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AKRON, Ohio -- -
An alleged murder-for-hire plan leaves a Copley woman dead, and Akron police say her own daughter was behind it all.
Akron police Lt. Rick Edwards says 58-year-old Kristie Marks was stabbed multiple times in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Springdale Street, around 8:00 Saturday night.
Edwards says 19-year-old Troy Purdie is in jail on a charge of aggravated murder, but he says he didn't work alone.
Marks' daughter Taylor can be heard on the frantic 911 call.
"My mom has been stabbed in the parking lot. She was picking me up from my boyfriend's house," Taylor Marks cries to the dispatcher. A moment later, her boyfriend, Brian Smith is heard on the call.
"He pushed her off of this wall thing, he proceeded to stab her. I went to jump down and he tried to cut me and then he ran up the street. I chased him," Smith says.
But Lt. Edwards says it was all a ploy. He says the two orchestrated the entire thing, offering Troy Purdie $5,000 to kill Kristie Marks.
Bonnie Monteleone was Marks' neighbor for four years.
"I know that her daughter was troubled and I know that she was trying to find her daughter help, but I just can't imagine any child -- especially her mother -- had given her faith, education, opportunity and it's shocking to us. It breaks our heart," Monteleone explains. She says she knew of problems between the mother and daughter.
"The thing that concerns me most is she was always trying to find a way to help her daughter, but I had a feeling that her daughter basically had taken a step with people who were making poor choices."
"It's really sad because they're a nice family, nice people and I talked to Taylor quite a bit and she seemed like a decent person, maybe a little misguided, but decent," says fellow neighbor Marc Shannon.
Lt. Edwards says all three suspects are in jail tonight. Troy Purdie is charged with aggravated murder, while Taylor Marks and Brian Smith are both charged with complicity to commit aggravated murder.
The Summit County coroner will perform an autopsy on Kristie Marks tomorrow.
Stay with Fox 8 News and FOX8.com for the latest updates on this story.
Akron police Lt. Rick Edwards says 58-year-old Kristie Marks was stabbed multiple times in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Springdale Street, around 8:00 Saturday night.
Edwards says 19-year-old Troy Purdie is in jail on a charge of aggravated murder, but he says he didn't work alone.
Marks' daughter Taylor can be heard on the frantic 911 call.
"My mom has been stabbed in the parking lot. She was picking me up from my boyfriend's house," Taylor Marks cries to the dispatcher. A moment later, her boyfriend, Brian Smith is heard on the call.
"He pushed her off of this wall thing, he proceeded to stab her. I went to jump down and he tried to cut me and then he ran up the street. I chased him," Smith says.
But Lt. Edwards says it was all a ploy. He says the two orchestrated the entire thing, offering Troy Purdie $5,000 to kill Kristie Marks.
Bonnie Monteleone was Marks' neighbor for four years.
"I know that her daughter was troubled and I know that she was trying to find her daughter help, but I just can't imagine any child -- especially her mother -- had given her faith, education, opportunity and it's shocking to us. It breaks our heart," Monteleone explains. She says she knew of problems between the mother and daughter.
"The thing that concerns me most is she was always trying to find a way to help her daughter, but I had a feeling that her daughter basically had taken a step with people who were making poor choices."
"It's really sad because they're a nice family, nice people and I talked to Taylor quite a bit and she seemed like a decent person, maybe a little misguided, but decent," says fellow neighbor Marc Shannon.
Lt. Edwards says all three suspects are in jail tonight. Troy Purdie is charged with aggravated murder, while Taylor Marks and Brian Smith are both charged with complicity to commit aggravated murder.
The Summit County coroner will perform an autopsy on Kristie Marks tomorrow.
Stay with Fox 8 News and FOX8.com for the latest updates on this story.
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