Husband of victim’s girlfriend charged in murder-for-hire scheme in Collinsville
MADISON COUNTY — Almost a week after a Collinsville woman was shot dead while warming up her car, authorities on Monday charged the husband of her girlfriend in a $10,000 murder-for-hire scheme. Sammy J. Shafer Jr., 36, of Caseyville, was charged with first-degree murder and soliciting the murder. Authorities also charged two others in the crime.