# Friend is an in-home tutor, uncovers murder plot. \[What to do?\]

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 22, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-is-an-in-home-tutor-uncovers-murder-plot-what-to-do/493926 "2009-04-22T01:41:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-is-an-in-home-tutor-uncovers-murder-plot-what-to-do/493926/21 "2009-04-22T10:07:39Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> I believe the person supposed to be killed is the child with leukemia. So it would be to ask the grandmother to kill her granddaughter.
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> At least, it makes more sense to me this way.

No, it’s the kid’s mom.

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-is-an-in-home-tutor-uncovers-murder-plot-what-to-do/493926/22 "2009-04-22T10:27:58Z")

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Cops intervene in “murder for hire” schemes all the time. All granny has to do is put a price tag on it and have the cops set up the scheme. This isn’t rocket science. That’s how these murder plans are foiled. It’s S.O.P.

Lame, lame, lame. I don’t believe a word of this. What ever happened to good old creativity?

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-is-an-in-home-tutor-uncovers-murder-plot-what-to-do/493926/23 "2009-04-22T11:15:02Z")

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> [@Stan\_Shmenge](#):
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> Yeah, but has an actual felony been committed? You have to actually commit the felony.
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> [Cite](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misprision_of_felony)
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> I guess asking someone to commit murder is probably a felony, so maybe it does apply.
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> On the other hand, this is hearsay. Granny may well be lying, or senile, as has been pointed out. Friend has no certain knowledge that “uncle” really made the request.

For the last time, _call the police_.  
Let _them_ determine whether a crime is/is about to be committed.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-is-an-in-home-tutor-uncovers-murder-plot-what-to-do/493926/24 "2009-04-22T11:32:59Z")

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This is a matter involving a possible felony, so either consult an attorney or consult the police.  
Any further queries involving legal advice would be inappropriate for this forum, so I am closing this thread.

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