Thursday, March 1, 2012

Hartford, CT: Convict claims hit man he hired to kill his ex-wife is the suspect in unsolved Conn. murder

An imprisoned former advertising executive claims a hit man he hired to kill his ex-wife is the suspect in the unsolved murder of a Madison woman.

A state prosecutor said Wednesday that Richard Shenkman is alleging the unnamed hit man killed Barbara Hamburg, whose body was found outside her Madison home in March 2010. WFSB-TV reports (http://bit.ly/wkIt3N ) the prosecutor also said Madison police have brought steak to Shenkman in prison in exchange for information.

Madison police declined to comment.


Shenkman is serving a 70-year prison sentence for kidnapping ex-wife Nancy Tyler in 2009, holding her hostage during a police standoff in South Windsor and burning down their former home. Tyler wasn't seriously hurt.

Shenkman claimed during his sentencing in January that he had hired a hit man to kill Tyler.

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