Texas Woman Charged in Plot to Have Her Boyfriend Gun Down Her Husband; Police Called it a “Depraved” Scheme

A Texas woman is accused of using fake email accounts to encourage her boyfriend to murder her husband in what authorities are calling a “depraved” scheme.

Jennifer Lynne Faith, 49, was indicted by federal authorities for the use of interstate commerce in the commission of murder-for-hire. She is accused of being the force behind the death of her husband Jamie Faith, 49.

The New York Post reported that Jennifer posed as her husband and friend online by using phony email accounts to lead her boyfriend Darrin Ruben, 49, to believe she was both physically and sexually abused by her husband, Jamie.

“Ms. Faith’s alleged murder-for-hire scheme was depraved and calculated,” Acting US Attorney Prerak Shah said. “She preyed on her boyfriend’s protective instinct and his pocketbook to convince him to execute her husband.”

Jennifer emailed Lopez, who was her high school sweetheart, to provoke him by sharing “details of extreme physical and sexual abuse that had never actually occurred,” prosecutors said. She also sent fake photos of injuries claiming they were hers.

“I am telling you to stay away from my family,” she allegedly wrote in an April 9, 2020, email to Lopez acting as her husband, Jamie.

“Enjoy knowing you can’t do a [expletive] thing about it,” she wrote in another email the next month that included close-up photos of purported injuries, prosecutors said.

She then allegedly posed as her friend, asking Lopez for his help.

“I am asking if you are willing to get involved and help Jen get out of this situation,” one email said.

Lopez is accused of driving to the couple’s home in Oak Cliff, where authorities say he waited until the couple emerged to walk their dog before shooting the victim multiple times.

He was arrested nearly a month later and charged with murder.

Jennifer pleaded not guilty to obstruction of justice in the killing. If she is found guilty, she faces life in prison and possibly the death penalty.

“We are committed to getting justice for Jamie – and to holding both Ms. Faith and Mr. Lopez accountable for their alleged crimes,” prosecutors said.