Monroe resident Jeffery Lytle, 42, was released from custody after the temporary charge against him that he allegedly hired someone to kill his wife and 4-year-old daughter expired.
Lytle was arrested Wednesday, Feb. 8, on two counts of investigation of criminal solicitation for murder in the first degree. The original charges were filed in Everett District Court. There was not enough information to take the charge to the Snohomish County Superior Court, according to the Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
A former employer contacted the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office last month after receiving a text from Lytle. It is believed to have been sent by mistake.
“Hey Shayne hows it going. You remember you said that you would help me kill my wife,” the text reportedly states. “I’m going to take you up on that offer. (Wife’s) life insurance is worth 1 million and if you want a bounes (sic) you can kill (daughter). Her life insurance is 500k. I go to work 5 in the morning. (Wife) goes to work at 2:00pm so if you can make a robbery gone wrong or make it a accident she works at walmart she gets off at 11:00. I’ll split everything with the insurance 50/50. Please call or text me please.”
Deputies then contacted his wife. She told deputies the family life insurance policy existed. She also said the couple was married and had a 4-year-old daughter together. She said she did not believe they had troubles in the relationship that would cause him to want her dead.
Lytle’s wife always said the family had financial concerns because Lytle wasn’t working. Lytle then was contacted at their home by deputies, and confirmed his phone number and former employer. He initially denied he had sent the text. He later said he wrote the text to vent, and denied the family life insurance policy existed.
Lytle later told Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit investigators he had saved the drafts of the texts, which were typed out after an argument that occurred months ago.
The Monroe Police Department served the warrant at his residence for his phone and life insurance documents.
The investigation for the case in ongoing, according to the prosecutor’s office.
Image from Facebook: Jeffery Lytle, 42, was arrested in early February for investigation of criminal solicitation for murder in the first degree, but has since been released. The case remains under investigation, but lack of evidence at the time led to his release from jail.
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