Reports have claimed that a 22- year-old , Kemia Hassel, wife of 23-year-old Army sergeant, Tyrone Hassel, killed in December has confessed to the police that she planned his killing together with another man, communicating on Snapchat in an attempt to hide their conversations.
Kemia explained that she spent months planning her husband’s death in order to be with someone else, St. Joseph Township Police Officer Mike Lanier testified in Berrien County Trial Court Wednesday, Feb. 20.
It was said: “plan was for Kemia to ensure Tyrone was in the right place at the right time and Jeremy would pull the trigger. On New Year’s Eve 2018, Kemia and Tyrone were staying with Tyrone’s dad in St Joseph Township, Michigan. They were on military leave for the festive season.
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“In the evening, Tyrone went to a family party, leaving Kemia at his dad’s house. Before 11pm, he messaged Kemia to say he was coming back with a plate of food for her. Kemia then messaged Jeremy and told him there was an opportunity for an ambush.
“Tyrone left the party before the New Year rang in, and had almost reached his dad’s house when Jeremy shot him in the head and neck before disappearing. Paramedics rushed to the scene, but Tyrone was pronounced dead at the hospital.
“Kemia had made a number of internet searches after the killing. One was ‘how to delete Snapchat’. Kemia also looked up ‘what do I do after my house is paid off’. Jeremy’s mobile placed him in the area on the night of the shooting even though he had no reason to be in Michigan.”
Investigators revealed that Kemia had made a number of internet searches after the killing. It was learnt that one was ‘how to delete Snapchat’. “After a three-day trial, the jury deliberated for just over an hour and found Kemia guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.”
Hassel and co-defendant, Jeremy Cuellar, both pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree, premeditated murder in the death of U.S. Army Sgt. Tyrone Hassel III, 23, on New Years Eve.
In August this year, Kemia was sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole. She was given the opportunity to say something to her husband’s family, but chose not to while Cuellar apologized to Tyrone’s family after his sentencing and blamed his evil actions on Kemia.