This is a story which was reported in New York’s Daily News on August 21, 2008:
The saga began after Auguste thought his beautiful 26-year-old wife was cheating on him and he roughed her up, cops said. She reported him for domestic abuse, and Auguste became enraged that she would turn on him after he had bought her the lavish ring and spent some $38,000 on their wedding.
After the wife moved out of their Canarsie home a couple of months ago, Auguste started hunting for a hit man to take her out, police said. The NYPD discovered the plot and hooked Auguste up with an undercover cop, who pretended to be eager for the $5,000 hit job. But Auguste didn’t just want his wife killed, he wanted proof – and he wanted his rock back. So when he met the hit man Thursday on his lunch break, he gave the undercover cop a samurai sword as well as a deposit.
Every word of his instructions was taped in the joint investigation by the NYPD Organized Crime Control Bureau, the Intelligence Division and the Manhattan district attorney’s homicide unit.
The woman has gone into hiding.
Folks, you can’t make this stuff up. All I can say is— that woman needs a Wedding Ring Coffin!
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