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\nThe former Louisville pediatrician who pleaded guilty to trying to hire someone to kill her ex-husband was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison.<\/p>\n
\nThe former Louisville pediatrician who pleaded guilty to trying to hire someone to kill her ex-husband was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison.<\/p>\n
Stephanie Russell previously practiced at KidzLife Pediatrics in Norton Commons. She was taken into custody by FBI agents on May 19, 2022, after court records said she made contact with a person she believed she was hiring to kill her ex-husband. The person she had contacted was actually an FBI undercover employee.<\/p>\n
Russell agreed to pay a total of $7,000 for the murder, according to officials. She put $3,500, half of the amount agreed upon, in a drop box outside her medical office on May 18.<\/p>\n
She was to pay the remaining $3,500 after the murder took place.<\/p>\n
Court records from 2020 say this was not the first time Russell has been accused of trying to hire a hitman. Russell and her ex-husband had been in a custody battle over their two children for at least two years.<\/p>\n
Then in April 2024, Stephanie Russell pleaded guilty to the murder-for-hire plot. Just one day after pleading guilty, prosecutors said Russell tried to solicit fellow inmates to carry out a new murder plot against him.
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