The US police arrested and indicted 54-year-old Daniel Sikkema in January 2024 in Rio de Janeiro. The information was released on Tuesday (11).
The investigations were carried out by the United States FBI. According to judicial documents from the United States District Court (Southern District of New York), in 2023, Sikkema, which is Cuban and lived in Manhattan, offered 5,000 dollars For a rent killer, with whom he had a love relationship, in exchange for killing his former partner.
At the time of the crime, Daniel and Brent went through a divorce process. The suspect used a stolen identity to hide the origin of the payments.
FBI’s assistant director James E. Dennehy said that “in the middle of a tense divorce, Daniel Sikkema allegedly funded his ex-husband’s premature death. The accused allegedly hired a killer to facilitate her husband’s international murder and tried to hide her involvement in this insensitive plane. ”
The crime occurred on January 14, 2024. Brent accumulated a multimillionaire heritage and frequently traveled to Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, where he had properties.
Also according to the United States District Court, Daniel will be responsible for conspiracy crimes to commit lease murder; Rental murder; Conspiracy to murder a person in a foreign count and passport fraud.
If convicted, the criminal may face a sentence of life imprisonment or death.
The announcement of the prison was made by the Supervisor of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice, Antoinette T. Bacon, in conjunction with lawyer Danielle R. Sassoon of the South District of New York and the assistant director responsible for the FBI office in New York, James E. Dennehy.
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