A Coal Valley, Illinois, woman has been sentenced today to 72 months in federal prison for using interstate facilities in a murder-for-hire.
According to public court documents, in late 2023, Autumn Jeanine Carianna Markley, 30, attempted to facilitate a murder-for-hire by wiring money through a financial services application, specifically Western Union.
Markley, from her residence in Colorado, contacted a confidential source who was located in the Southern District of Iowa. In the communication, Markley made numerous statements that she would pay for someone to murder one of her relatives.
Markley went so far as to give the confidential source a target name, address, and down payment for the murder-for-hire.
After completing her term of imprisonment, Markley will be required to serve a three-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement.
This case was investigated by the Scott County Sheriff’s Office.
