Animal-rights attorney hired ranch hands to kill her husband who was dating younger nanny

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A well-known animal rights attorney in Colorado is being held on a $3 million cash bond after prosecutors say she attempted to hire ranch hands in a murder-for-hire plot to kill her estranged husband and his new girlfriend, formerly an au pair who cared for their three children. 

One of the ranch hands allegedly tipped off the husband and authorities, before working with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office to record phone conversations during a six-month investigation that eventually lead to the arrest of 44-year-old Jennifer Emmi, also known as Jennifer Edwards, of Evergreen, Colo.

Emmi was arrested in late January and is charged with solicitation of first-degree murder, two counts of retaliating against a witness or victim, and three counts of stalking, the Denver Post reported. She is being held in the Jefferson County jail and is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on Feb. 26, KCNC-TV reported, citing court records.  

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According to a 33-page affidavit filed Jan. 25, Emmi first asked 28-year-old ranch hand Timothy Lindsey to help her kill her estranged husband’s girlfriend in November 2020. After the conversation, Lindsey went to authorities and became an informant, recording several phone calls during which Emmi allegedly asked if he knew anyone to "get rid of her," and provided the girlfriend’s name and workplace, court records show.

Lindsey "played along," according to the affidavit, and told Emmi the job would cost between $50,000 and $100,000. 

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"Jennifer responded that the money would not be a problem," the affidavit says. 
Emmi also allegedly discussed whether her husband should also be killed and whether it should happen at his ranch in Evergreen or elsewhere, suggesting in one conversation that maybe both he and the girlfriend be taken out because "if there was a car accident or something, no one would know," the affidavit says. But Emmi then decided to "hold off."
"We are not going to do anything," she later told Lindsey, according to the affidavit.

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Lindsey also told another person about the murder-for-hire plot: Seth McCallum, a 29-year-old former ranch hand who served as a sniper in the U.S. military, according to the report.

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Before her recent arrest -- but amid her crumbling marriage -- Emmi had been embroiled in legal trouble over the past year and was facing 16 felonies and 16 misdemeanors alleging domestic violence, retaliation against witnesses and attempts to influence public servants. 

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