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[Original Publish Date: 01/22/20]
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UMATILLA, Florida — A local case that received national attention last September will be in the national spotlight again on Thursday.
The parents of Alyssa Hatcher, the former Umatilla High School cheerleader who tried to hire two people to murder them, are scheduled to appear on Dr. Phil Thursday, according to the show’s website, drphil.com.
In September 2019, the murder-for-hire plot was foiled after a witness came forward and told the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Hatcher paid two different people to murder her parents — one of them a Clermont Police officer. Hatcher stole her mother’s debit card, spent some of the money on cocaine and the rest on would-be hitmen. Lake County Sheriff’s detectives arrested Hatcher and charged her with criminal solicitation of murder.
According to drphil.com, the show airs at noon and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday on WOFL Fox 35.
[ Read our original Lake Legal News article here: https://www.lakelegalnews.com/article/lake-juveniles-plot-to-kill-parents-foiled/ ]
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Our Editor-in-Chief, Marilyn M. Aciego, began writing for Lake Legal News in 2010. Born and raised in Lake County, she is a graduate of Umatilla High School and Lake-Sumter State College. She started her journalism career at LSSC, where she was editor of both student publications, The Angler and The Odyssey. Her professional career began at the Daily Commercial in 2004 where she covered cops and courts the majority of her time there until she left in 2009. Currently, along with being Editor-in-Chief of Lake Legal News, she is the Florida bureau chief for an international media organization. She has made more than two dozen appearances on live national television, including Nancy Grace and the Greta Van Susteren show, along with her appearance on Evil Twins. Contact her with breaking news, tips, and feedback by sending an e-mail to 352Tips@gmail.com. You can also contact us on our Facebook page — and make sure you “Like” and “Follow us” there. [PHOTO CREDIT: Bonnie Whicher]
