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3 charged in murder of federal witness in Ky. Three people were charged with the murder of a federal witness. (Source: Picasa) By Amber Ruch | March 3, 2021 at 3:45 PM CST - Updated March 3 at 3:45 PM
WESTERN Ky. (KFVS) - Three people were charged with the murder of a federal witness.
Bobby Lee Smith, 48, of Louisville, and Cynthia Allen, 32, of Louisville, were both previously charged in a three-count indictment.
The superseding indictment, returned by a federal grand jury sitting in Paducah, Ky. on Tuesday, February 23, added defendant Lesa Andrade, 60, of Tampa, Florida.
According to the superseding indictment, around May 8, 2016, in Jefferson County, Ky., Smith and Allen killed a woman in front of her eight-year-old child in retaliation for her testimony in a grand jury proceeding in October 2014 in the Western District of Kentucky.
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The owner of the home, Lesa Denice Andrade, 61, faces up to 20 years in prison for soliciting two others to kill a witness, the FBI said.
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Lesa Andrade, 61, of New Tampa, was arrested Feb. 25 in a federal murder-for-hire case. She was being held in the Pinellas County Jail, awaiting a hearing Wednesday in Kentucky federal court. [ Pinellas County Sheriff s Office ]
Updated Mar. 1
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