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Man charged with killing Illinois 8-year-old tried to hire inmate to kill boy's mother: prosecutors – ABC7 Chicago

Man charged with killing Illinois 8-year-old tried to hire inmate to kill boy’s mother: prosecutors  ABC7 Chicago Prosecutors say Marcus Moultrie, charged with killing 8-year-old DeSoto, Illinois boy Leland Arnett, tried to hire an inmate to kill the boy's…
One Place News   •   October 4, 2026   •   Updated October 4, 2026
Man charged with killing Illinois 8-year-old tried to hire inmate to kill boy's mother: prosecutors – ABC7 Chicago

Man charged with killing Illinois 8-year-old tried to hire inmate to kill boy’s mother: prosecutors  ABC7 Chicago

Prosecutors say Marcus Moultrie, charged with killing 8-year-old DeSoto, Illinois boy Leland Arnett, tried to hire an inmate to kill the boy's mother. 34||h=1&&(this.target=t[0]),t.length>=2&&(this.opts=t[1]);var n,r=this.opts||{},i=this.target;if("string"==typeof i?n=i:"object"==typeof i&&i instanceof y?n=i.url:window.URL&&"object"==typeof i&&i instanceof URL&&(n=i.href),o(this,n),"data"!==this.params.protocol){var s=(""+(i&&i instanceof y&&i.method||r.method||"GET")).toUpperCase();this.params.method=s,this.txSize=m(r.body)||0}}),u.on("fetch-done",function(t,e){if(this.endTime=a.now(),this.params||(this.params={}),"data"===this.params.protocol)return void g("Ajax/DataUrl/Excluded");this.params.status=e?e.status:0;var n;"string"==typeof this.rxSize&&this.rxSize.length>0&&(n=+this.rxSize);var r={txSize:this.txSize,rxSize:n,duration:a.now()-this.startTime};s("xhr",[this.params,r,this.startTime,this.endTime,"fetch"],this)})}},{}],18:[function(t,e,n){var r={};e.exports=function(t){if(t in r)return r[t];if(0===(t||"").indexOf("data:"))return{protocol:"data"};var e=document.createElement("a"),n=window.location,o={};e.href=t,o.port=e.port;var i=e.href.split("://");!o.port&&i[1]&&(o.port=i[1].split("/")[0].split("@").pop().split(":")[1]),o.port&&"0"!==o.port||(o.port="https"===i[0]?"443":"80"),o.hostname=e.hostname||n.hostname,o.pathname=e.pathname,o.protocol=i[0],"/"!==o.pathname.charAt(0)&&(o.pathname="/"+o.pathname);var a=!e.protocol||":"===e.protocol||e.protocol===n.protocol,s=e.hostname===document.domain&&e.port===n.port;return o.sameOrigin=a&&(!e.hostname||s),"/"===o.pathname&&(r[t]=o),o}},{}],19:[function(t,e,n){function r(t,e){var n=t.responseType;return"json"===n&&null!==e?e:"arraybuffer"===n||"blob"===n||"json"===n?o(t.response):"text"===n||""===n||void 0===n?o(t.responseText):void 0}var o=t(22);e.exports=r},{}],20:[function(t,e,n){function r(){}function o(t,e,n,r){return function(){return u.recordSupportability("API/"+e+"/called"),i(t+e,[f.now()].concat(s(arguments)),n?null:this,r),n?void 0:this}}var i=t("handle"),a=t(31),s=t(32),c=t("ee").get("tracer"),f=t("loader"),u=t(25),d=NREUM;"undefined"==typeof window.newrelic&&(newrelic=d);var p=["setPageViewName","setCustomAttribute","setErrorHandler","finished","addToTrace","inlineHit","addRelease"],l="api-",h=l+"ixn-";a(p,function(t,e){d[e]=o(l,e,!0,"api")}),d.addPageAction=o(l,"addPageAction",!0),d.setCurrentRouteName=o(l,"routeName",!0),e.exports=newrelic,d.interaction=function(){return(new r).get()};var m=r.prototype={createTracer:function(t,e){var n={},r=this,o="function"==typeof e;return i(h+"tracer",[f.now(),t,n],r),function(){if(c.emit((o?"":"no-")+"fn-start",[f.now(),r,o],n),o)try{return e.apply(this,arguments)}catch(t){throw c.emit("fn-err",[arguments,this,t],n),t}finally{c.emit("fn-end",[f.now()],n)}}}};a("actionText,setName,setAttribute,save,ignore,onEnd,getContext,end,get".split(","),function(t,e){m[e]=o(h,e)}),newrelic.noticeError=function(t,e){"string"==typeof t&&(t=new Error(t)),u.recordSupportability("API/noticeError/called"),i("err",[t,f.now(),!1,e])}},{}],21:[function(t,e,n){function r(t){if(NREUM.init){for(var e=NREUM.init,n=t.split("."),r=0;r0){var r=n[n.length-1];if(f&&f DESOTO, Ill.

— Prosecutors say a southern Illinois man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend's 8-year-old son and trying to kill her attempted to arrange the woman's murder from jail before his bench trial on Monday. Marcus Moultrie, 37, of DeSoto, tried to hire a fellow inmate to kill Deborah Snider for $1,500 because it would "help in his case," court documents allege. It's the latest shocking detail in a tragedy that rocked the little town of about 1,500 people about six miles north of Carbondale. The family also had a lengthy history with child welfare services, with an Illinois Department of Children and Family Services caseworker last making contact with the family just hours before the deadly attack on May 13. The alleged plot included instructions for finding Snider on Facebook, code words for collecting the money from Moultrie's mother, and a written agreement signed by Moultrie

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