Mount Vernon woman found guilty of plot to kill ex-husband
April 16, 2021
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MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) A Mount Vernon woman was found guilty of solicitation to commit murder after a jury found she had tried to convince her child to kill his father by adding rat poison to his food and drink.
37-year-old Vanessa Valdiglesias-Lavalle was also found guilty last week of solicitation to commit first-degree assault with a noxious substance, The Skagit Valley Herald reported.
During the 2 1/2-day trial, Skagit County Prosecuting Attorney Rich Weyrich asserted that Valdiglesias-Lavalle and her ex-husband were in the midst of a divorce in which Valdiglesias-Lavalle had lost custody of their two sons and by mid-2020 had to pay her ex-husband child support.
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Testimony concludes in Mount Vernon murder plot trial By Kera Wanielista, Skagit Valley Herald
Published: April 8, 2021, 8:27am
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MOUNT VERNON – Testimony wrapped up Wednesday in the trial of a Mount Vernon woman accused of plotting to have her ex-husband killed.
Vanessa Valdiglesias-Lavalle, 37, is charged in Skagit County Superior Court with solicitation to commit murder and solicitation to commit first-degree assault with a noxious substance after she allegedly tried to convince her 10-year-old son to kill his father.
Closing arguments are set for Thursday.
The investigation into the alleged murder plot began in June after the child – the oldest of the two children of Valdiglesias-Lavalle and her ex-husband – recorded a conversation with his mother where she allegedly told him to put rat poison in his father’s food or drink.
Trial starts for Mount Vernon woman accused of murder plot
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MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) The trial of a Mount Vernon woman accused of plotting to have her ex-husband killed has started.
Vanessa Valdiglesias-Lavalle, 37, is charged in Skagit County Superior Court with solicitation to commit murder and solicitation to commit assault with a noxious substance after she allegedly tried to convince her child to kill the the child’s father, The Skagit Valley Herald reported.
According to court documents, Mount Vernon police received a report in June about a conversation the 10-year-old boy recorded with his cellphone in which Valdiglesias-Lavalle allegedly is heard telling a child to tamper with his father’s food or drink using “venom” or rat poison.
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