Jeffrey Locker (died 2009) was an American self-help author and motivational speaker.
Death and aftermath
In 2009, Locker hired Kenneth Minor to kill him so his family would collect $18 million in insurance benefits.
Minor claimed that Locker, a married father of three from Long Island, hired him to "do a
Kevorkian". Locker was found dead in his car, in
East Harlem
East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem or and historically known as Italian Harlem, is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, New York City, roughly encompassing the area north of the Upper East Side and bounded by 96th Street to the south, F ...
, bound and stabbed.
Longtime
Allegheny County Medical Examiner
The Office of Allegheny County Medical Examiner investigates cases of persons who die within Allegheny County, Pennsylvania from criminal violence by casualty or by suicide, when unattended by a physician; under correctional custody or any other s ...
Dr. Cyril Wecht testified as a defense expert on behalf of Minor.
Minor was sentenced to 20 years to life for the murder of Locker. Minor is appealing his conviction. In October 2014, his sentence was reduced to 12 years.
Eventually Federal Judge William Kuntz ruled that the $4 million policy issued by
Principal Life Insurance should be voided because Locker had substantially misstated his annual income as $800,000 when, in truth, his gross income at the time was no more than $225,000 and he was deeply in debt.
References
External links
CBS – 48 Hours – Death Wish – Sept. 7, 2013
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Year of birth missing
American self-help writers
2009 deaths