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Police: Katy woman tried to hire hit man to kill her husband

Credit: HPD

by khou.com staff

Posted on November 18, 2009 at 7:07 PM

Updated Thursday, Nov 19 at 7:28 AM

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KATY, Texas – A Katy woman was arrested Wednesday after police said she tried to hire a hit man to murder her husband. 

The problem for her was, the hit man was actually a police informant who turned her in to authorities.    

Police said Catherine Shamp approached the informant and told him she was interested in a murder-for-hire on Monday.

The informant notified police, who then set up a sting operation. 

Police outfitted the informant with a recording device and scheduled a Tuesday meeting with Shamp.  

According to police, investigators then listened as Catherine Shamp offered $20,000 for the murder of her husband, 38-year-old David Shamp. 

Police moved in, and she was taken to the Harris County Jail and charged with solicitation for capital murder. 

Bail was set at $30,000.

 

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daisymay said on November 18, 2009 at 8:06 PM

Nope. No one's ever tried this before. No one's ever been caught. Idiot award of the day goes to this one. What? Never heard of "divorce"?

stjakk said on November 18, 2009 at 9:47 PM

Ms.Shamp sounds like really nasty,greedy b175h..I'm glad her plans were fouled...................also............................"Shamp was taken to the Harric County Jail ".......where in the world is Harric County?...c'mon KHOU..you can do better than this...................

bethani34 said on November 18, 2009 at 10:00 PM

She should've used that money for some cosmetic surgery and a better hair color.

harley2 said on November 18, 2009 at 10:33 PM

dumb dumb

guruman99 said on November 18, 2009 at 10:45 PM

I read it and it said Harris. I'm not sure where you get Harric from stjakk.

2papi said on November 18, 2009 at 11:26 PM

She must have PEA brain!

worldman said on November 18, 2009 at 11:45 PM

Just looking at her picture gives a person the uncontrollable urge to spit on the sidewalk. They could not divorce because they would still be brother and sister. I sense another delete coming.

stjakk said on November 19, 2009 at 1:56 AM

guruman99 said on November 18, 2009 at 10:45 PM I read it and it said Harris. I'm not sure where you get Harric from stjakk .....Looks like they corrected it...................

fiscusd said on November 19, 2009 at 9:17 AM

Which trailer park forgot to take out their trash?

loudoggx said on November 19, 2009 at 10:50 AM

"Tangeray, you got dem clothes off tha line yet? I gotta go meets up with a hit man to gets rid of Billy Bob. Be sure to lock up tha trailer if you leave."

mylordmygod said on November 19, 2009 at 10:51 AM

she needs to ask god for forgiveness and pray for the lord to help her out of the situation she is in. i know he will forgive her

rouge said on November 19, 2009 at 10:53 AM

good she was caught. I hope the husband divorces her and moves far, far away.

sweetdulce said on November 19, 2009 at 11:06 AM

Ditto Daisy! How dumb can one be? And who wears that hair style anymore! lol

rotti_lover said on November 19, 2009 at 11:43 AM

May because you can't collect life insurance via a divorce. But I'm sooo glad she got caught. Put her away...

dsw7311 said on November 19, 2009 at 12:10 PM

rouge-Why should he move away? She will probably be locked up in Henley unit for a while.

tinyfly said on November 19, 2009 at 12:46 PM

Can you imagine finding out your spouse wanted you taken out? I feel sorry for her husband. But at least he knows the truth about her, and can move on with his life.

houstonola said on November 19, 2009 at 2:37 PM

Ha, loudogg and worldman...couldn't have said it better. Also, from a business perspective...divorce is way cheaper. Just call up that guy with the divorce van on Highway 6. Someone has been watching too many episodes of the Sopranos on stolen cable.