A couple thinks that the murder of an army soldier is not found on Snapchat, according to the police

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. – A woman and her boyfriend were deployed with the US Army in South Korea when they conspired via Snapchat to kill her husband so that she could claim the money from her. 39, life insurance, announced the Michigan police.

Judge Sterling Schrock, of Berrian County, ruled Wednesday at a preliminary hearing that the murder trial of Kemia Hassel, 22, and Jeremy Cuellar, 24, would start on April 30.

Both pleaded not guilty to the assassination of Sgt of the US Army on Dec. 31 Tyrone Hassel III. Cuellar has also been charged with firearms account.

According to the authorities, Hassel, 23, was ambushed while visiting his family in St. Joseph Township. According to the autopsy report, he died of several gunshot wounds, including one to the head.

All three were soldiers stationed in Fort Stewart, Georgia.

Kemia Hassel told the police in a signed statement that she had spent months planning how to kill her husband so she could continue her romantic relationship with Cuellar, said Wednesday the cantonal police officer , Mike Lanier.

Kemia and Tyrone Hassel got married in 2016 and had a one year old son. She told the police that she was not happy about her marriage, but that she did not want to divorce because she could not then receive any insurance money. life, said Lanier.

Hassel and Cuellar began plotting while they were deployed to South Korea last year, Lanier said. The pair communicated via Snapchat because they thought that temporary messages from the social media app would make research difficult for the police, he said.

Army Specialist Jaquan Hamilton and Army Corporal Tatanya Butler testified that they were aware of the Kemia Hassel and Cuellar case and their case. project.

Edwin Johnson, Cuellar's lawyer, said that it would be difficult to stop shooting on Cuellar.

"No one saw him on the spot, he was going to give up that, he was not going to do it, there were several other suspects," Johnson said.

Kaitlin Locke, Kemia Hassel's lawyer, said her client should not be charged with first degree murder because she did not pull the trigger. But Schrock said that there was enough evidence to prove that she had helped and encouraged.

Tyrone Hassel's father, Tyrone Hassel Jr., said that it was difficult to hear the details of the plot to kill his son.

"It's hard to take it without crying," said Hassel Jr.