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Suburban Chicago man sentenced in 2nd murder-for-hire plot

Suburban Chicago man sentenced in 2nd murder-for-hire plot
Suburban Chicago man sentenced in 2nd murder-for-hire plot 00:28

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A former suburban Chicago school bus driver has been sentenced in a second murder-for-hire plot.

The Will County State's Attorney said 44-year-old Christian Shepherd from Ottawa was sentenced to 74 years in prison.

He was convicted of trying to hire a fellow inmate to murder a victim he was charged with sexually assaulting as well as others.

Shepherd was previously sentenced to 76 years for trying to hire a second inmate to kill the initial first victims and the first hitman.

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