This article says murders for hire usually cost way less than US$150k, especially for someone unimportant, making an actual "hit" seem unlikely. > The FBI work

This article says murders for hire usually cost way less than US$150k, especially for someone unimportant, making an actual "hit" seem unlikely. > The FBI works undercover on an average of 70 to 90 murder-for-hire cases a year. According to bureau press releases, recent quoted fees have ranged from $25,000 to kill a spouse to $600 to kill a girlfriend ... A few years ago, the Australian Institute of Criminology and South Australia's major crime-investigation branch studied 163 attempted and actual contract killings between 1989 and 2002. The average rate received was 12,700 Australian dollars, or about $8,254. The lowest was 380 AUD (about $250), and the highest was 76,000 AUD (about $49,400). http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2009/02/dirty_deeds_done_dirt_cheap.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/20...