An environmental compliance specialist allegedly tried to hire a hitman to murder the wife of a man she met on Match.com.
Melody Sasser allegedly placed an order on a website called Online Killers Market to hire a hitman to kill Jennifer Wallace, the wife of a man she met online.
In an affidavit seen by prosecutors from DailyMail.com, prosecutors shared details of a transaction made in January this year relating to the alleged murder for hire.
Authorities first learned of Sasser’s alleged scheme in April, when a foreign law enforcement agency notified the Department of Homeland Security that Jennifer Wallace was the target of an assassination plot. .
The foreign agency had uncovered messages between a user in the United States named “cattree,” who prosecutors say is Sasser, and the administrator of the online killer marketplace, according to the complaint.
Melody Sasser allegedly placed an order on a website called Online Killers Market to hire a hitman to kill Jennifer Wallace, the wife of a man she met online.
David Wallace, pictured here, told police he met Sasser on Match.com and that Sasser helped him hike an Appalachian trail
The first, dated Jan. 11, 2023, included Jennifer Wallace’s full name and address in Prattville, Alabama, and a pending blocked payment.
For the services, Sasser reportedly made payments totaling $9,750 in Bitcoin, an untraceable cryptocurrency.
Along with the transaction, Sasser had added a description of how she wanted the murder carried out and details about Wallace’s life.
According to court documents, Sasser instructed the site, “It must seem random or accidental, or plant drugs, don’t want a long investigation.
“She has recently moved in with her new husband, she works from home and from the office in Birmingham.
“She drives a blue Subaru Outba97ck, her husband drives a brown Jeep Grand Cherokee.
“Her husband works part-time at Publix, they have three barking and jumping dogs.”
According to the affidavit, the submitted information about Jennifer Wallace and her husband has been verified to be 100% accurate.
Sasser had also uploaded an image of Jennifer to the site so that she could be positively identified by the assigned “hitman”.
After officers informed the Wallaces of the threat to their lives, Jennifer reportedly immediately spoke to officers about Sasser.
Wallace told cops that Sasser and her husband David had been hiking with friends in Knoxville, Tennessee, before David moved to Alabama to be with his fiancée Jennifer.
Prosecutors say Sasser had added a description of how she wanted the murder done and details about Wallace’s murder.
Jennifer Wallace told police that Sasser then showed up at their home in Alabama and told them, “I hope you both fall off a cliff and die.”
The pair then say they started receiving threatening phone calls from someone using a device to disguise their voice.
Using the fitness app Strava, prosecutors said Sasser was able to track the couple on their hikes and then passed that information on to the hitman market.
David Wallace told police he met Sasser on Match.com and that Sasser continued to help him hike an Appalachian trail.
According to the affidavit, Sasser received several messages regarding the murder-for-hire and frequently messaged the site asking for updates.
Investigators managed to track the money in the case and subpoenaed Coinhub, which operates bitcoin ATMs that Sasser allegedly used.
Prosecutors say Sasser was able to track the couple on their hikes through the use of the Strava fitness tracker, and she then passed that information on to the hitman market.
The company responded with transaction data and customer information that identified Sasser as “cattree,” according to the complaint.
She had purchased Bitcoin with cash on at least four occasions from Coinhub ATMs in Knoxville.
After which, she sent the funds to a digital wallet controlled by Online Killers Market, the complaint states, and the “cattree” phone number provided to complete the transactions was Sasser’s.
According to the Daily Beast, Sasser was arrested on May 18 and remanded in custody where she will remain until a further court appearance on June 8.
