The Wannabe Hitwoman Who Became America_s Dumbest Criminal

Aimee Betro traveled from Wisconsin to Birmingham, UK, to carry out a contract killing, but her plot was doomed from the start. When she pointed a gun at Sikander Ali's head and pulled the trigger, the weapon jammed—allowing her target to escape in his car [citation:1][citation:2]. Undeterred, she returned hours later to fire three shots through his family home's window [citation:6]. She texted the intended target "where are you hiding?" and "stop playing hide and seek" before fleeing back to the US [citation:9]. She was later arrested in Armenia and sentenced to 30 years for conspiracy to murder, possessing a firearm, and importing ammunition [citation:3].