Wife Hires Hitman To Kill Husband Slowly After Daughter Says He SA’d Her As a Baby

0:02If there ever is a book written about overdone tropes, this is going to be on the first page. housewife in a small southern town pta mom to two kids she is going to meet up with a hitman a contract killer in between picking up new socks for her kids track meet to like cutting the crust off of the uncrustable sandwich which is like a logic defying choice she is going to make time to sit down with a hitman if this were set in nantucket nicole kidman is going to be playing the lead role. But this is not Nantucket, and this is not Nicole Kidman, and this is not a freaking act. April 11th, 2025. Angelia Solomon, aka Angie, she's pulling up to this parking lot.

0:47It's called the Cool Springs Mall. It's one of those giant beige colored buildings. You're smacking a cheesecake factory on there, a California pizza kitchen. It's basically the American suburban and dream in one giant personality-less shopping plaza. But that is completely besides the point because Angie is pulling up in her car and the instructions are crystal clear. Park a few cars away. Easy. Done. Got it. Then you walk over to the car. The car with the hitman. The hit car. Whatever you want to call it. I mean this is too easy, right? Open the passenger door. Get in the front. This is the front.

1:24Get in the front passenger door. Do not look behind you. Do not look around. Do not glance towards the back seat. Keep your head facing forward. Act normal and just talk. The hitman is in the back seat and this is how you're going to communicate. Without seeing his face, without shaking his hand on the count of like one, two, three, deal. You're just going to stare straight ahead into the Macy's entrance while you tell the hitman exactly why you need your ex-husband dead. Both Angie Solomon and this man, they have a reason to be hiding in this Macy's parking lot. They are talking to each other for the very first time without even making eye contact and angie asks him Have you done this before?

2:02I'm not talking about what i've done before And she's just nervous giggling. She's like cackling. She sounds like a housewife and he sounds like a hitman You heard it? Yeah, i'm just intrigued and she's just like okay. It's nervous laughter Okay, so she's like straight to business. I see, you know, they're both here to take someone down They're not here to make small talk. Angie gives the backseat guy, backseat boy, backseat killer, whatever you want to call him, the whole rundown. I mean, the Sparknotes version is, he belongs in prison or he belongs underground. That's a direct quote. The slightly longer version is this.

2:39Angie has two kids with her ex-husband, Grant Solomon and Gracie Solomon. Angie states that she has known that her husband, her ex-husband, has been abusing their daughter since she was five years old. She claims that Gracie allegedly told her one day that her father puts things up inside of her during bath time and once it was a soap bar and it was absolutely painful. Angie's horrified. She states that when she confronts her husband about it, Aaron, he admits to it but he also allegedly tells her, if you tell anyone I'm just gonna take the kids away from you. What are you gonna do about it? What are you supposed to do for a threat like that?

3:12Aaron Solomon, the ex-husband, is a well-known, well-respected local news anchor. He's on the local TV news channel. And she's Angie. If people don't believe her, then her kids are gonna be taken from her. And Gracie will be under Erin's full control. So Angie, she just has to find a different way. She sends an email to her psychiatrist, Dr. Reed. And she's talking about her daughter. My daughter would beg to not be bathed. And I didn't see the signs. Did I miss all the signs? She claims ever since then, she has been trying to get the kids away from Aaron from, I mean, at least 2013, right? She was trying to slowly escape.

3:49She was taking detailed notes of abuse on her phone. Then one day she's rushing out the door to pick up the kids from school. She's in the car. She's passing by the gas station and she realizes I left my phone at home. So then she books it, U-turns it back all the way back home and she's freaking out. She runs inside and Aaron has the phone just suspended over the toilet and allegedly he tells her i told you what would happen if you ever talked to anyone about what's going on in this house he saw her little notes app with all the logs of the detailed abuse since 2013 and he yes well it was prior to 2013 this happens in 2013 whoa and he drops her phone into the toilet straight into the toilet just destroying all the evidence this is what angie says and he tells her you know what that means now right you're never going to see the kids again.

4:37Three weeks later, in the middle of the night, kids are gone. Erin is gone. And now, Angie is many years later. This is in 2025. She is sitting in the car with a hitman. She sounds like she's half laughing. She sounds like she's half crying. And she asks, you're trustworthy, right? Is that a stupid question? Mind you, this is still a Macy's parking lot. Mr. Backseat Assassin responds, I mean, there's trust going both ways here. That's why we're sitting in the middle of a parking lot, okay? Yeah, I just don't know you and, you know, I know you don't want me to know and I know you don't want to know me.

