Man Says Woman Paid Him to Kill Lover’s Wife

Posted on January 20, 2010 by lmharnisch

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Jan. 20, 1960, Finch Trial

The killer was supposed to say: “Tell her this is from Bernie!”

Jan. 20, 1960, Finch Trial
The witness said he was “drinking heavily that day.”

Jan. 20, 1960: “A suave and smooth-talking convict testified yesterday that Carole Tregoff hired him to kill Mrs. Barbara Jean Finch for $1,400, that she was 'happy' when he pretended he had done so and that he futilely tried to talk her and Dr. R. Bernard Finch out of going through with the scheme.“

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