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Aaron Goodwin, star of Ghost Adventures, had a detailed name. Police say that his spouse was plotting to homicide him.
The introduction of no-fault divorce did extra than simply give lots of people an opportunity at happiness. It saved lives.
Nonetheless, although it’s now much less widespread, there are nonetheless individuals who attempt to homicide a partner somewhat than undergo a divorce.
That’s allegedly what Victoria Goodwin, Aaron’s spouse, meant.
Victoria Goodwin (L) and Aaron Goodwin from “Ghost Adventures” attend the premiere of “Mad Apple by Cirque du Soleil” at The Park on Might 26, 2022. (Photograph Credit score: Ethan Miller/Getty Photos)
Aaron Goodwin was the goal of an alleged murder-for-hire plot
TMZ experiences that, final week, authorities charged Victoria Goodwin with solicitation to commit homicide and conspiracy to commit homicide over an alleged plot to homicide Aaron Goodwin.
She and the Ghost Adventures star have been married for lower than three years. The alleged homicide would have gone down whereas he was filming, the report reveals.
Victoria had reportedly been in touch with a jail inmate in Florida since October 2024. The inmate was then coordinating with the would-be hitman. One in all her alleged texts reads: “Am I a bad person? Because I chose to end his existence. Not divorce.”
In response to the messages, which police declare present communications between Victoria Goodwin and the inmate and the third occasion, a possible hitman, she was offering Aaron’s location and movie schedule.
As Ghost Adventures information at numerous areas in California, one assumes that the dying would have appeared random — maybe like a mindless “robbery gone wrong.”
Moreover, the report particulars $11,515 put aside to pay the hitman after the very fact, with $2,500 paid up entrance.
Tv persona Aaron Goodwin from the present “Ghost Adventures” arrives on the sixth annual Fighters Solely World Combined Martial Arts Awards at The Palazzo Las Vegas on February 7, 2014. (Photograph Credit score: Ethan Miller/Getty Photos)
How did authorities uncover the homicide plot towards Aaron Goodwin?
Usually, murder-for-hire makes an attempt consequence within the shopper making contact with somebody undercover in legislation enforcement. Even with the horrific cuts to federal funding in latest months, that may probably stay a frequent prevalence.
Nonetheless, the inmate was apparently actual and nonetheless incarcerated … which meant that the cellphone containing these alleged conspiratorial messages is contraband. When corrections officers confiscated the cellphone, they found messages — together with texts with the alleged hitman.
The inmate had allegedly despatched: “He’s asleep right now in the hotel room … I need to know what’s going on. Can I get an update. Was it done?” (Thankfully, it was not carried out)
We have no idea the entire particulars. Maybe there was an eleventh-hour rescue of Aaron Goodwin. In all probability not.
Authorities questioned Victoria, who admitted that she and Aaron — who married in August of 2022 — have been having marital issues.
She insisted that she didn’t need him killed. In response to Victoria, she was merely fantasizing about not having a husband. She additionally apparently advised investigators that she didn’t recall sending the messages, and that any cash paid was for “cellphones.”
Aaron Goodwin, Zak Bagans, and Nick Groff attend Journey Channel’s “Ghost Adventures” Autograph Signing at San Diego Convetion Middle on July 22, 2011. (Photograph Credit score: Michael Buckner/Getty Photos)
We wouldn’t name this a ‘happy ending,’ however …
Victoria was arrested on Thursday, March 6, and held in Clark County jail on a $100,000 bond forward of her Tuesday morning arraignment.
Aaron Goodwin spoke to TMZ, and appeared downright rattled. He felt utterly blindsided — not solely as a result of he had not anticipated his spouse to (allegedly) attempt to homicide him, however as a result of he had believed that they have been completely satisfied of their marriage.
All of that sounds horrifying. It might have been a lot worse.
