Tired of constantly being broke and stuck in an unhappy marriage, a young husband decided to solve both problems by taking out a large insurance policy on his wife, with himself as beneficiary, and then arranging to have her killed.
A "friend of a friend" put him in touch with a nefarious dark-side underworld figure who went by the name of "Artie". Artie explained to the husband that his going rate for "snuffing a spouse" was $5000.00. The husband said he was willing to pay that amount, but that he wouldn't have any cash on hand until he was able to collect on the insurance money.
Artie insisted on being paid at lest something up front, so the young man opened his wallet displaying the single dollar bill that rested there-in. Artie sighed, rolled his eyes, and reluctantly agreed to accept the dollar as down payment for the dirty deed.
A few days later, Artie followed the man's wife to the local Safeway store. He surprised her in the produce department and proceeded to strangle her with his gloved hands. As the poor unsuspecting woman drew her last breath and slumped to the floor, the manager of the produce departmnent stumbled unexpectledly onto the murder scene. Unwilling to leave any living witnesses behind, Artie had no choice but to do the produce manager in as well.
Unbeknownst to Artie, the entire proceedings were captured by the store's video surveillance system and observed by loss prevention officers who immediately called the Police. Artie was caught and arrested before he even left the store.
Under intense interrogation, Artie confessed to the whole sordid plan, including the unusual financial arrangements with the hapless husband (who was also quickly arrested). The next day the newspaper ran with the following headline: