WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey on Wednesday sentenced the shooter in a 2023 murder-for hire plot to 30 years in prison.
Around 10 p.m. on July 6, 2023, Eric Washington, now 48, of Jennings, picked up Andreaia Worthem from her home in St. Louis County and drove her to St. Louis, where he shot her multiple times. Washington took advantage of Worthem's drug addiction to gain her compliance and get her to go with him, Assistant U.S. Attorney Matt Martin said during Wednesday's hearing. Her wounds indicated that she tried to defend herself and knew what was going on, he said.
The murd...