Feds: Murder plot suspect aimed to blame victim’s cat

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Updated: February 28, 2012 8:23AM

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — Federal investigators say they foiled a plot to abduct, extort and electrocute a wealthy man in a scheme they say sought to blame the killing on the victim’s cat.

A criminal complaint against Brett Nash identifies the target of the plot only as a former corporate attorney in the southern Illinois industrial town of Granite City who long pursued sex with Nash’s wife.

According to an affidavit, one plan Nash explored involved forcing the intended victim into a hot tub and electrocuting him with a radio tossed into the water — followed by kitty litter that Nash thought would prompt authorities to think the animal was the culprit in the killing.

AP