New Jersey woman tried to hire hit man to kill ex-boyfriend, his daughter, prosecutor says
A New Jersey woman is charged in a $12,000 murder-for-hire plot to kill a Philadelphia police officer and his daughter, according to the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.
Jaclyn Diiorio, 26, of Runnemede, is facing attempted murder, conspiracy and possession of a controlled dangerous substance charges, Camden County Prosecutor Grace MacAulay said Tuesday.
MacAulay said her office was alerted on April 3 that Diiorio was looking for a hit man to kill her ex-boyfriend — a 53-year-old officer with the Philadelphia Police Department — and his 19-year-old daughter.
The Camden County prosecutor alleged Diiorio planned to pay an informant about $12,000 to kill both victims.
On April 4, Diiorio allegedly met the informant in the parking lot of a Dollar General store in the 1300 block of North Black Horse Pike in Gloucester Township and paid the informant $500 in cash, MacAulay said.
Gloucester Township police arrested Diiorio in the Dollar General parking lot after the exchange. She had a bottle of suspected alprazolam pills on her when she was arrested, MacAulay said.
Court documents show Diiorio and the informant met through the dating app Tinder. MacAulay said the two randomly connected on Tinder with the intention of dating.
The prosecutor said conversations between Diiorio and the informant included meeting up about paying for the alleged hit. The informant shared the information about what, where and when they were meeting with Diiorio.
MacAulay said authorities knew charges were appropriate after Diiorio handed over $500 to the informant.
Diiorio and the Philadelphia police officer dated for about a year, MacAulay said. Diiorio was the officer's barber, and the two began dating, according to the prosecutor. At one point, there was a restraining order. The relationship ended on March 6, MacAulay said.
Camden County hasn't had a murder-for-hire plot in decades, according to the county prosecutor.
Diiorio is being held in the Camden County Correctional Facility and is expected to appear in court for a detention hearing Friday.
