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East Texas woman sentenced to 5 years for murder-for-hire plot against husband

Trisha Groot George, 33, was arrested in August 2018 after she paid an undercover officer to kill her husband.
Credit: Harrison County judicial records

MARSHALL, Texas — A Marshall woman has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty in connection with a murder-for-hire plot.

According to Harrison County judicial records, Trisha Groot George, 34, was handed her sentence on Wednesday in the 71st District Court of Judge Brad Morin.

George was arrested in August 2018 after she paid an undercover officer to kill her husband.

She was charged with solicitation to commit capital murder while remuneration (in exchange for money).

She will be given credit for time served.

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