A TEXAS mother has pleaded guilty to orchestrating the murder of her husband, who was shot seven times outside of their family home in 2020.
Jennifer Faith, 49, convinced her boyfriend Darrin Lopez to kill her husband Jamie Faith and then plotted to cover it up, police say.
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Jamie was leaving the house with Jennifer for a morning walk with their dog when a masked individual shot him seven times — three times in the head, three times to the chest, and one shot to the groin — before driving away in a black truck with a “T” decal, according to captured video footage.
Jennifer claimed that she had also been attacked and that the gunman duct-taped her. Jamie was pronounced dead at the scene.
In the wake of the murder, recently-widowed Jennifer went on local TV in their Dallas area and begged the killer to come forward.
“I just hope that at some point, maybe, this person can recognize the gravity of what they’ve done and feel some sort of guilt enough to come forward.”
Jennifer and Jamie, an American Airlines manager, met on a blind date 15 years prior to the tragedy. The couple had been married since 2012, and Jamie had legally adopted Jennifer’s daughter from her first marriage.
The couple moved to Dallas from Arizona in 2017, years before Jennifer reconnected with her high school sweetheart Lopez, an Army veteran.
Cops uncovered the reality of the case after reviewing Jennifer’s phone and discovering she had been in an emotional affair with Lopez, who had suffered a traumatic brain injury while serving in the Army that left him disabled.
Authorities tracked Lopez’s financial records and conducted aerial surveillance of his Tennessee home, where they discovered he drove a black Nissan truck with a “T” decal.
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Law enforcement arrested Lopez in January 2021 and conducted searches in his vehicle and his home, where they discovered the alleged murder weapon, credit cards in Jennifer Faith’s name, and a mask matching the description of the face mask that Jennifer said that the shooter had worn.
Lopez was charged with Jamie’s murder, but Jennifer suspiciously remained in contact with him while he was in custody.
Both before and after the murder, Jennifer sent Lopez money and gifts, even providing him with two credit cards which she paid off using the proceeds of a GoFundMe fundraiser called Support Jennifer Faith launched by the community in the wake of Jamie’s death.
Lopez eventually admitted to authorities that Jennifer asked him to help her kill her husband.
Lopez claimed to have driven from Tennesse to Texas to kill Jamie. He also said that he shot Jamie in the groin because of the alleged abuse allegations Jennifer had against Jamie.
Lopez has been charged with murder as well as a federal charge of a gun crime. He has pleaded not guilty to both charges.
JENNIFER’S ARREST
Prosecutors arrested Jennifer with charges of obstruction of justice in February 2021.
The charges came as authorities recovered texts from Jennifer to Lopez that said, “I think you need to get that sticker off ASAP … like today.”
The texts showed that she knew Lopez could be a suspect in Jamie’s murder but was contacting him instead of the police.
Jennifer also admitted that she and Lopez had coordinated their cover stories.
“If asked about you, you are an old friend going through a divorce. We talk every night because I am helping/giving support with the girls,” she texted.
“Just in case they pulled phone records and ask.”
“Good idea,” Lopez responded.
In September 2021, prosecutors added a charge of murder for hire — an offense that carries a potential death sentence.
When Jennifer pled guilty to the murder-for-hire charge in February, prosecutors offered to drop the obstruction charge and recommend a sentence of life imprisonment.
“Lies, deceit, and ultimately the murder of a loving spouse,” prosecutor Jeffrey Boshek said.
“After attempting to manipulate family, friends and caring citizens, Mrs. Faith has now admitted to her heinous acts.”
Jennifer is slated to be sentenced on May 26.
Lopez is currently awaiting trial.
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