a requests makes him question things he tries to verify the details name address etc and if he can verify the people he passes it on to the local authority to check into.
Shortly after posing as hitmen and confirming the hit with Paez the police arrived at her house and arrested Paez on charges of soliciting murder and unlawful use of a communication device, she was given a $15000 bond and ordered to stay away from her son, who is safe and well with relatives, DCFs has been alerted and I imagine will be opening a case into the overall safety of the child.
NBC6 spoke to her father who says that the case is not what it seems.
"My daughter is not a monster," the father said in Spanish. "My daughter is a little girl who was born with health problems. She has liquid retained in her neck. She's had 12 surgeries and she lost the ability to move her face. She's been bullied in school, they called her 'the monster.'"
The father added that he's confident the justice system will bring out the truth.
