MurderforHire

Estranged Husband of Manhattan Art Dealer Faces Extradition to Brazil for Alleged Murder-for-Hire

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – The estranged husband of a murdered multimillionaire Manhattan art dealer is facing extradition to Brazil on suspicion of ordering his murder, according to sources. Daniel Garcia Carrera, 53, is alleged to have paid for the murder of his estranged husband, Brent Sikkema, 75, who was fatally stabbed at his winter home in Rio de Janeiro in January. A judge in the city has ruled on the extradition, stating that Brazil’s justice department must make a formal request to the Department of Justice in Washington DC. Garcia Carrera, who was arrested … Read more

Convictions Secured: Mastermind and Accomplices Receive Sentences in Horry County Murder-for-Hire Case

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CONWAY, South Carolina – In a major development in the Horry County murder-for-hire case, all three individuals involved have now been convicted and sentenced. The verdict comes just a day after Samantha Rabon, the alleged mastermind behind the scheme, was found guilty for the killings of her father and half-brother, Robert and Randy Ford. Rabon has been handed two life sentences for hiring Randy Grainger to carry out the murders in August 2018 at their home in the Conway area, with inheritence money as the suspected motive. Both Grainger and the third co-defendant, Teresa Martin, … Read more

Attorney in Pay-to-Play Conspiracy Case Faces Murder-for-Hire Allegations in Honolulu Trial

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HONOLULU, Hawaii – Sheri Tanaka, an attorney charged in a pay-to-play conspiracy case involving former Honolulu Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro, has appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathaniel M. Cousins. The U.S. Probation and Parole Office requested a review of Tanaka’s release, as a result of information provided by an informant alleging that Tanaka paid someone to kill U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright and Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Wheat. Despite these allegations, Tanaka has not been arrested or charged in connection with the murder-for-hire claim. She remains free as she awaits her trial in the conspiracy … Read more