Joseph Manuel Hunter, Conspiracy to Commit Murder-for-Hire, New York 2018
A gruesome crime has landed a Kentucky man in prison for life. Joseph Manuel Hunter, 53, of Owensboro, Kentucky, was sentenced to life in prison by U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams on [no specific date mentioned].
Hunter was convicted of conspiring to commit murder-for-hire and committing murder-for-hire, crimes that carry a maximum sentence of life in prison and a mandatory minimum sentence of life in prison.
According to the superseding indictment, Hunter, along with his co-defendants Adam Samia and Carl David Stillwell, agreed to commit murders-for-hire in overseas locations in exchange for salaries and bonus payments for each victim.
Samia and Stillwell traveled from North Carolina to the Philippines in early 2012, where Hunter provided them with information about their intended victims and firearms to use to commit the murders.
On February 12, 2012, Samia and Stillwell killed one of their intended victims, a Filipino woman, by shooting her multiple times in the face. Hunter paid Samia and Stillwell $35,000 each for completing the murder.
Hunter, Samia, and Stillwell were each convicted of one count of conspiring to commit murder-for-hire and one count of committing murder-for-hire. Samia and Stillwell were also each convicted of conspiring to commit money laundering.
The three men were arrested in July 2015 and had been awaiting sentencing. Hunter's sentencing marks the end of a long and gruesome case that involved the murder of a Filipino woman.
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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