5:12I don't, you know what I mean? Like you're not recording me or anything to bust me, right? Angie giggles kind of nervously. I would be worried about you doing that before me because it could be it for me. Angie says, I'm just a very naive person but I'm just catching a big leap right here. Yeah, it's a big leap but like I said, You're not gonna see me ever again." Which seems to be exactly what Angie needs to hear because she starts telling him her ex-husband's work schedule His workout routine schedule his gym schedule where he works his address How his back gate has a gaping hole in the back that he can probably crawl through and Angie wonders, so this can't be traced back to me, right?

5:49That's why we're going through this now after you get out of here. You're never gonna see me again Angie asked the backseat guy. Are you mean? Am I mean? I can be mean. I mean you want me to be mean? she nods okay i can be mean you know he thinks he's about 5 '8 with shoes on and he thinks he's god okay so slow is better than quick yes he's a psychopath and a psychiatrist watching in court and you know the way his mannerisms and everything he's a psychopath we all know what they are you know my daughter says he's like in between jeffrey dahmer and um i forget the other one she forgets the name of the other serial killer that is being referenced, but it's not important right now.

6:33The important part is, is this going to happen or not? Is her ex-husband going to be dead or not? The backseat man asks Angie, well, they're going to talk to you. You're his ex-wife and you better not say nothing. You hear me? Angie assures him she's ready to move on with her life. This is about making sure that her daughter is safe. However, she has no money. What? What? How long was this interaction in the car? 30 minutes? 30 minutes? Well, I was wondering because I don't have I don't have anything to pay right now, but I would later. What do you mean you would later? You got life insurance on him or anything?

7:10Angie explains. No, it's not life insurance per se, but he has a trust that would go to his daughter, their daughter, when he dies, you know, and that's probably like a few million dollars. But as of right now, Angie doesn't have anything to give Mr. Backseat Man. And he says, well, give me your car registration as collateral. So she's reassuring him that when she gets the trust, she's going to pay him back double than what he's asking. So instead of$5 ,000, she's going to pay him$10 ,000. She hands over her car registration. And I guess that's enough for the hitman. He finally asks her, you understand though, that I'm not going to see you again.

7:42We will be going through a third party. And you know that you understand that when you get out of bed this next time in the morning, your husband is going to be dead and he ain't coming back. you understand that, right? He will be dead and disappear. Angie starts crying before she agrees. However, a few things from this conversation are just flat out false lies, such as by morning time tomorrow, Aaron Solomon would not be dead. And the two of them, Mr. Backseat Man and Angie, they will see each other again. And this time they do get to look at each other. Not that it makes it any less awkward.

8:19In fact, Mr. Backseat Man suddenly does not appreciate eye contact. He does not want to look Angie in the eye, even though they're sitting so close, facing each other directly. Or maybe the awkwardness is coming from the fact that they're sitting in a room full of people staring at each other, while the entire conversation that they had in the car about killing Aaron Solomon has been recorded and has been playing on the speakers in a courtroom where Aaron Solomon is sitting in the back. Wait, this is the next day? This is a few weeks later. Oh, so this guy is a cop or is he an actual hitman that also got caught?

8:55The prosecutor asks him, and what was your role? I was informed that my role would be to go undercover and portray myself as a hitman for hire. Mr. Backseat Man is not a hitman. He is an undercover agent and Angie Solomon has now been arrested for a murder for hire charge. The Solomon family consists of four people. Aaron Solomon, the dad. Angie Solomon, the mom. Grant Solomon, the son. And Gracie Solomon, the daughter. By 2025, Aaron Solomon will be accused of being part of a large-scale, high-powered trafficking ring involving the governor of Tennessee and a megachurch pastor, including being accused of trafficking his own daughter into this trafficking ring.

