Austell Woman Sentenced to Life for Alleged Role in Valentine's Day Murder Plot
Her significant other, also from Austell, will face trial later this year for allegedly shooting a Snellville man to death.
An Austell woman was sentenced to life without parole for her alleged role in a Valentine's Day murder plot of a Snellville man, according to an Aug. 9 report from the Gainesville Times. A jury found 32-year-old Lynitra Ross of Austell guilty of malice murder on May 22. Ross was accused of serving as the "middle man" in a plot to kill Richard Schoeck of Snellville on Valentine's Day 2010. Prosecutors said Richard Shoeck, 45, was shot to death as he waited to exchange Valentine’s Day gifts with his wife, Stacey, after dark in Belton Bridge Park in 2010. Stacey Shoeck, 40, testified that she hired Ross’ love interest Reginald Coleman, also of Austell, to kill her husband. She gave Ross a house and a car as payment for connecting her with …
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