Florida man admits pay murder plot he tried to blame on Black Lives Matter

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A Florida man from Palm Beach County has admitted to attempting to carry out a murder conspiracy he attempted to attribute to Black Lives Matter.

In a July 8 hearing in Fort Lauderdale Federal District Court, Daniel Slater, 51, admitted his plan was to kill a woman, believed to be his 22-year-old ex-girlfriend, as well as his sister and his brother. -law, who he said ruined the relationship, reported the Palm Beach Post.

The landscaper pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of murder for pay. His sentence could be 10 years in prison.

Slater faced a maximum sentence of 90 years in prison if convicted on all six counts, but instead agreed to a plea deal at the hearing chaired by U.S. District Judge James Cohn.

The person he believed to be a hitman has turned into an undercover FBI agent. For his cooperation, prosecutors agreed to drop two more murder charges and three drug charges he faced.

Richard Della Fera is the fourth lawyer to represent Slater. He said the evidence against the landscaper was quite extensive. The evidence included phone tapes of Slater talking about how his ex should be treated.

Throw acid on his face, beat him [expletive] out of her, break her teeth, break her [expletive] nose, he said on the tapes, according to court documents.

FBI agents were taken to Slater after Brianne Slabaugh, 26, was arrested in February 2020. She was found dead in Everglades National Park in Miami 18 days later after overdosing on heroin and cocaine , according to a medical examiner.

But before her death, she told Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputies that Slater was training her to become an assassin.

Court documents indicate he wanted her to kidnap several people associated with his ex-girlfriend.

Slater and his associate walked past the victims’ house, during which Slater explained to his associate how to carry out the murders when the time came, according to a press release from the South Florida District Attorney’s Office.

Slater indicated which window of the house to shoot to kill the couple. Slater also asked his associate to spray paint the house to make it look like members of the Black Lives Matter movement had committed the crime, the office added.

Slater offered two thousand five hundred dollars to do a car shootout, at one point, but ended up paying only $ 400, but added that more would come later.

Slater is jailed in Broward County Jail. His sentencing is scheduled for September 16. He made a request during the hearing to be allowed to call his wife and three children.

Justice Cohn asked prison staff to facilitate the appeal. I miss talking to my child[s]he wrote to Judge Cohn in May. Please get a hearing as soon as possible.

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