re: Ever known anyone that was murdered?

A HS friend of mine plotted to have his family murdered in what would look like a break-in gone wrong, the hitman ended up killing his mother and brother and wounding his father. Eventually it all unraveled and the cops realized he was in on it. They caught him in Mexico and now he's on death row in Texas.

That story has been on TV a few times now... I didn't know the Mom or brother that well, but I had definitely met them.