{"id":2871,"date":"2014-02-25T17:57:17","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T01:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=2871"},"modified":"2014-02-25T17:57:17","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T01:57:17","slug":"lead-singer-of-metal-band-as-i-lay-dying-pleads-guilty-to-soliciting-wifes-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/02\/25\/lead-singer-of-metal-band-as-i-lay-dying-pleads-guilty-to-soliciting-wifes-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead singer of metal band As I Lay Dying pleads guilty to soliciting wife’s murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

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VISTA, Calif. – The lead singer of Grammy-nominated metal band As I Lay Dying pleaded guilty Tuesday to trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife.<\/p>\n

Timothy Lambesis, 32, remains free on $2 million bond until he is sentenced May 2 on one count of solicitation of murder in Vista Superior Court, north of San Diego.<\/p>\n

Lambesis was recorded telling an undercover agent that he wanted his wife killed, according to prosecutors. The investigation began last April after Lambesis allegedly told a personal trainer at his gym that he wanted to get rid of his wife.<\/p>\n

The undercover agent, San Diego County Sheriff’s Officer Howard Bradley, testified last year that Lambesis met him at an Oceanside bookstore in May and said he wanted his wife “gone.”<\/p>\n

Bradley said he asked Lambesis directly if he wanted his wife killed, and the singer replied, “‘Yes, I do.”’<\/p>\n

Lambesis said his wife, Meggan Lambesis, had restricted his visits with their three adopted children after they separated in September 2012, Bradley testified at a preliminary hearing. The singer also told the agent that he was angry that Meggan Lambesis would get a large share of his income in a divorce settlement.<\/p>\n

Bradley said Lambesis told him at the end of their meeting, “Just to clarify, just so you know, I do want her dead.”<\/p>\n

As I Lay Dying formed in San Diego in 2000 and has released six albums, including 2007’s “An Ocean Between Us,” which reached No. 8 on Billboard’s charts. A single from the album, “Nothing Left,” was nominated for a Grammy for top metal performance.<\/p>\n

The band plays in an aggressive style that features lightning-speed metal guitar riffs. The group’s philosophical lyrics have attracted a following of Christian rock fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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