An Alabama man, 64-year-old Mohammad Mohammad, will spend decades behind bars for attempting to hire a hitman to kill his estranged family, which included his estranged wife and his six children. The “hitman” he contacted turned out to be an undercover agent, and he was immediately arrested.
In a September 24 release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Alabama, announced that Mohammad pleaded guilty to seven counts of murder for hire. He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for each count, making it most likely that he will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
A federal complaint obtained by PEOPLE stated that Mohammad had asked a witness to find him someone to “take care of” his family members on August 11, 2024.
At the time, Mohammad was in the middle of div