A man at a New Hampshire jail has been charged with plotting to kill a woman he claimed was his wife, along with her husband.

Edward LePore, 45, is charged with conspiracy to commit murder and solicitation to commit murder. He was arrested Tuesday after a weeks-long investigation. Police were unable to confirm LePore's original address.

LePore was in the Cheshire County Jail for a probation violation when, according to court documents, he asked another inmate if he knew a hitman. He said the targets were a woman in Maine he claimed was his wife, as well as the man he said was her husband, investigators said.

He allegedly suggested that he would be able to pay $50,000 for each killing and fund the plot by selling his house and his mother's business upon release.

The inmate in question r

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