Kris Ertmann hires "hit man" to kill estranged wife, says "have fun" | Forensic Files

what's up man how much how are you good are you just chillin I took a couple pictures and just want to verify with
you yeah do you see that yeah is that right yeah Czar yeah okay so what was telling me was you know make
it happen yeah just you know have fun and you're saying I mean all the way right not yeah not fun okay so when you
when you want me to have this done by just whenever you can is there a time period I mean is there a
no no no never better sooner the better yeah okay let me throw a number out to you just so I make sure we're on the
same page yeah I'm thinking about 5k yeah does that work yeah so but just so we're clear I'm talking about you know
we're not like there's nowhere to come back from it once I'm once I get up you're good with that yeah yeah okay
well uh I'm planning on taking care of it this weekend okay all right once I get some of the money or whatever then
I'll get it worked out and you know yeah we'll go from there okay

Tiffany Mead thought she was safe after her estranged husband, Kristopher Ertmann, was arrested for slashing her throat. But investigators discovered Ertmann was trying to hire a hit man to finish the job. To make a case they needed proof, so they sent in an undercover cop posing as a hit man.

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Brief Summary

A discussion about a photography project budget and timeline.

Key points

Planning for the Weekend. The speaker plans to take care of things this weekend, emphasizing urgency.

Episode quotes

Make it happen, just have fun!

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