Two Sedalia Residents Charged in Murder-for-Hire Plot

Pettis County prosecutors charged a Sedalia man and woman with conspiracy to commit murder in the 1st degree after police accuse them of trying to hire a confidential informant to kill the woman’s husband.

According to the probable cause statement, 43-year old, Wendy McGinnis, and 45-year old Terry Johnson, told the informant that McGinnis’ husband had sexually assaulted McGinnis’ daughter years prior. She reportedly said she wanted him dead and would pay to have it done.

The informant told police that when meeting with McGinnis and Johnson, McGinnis mentioned a life insurance policy on her husband and reportedly said she would give someone half of it to kill her husband.

On May 12, a Missouri State Highway Patrol Sergeant met with McGinnis and said at first McGinnis said she only wanted her husband hurt. Later in the conversation, the sergeant said McGinnis changed her mind and wished to have her husband killed for $25,000.

Johnson is being held at the Pettis County Jail on a $250,000.00 bond, and McGinnis is at the jail on a $1 million bond.