9:40Angie Solomon the mom will be arrested for trying to kill her ex-husband Grant Solomon the son will be dead and Gracie Solomon the daughter will post a video expose on YouTube exposing her entire family and accusing her dad of killing her older brother Grant. This is the case of the Solomons where it's pretty clear that at least one of the Solomons is lying. We just don't know which one. Anyhow, everyone! or -

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11:12Today's case is also complicated. It's a situation where everyone, even strangers on the internet, including ourselves, everyone's picking a side and they're sticking to that side. As always, we try our best as a team to not pick a side no matter how tempting it is, but today's case in particular is very messy. There are a lot of accusations. They have not been legally proven in court, but just because it hasn't been legally proven doesn't mean it can't be true. but for the purpose of not needlessly receiving a cease and desist, which tends to make me more passionate regardless, but still we are going to do our absolute best to just compile and aggregate the allegations made online, netizen opinions, and even conspiracy theories so that you can come to your own personal opinion on this case.

11:52Any alternate theories, opinions, and accusations are those of netizens I found online or from the people directly involved. Everything is publicly available. They are not representative of our own opinions regarding this case. A small disclaimer we're here, any annotations made in any sort of document was done by the original uploader of the document. So more often than not, Angie or someone from Angie's side has been posting screenshots of medical reports or screenshots of court documents and there's a lot of annotations and highlights and question marks next to things that was not done by the RM team.

12:24That was just done by the original poster. Moreover, we cannot even tell you if that these are accurate screenshots of court documents. Tennessee is very tricky in the sense that we have had to jump through a lot of loopholes. Tennessee is a state. If you live in Tennessee, we need help in Tennessee, okay? Tennessee is the one state where every time we put in a FOIA request, it's going to be weeks of just no, no, no, no, no. And I feel like I'm harassing court clerks in Tennessee at this point. So if you guys have any sort of advice from Tennessee residents, please let me know in the comments.

12:59It's been intense. So there's no way that we can even cross-reference or really check for these documents for their accuracy. And even then, I think it would be useless in this situation as there has not really been an open criminal investigation until this year. And that is for the murder for hire plot. All of the other things, they happened in family court, which a lot of those times, those are not public information. And since we're covering all of our bases, I have no idea and I have no way of confirming all of that, just so you know. And sometimes they can be taken out of context. And another thing with this case is every single point has been disputed by both sides.

13:36If you were to put the two main parties involved, Angie Solomon and Aaron Solomon, into a room and told them to agree on the color of the sky, you would have to bring in a pee bucket and sleeping bags because neither of them would be leaving that room. Like they just cannot agree on a simple two plus two equals four. Just to give you an idea, Angie has claimed that Aaron has filed multiple bankruptcies on an Instagram account that Aaron accuses Angie of running, which she denies. Even that is contentious. Then Aaron denies filing multiple bankruptcies. Then he goes back and says, I only filed for one.

14:09But that was also with Angie and I had to file it because we were married and she was spending all the money. So it's like every little thing they have to be like, no, that's not true. No, that's not true. So it's a lot of back and forth and like a lot of very nasty divorces, custody battles, it's going to get very, very contentious and heated. So with that being said, let's get into it. May 12th, 2021, a video goes live on YouTube and you just see a 14-year-old girl holding a stack of papers and she's kind of on one of those swivel armchairs and there's a lot of background music that is very loud and she starts by saying, my name is Gracie Solomon, I'm 14 years old and I'm here to tell my story.

14:48I just want to say before we get into any of this that it's coming straight from me. It's all me and no one else has told me what to do. A lot of people point out that throughout the video, she'll periodically look off the camera. So, you know, it seems maybe someone is there as emotional support, or if you want to be very skeptical, maybe someone is telling her exactly what to do. But she states in the video, no one is telling me what to do. My father is a monster. It makes me want to vomit. I found my voice to be able to tell you that my father has R-worded me, hurt me, and I'm not going to be a victim of this monster.

15:19I hate my dad. I'm absolutely terrified for him for everything he has done to me my brother and my mom I don't want to call him my dad anymore. He's never listened to me He has hurt me sexually physically mentally. He has caused so much pain for my family He has tried to manipulate me and has manipulated others and has hurt me ever since I was born My dad has done awful things to me first. He never let my mom bathe me It was always him So by not letting my mom come in at all, it meant that he could do anything to me I would always tell my mom that I felt like I was more of a wife to him instead of a daughter He would always bring his phone into the bathroom with him.

