Left: Jazmin Paez, left, appears in court on March 23, 2026, to plead guilty to trying to hire a hit man to kill her 3-year-old son (Law&Crime). Right: Jazmin Paez (Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation).
A Florida woman, charged with attempting to hire a hitman from what turned out to be a spoof website to kill her 3-year-old son, will not face prison time.
Jazmin Paez, 20, entered a guilty plea on Monday for charges including solicitation of first-degree murder, unlawful use of a communication device, and tampering with or fabricating evidence. As previously reported by Law&Crime, Paez was accused in July 2023 of trying to engage a hitman through a parody website known as “Rent-a-Hitman.” Her request to have her young son murdered was taken seriously by website owner Robert Innes, who promptly alerted Miami police.
Under the terms of her plea deal, Paez will avoid incarceration in favor of serving over a decade on probation.
According to CourtTV, Assistant State Attorney Ayana Duncan provided further context during the hearing, explaining that Paez became a mother as a teenager and that the child may have been conceived through an incestuous relationship.
“The father was never part of the child’s life,” Duncan stated. “The child’s paternal and maternal grandparents, who are also the biological parents of the defendant, have been involved in the child’s upbringing.”
Duncan elaborated on Paez’s situation, describing her as “ill-equipped” to care for her child. She had entered a new relationship with another young teen, initially concealing her child’s existence. Upon revealing the truth, the teen ended the relationship, leaving Paez “devastated,” according to prosecutors. This breakup “may have been the catalyst or impetus for even attempting this plot,” Duncan suggested, explaining that the motive seemed to be driven by the notion of “Get rid of the child if you want me back.”
However, the prosecutor also pointed to Paez’s behavior while on pretrial release, during which time Paez graduated from high school and has since nearly completed her associate degree in science.
Duncan also noted that prosecutors did not give the defense everything it wanted — specifically, a penalty of just youthful offender sanctions.
“[T]he state said ‘No,’ because that wasn’t severe enough,” Duncan said. “So here’s the middle ground … maybe, just maybe, there might be a light at the end of the tunnel for this defendant.”
Paez will be under strict community control for two years, followed by 12 years of reporting probation, CourtTV reported. Special conditions of her sentence include receiving behavioral therapy, undergoing a mental health assessment and complying with any needed mental health treatment. Should she violate the terms of probation, she faces up to 40 years in state prison.
Paez’s parental rights were terminated for the minor child and she is not allowed to have any contact with them. She now lives with her biological father; the child has been legally adopted by Paez’s mother.
