Background: The Camden Justice Center in Camden, N.J. (Google Maps). Inset: Jaclyn Diiorio (Camden County Prosecutor’s Office).
A New Jersey woman was charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder after an alleged murder-for-hire plot against her ex-boyfriend and his daughter was discovered.
The Camden County Prosecutor’s Office announced in a Tuesday press release that 26-year-old Jaclyn Diiorio was arrested after police caught her allegedly paying an informant money to have her ex-boyfriend, a 53-year-old officer in the Philadelphia Police Department, and his 19-year-old daughter killed. According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by WCAU, a Philadelphia-based NBC affiliate, Diiorio allegedly intended to have the deed done by a man she met on the Tinder dating app.
According to WCAU’s reporting on the documents, Diiorio first met the informant on Tinder on March 31 at a Wawa convenience store in Runnemede, New Jersey. The pair communicated by text message and phone calls over the course of the next few days. The documents stated that at some point, Diiorio allegedly told the informant that she wished her ex-boyfriend was dead.
On April 3, prosecutors said the office’s major crimes unit became aware of the alleged plot to off the Philadelphia cop — and Diiorio’s alleged $12,000 price for the double murder.
The probable cause affidavit stated that the alleged target was notified of the plot by investigators on April 4. He told investigators that he and Diiorio met when she was his barber and the two broke up on March 6. Diiorio had previously filed a temporary restraining order against the Philadelphia cop, but dropped it.
Diiorio and the informant scheduled to meet each other at a Dollar General in Glendora, New Jersey, where she allegedly planned to pay the informant $500 as a down payment for the murders. Gloucester Township police were on the scene and took Diiorio into custody after the payment was made. She was also allegedly found carrying alprazolam — often prescribed for panic attacks and anxiety — in a bottle with the label peeled off.
Diiorio was charged with two counts of first-degree attempted murder, one count of first-degree conspiracy to commit murder, and one count of possession of a controlled dangerous substance. She was ordered to be remanded into custody until her April 9 court hearing.
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