Inmate accused of trying to hire someone to kill parents

A Wyoming State Penitentiary inmate accused of trying to hire someone to kill his parents so he could collect their life insurance money and inherit their house is scheduled to go to trial May 18.

The Casper Star-Tribune reports Andrew Silicani pleaded not guilty Thursday to four counts of murder for hire.

A confidential source told prison staff in November that Silicani had asked if that person would be willing to kill his parents. Investigators say the informant agreed to pose as a hit man to determine Silicani’s intentions, and in an exchange of letters, Silicani provided the supposed hit man with the names and address of his parents and said he didn’t want to pay more than $100,000 for the “demolition work.”

Court records said Silicani expected to receive $850,000 in life insurance and property.

According to the Casper Star-Tribune, Silicani was sentenced in 2012 to five to seven years in prison for conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery resulting in bodily injury.

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Information from: Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune, http://www.trib.com