A Mississippi judge sentenced a brother and sister from Clinton to prison Tuesday for their involvement in a murder-for-hire plot against their stepfather.
A Tuesday press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi identified the siblings as Joshua Druid Bryan, 29, and Regan Emily Bryan, 30.
Siblings Hired a Hitman to Carry Out the Hit But He Turned Out to be an Undercover Agent
According to the attorney’s office, Joshua and Regan sought to hire a hit man to murder their stepfather in order to “obtain life insurance proceeds.”
An affidavit filed in court records in January 2021 states there were discussions of a “million-dollar life insurance policy” on the stepfather payable to Joshua and Regan upon their stepfather’s death.
According to court documents, the pair met with a man, who turned into a confidential informant. They say those meetings took place several times at the siblings’ homes in …