KNOX COUNTY, Tennessee — A former Barry County teacher is accused of trying to rent someone to homicide his wife utilizing Bitcoin.
According to court docket paperwork, Nelson Replogle was arrested late final month after FBI brokers obtained a tip from the British Broadcasting Company about someone offering $17,800 in Bitcoin on-line to rent someone to kill his wife.
Court paperwork state that the Bitcoin used to make the cost to the murder-for-hire web site was traced again to a Coinbase pockets owned by Replogle. The IP handle related to the Coinbase pockets and a checking account that transferred funds into Coinbase additionally led to Replogle.
The paperwork allege Replogle paid greater than $17,000 in Bitcoin to have his wife killed whereas she was driving to the veterinarian’s workplace for a pet’s appointment.
Investigators say he offered particular particulars concerning the automobile his wife could be driving, and say he was caught shredding paperwork prior to his arrest.
Replogle is a former social research teacher at Thornapple Kellogg High School and served because the senior class advisor for the varsity in 2018.
Replogle was arrested in Knox County, Tennessee.