PLAINFIELD, N.H. — A mother and son are accused in a murder-for-hire plot in New Hampshire.
Maurice Temple and Pauline Chase were arrested in Plainfield on Thursday. Prosecutors claim Chase gave a man $5,000 as a down payment to kill her daughter-in-law, Maurice's wife. Her son was also allegedly in on the murder plot.
The two were arraigned on charges of conspiracy to commit murder, solicitation to commit murder and attempt to commit murder.
Court documents said that Maurice and Chase had multiple conversations with a man about hiring him for Maurice's wife's death. At several point, Maurice even allegedly searched a man to see if he was wearing a wire.
Each of them are being held on $1 million bail.