Juan-Carlos Cruz Planned Wife's Murder

In 2010, a former Food Network host named Juan-Carlos Cruz, known as the "Calorie Commando," offered three homeless men $1,000 to murder his wife, Jennifer Campbell. The men reported him, allowing police to arrange a sting and record Cruz discussing the killing. Police arrested him at Cheviot Hills Park in Los Angeles on May 13. Cruz pleaded no contest to murder for hire and received nine years in prison under a plea agreement.

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