15:53At the time, I didn't know it, but I strongly believed that he was taking pictures and videos. I learned how to hide my body from him by clipping my hair over because he wouldn't leave me alone while I was showering or getting out. He is a sick person. He even tries to convince me that I'm being brainwashed by my mom and everything I remember never happened. He tries to scare me into thinking my mom's house is unsafe. He knows how scared I am of robberies and kidnapping or getting taken from my mom. In fact, he took me away from my mom for years when I was just ending my kindergarten year. Later on, he told me that I was never going to go back to my mom and that she was actually dead.

16:29I don't remember when I found out that my mom was alive. Because I know Grant and I, so she's saying my brother and I, we both believed that she was dead for years because of my dad. She states that even when they were a family unit, it wasn't great. Gracie says that the dad was always constantly trying to kill the mom, Angie. this video itself is uploaded on youtube and it doesn't particularly go viral on a national level but it has 181 000 views and everyone in franklin tennessee has probably seen this video aaron solomon gracie's dad is somewhat of a local celebrity he used to be a news anchor for the local channel channel 4 everyone knows him everyone seems to know the solomons in the video gracie talks about how she had to go out of town for a baseball game for her older brother grant and she went with her dad.

17:19He ends up booking a hotel room for her and him with just one bed. She says, It just really made me really nervous before we even got into the hotel room. When we went to bed, I remember him slowly getting closer to me until I was on the edge of the bed. I kept waking up by feeling his feet rub against mine. I kept waking up and then I finally realized that something hard was on my lower back close to my butt. I felt really scared and I knew it was wrong. At court, dad's attorney got inches away from my face and tried to manipulate me into thinking that what my dad did didn't really happen by saying, do you really think your dad would do something like that?

17:53Do you actually remember that happening? He was so close to me that I could smell his cigarette breath on him and his tongue really scared me. Gracie alleges in this YouTube video that it's not just her being victimized. It's everyone. So this is just like a 14-minute video of an expose of like, let me tell you everything that's happened between my family and everything that my dad has been doing ever since I was young. So it's not necessarily in a chronological fashion, but it's just like a very explosive, point by point, all of the big things of why she's scared of her father. She says, it's not just me.

18:25She states that her dad would come to these high school games, sports games, because he used to be a sports newscaster. He's very much into sports. And he would film up the kids, the teenage girls' homecoming court dresses. That's what she alleges. She says, it makes me sick seeing him or talking about him. I haven't been able to go to school because of how scared of him I am. Ultimately, Gracie states at the end of her video The only thing that she wishes Really is for quote I want my dad gone Is there like context on this? Did she just post this? And then, cause that's crazy allegation Is there police investigation?

19:02Are news talking about this? These are some serious allegations So she posts this video And this video in particular does not blow up But previously, for years Before this video goes up on YouTube There were multiple, I guess, depending on what state you live in, DFACS, Department of Child Services, DCS, or CPS, Child Protection Services. They have had multiple open investigations against Aaron Solomon and all of them have come up with nothing. Whether that means that he is innocent of these allegations or whether he's just really good at not getting caught, I think that is up for debate. So she posts this and that's it.

19:43No police involvement, nothing going on. She posts this and then Angie starts reaching out to a lot of true crime creators. She starts reaching out and I mean at this point a lot of people were familiar with the Solomons because something had happened the year prior. But it just seems like this was a big open door. This is when like national attention starts getting involved. They're going on News Nation. They have a whole website. They have GoFundMes that have raised close to$200 ,000. They have a lot of eyeballs on them. This video itself for some reason does not get a lot of attention But all of these allegations are starting to spread So it becomes a big conversation online.

20:23Where are the cops? Where are the officials? They're not doing anything Oh, yeah, that's so they're not doing anything before you even sit down for the first couples therapy session The therapist is already figuring out just gathering intel on the relationship dynamic and it starts in the waiting room. Sometimes some therapists will even say that they'll check the cameras in the waiting room just to get a little vibe, especially if it's their first time seeing the couple. How much space is in between the couple? Obviously, the surface level observation would be the further apart a couple, the more they hate each other, but it's actually more than that.

20:58Therapists have noted it's about attachment style. If the couple is physically further apart, it could mean that one of them has avoidant attachment styles. They would rather run away from the problem than face it, or they're in a stage of extreme emotional withdrawal, which is also very difficult. Clearly, couples who are in their own worlds on their own phones separately, not great. But also, here's an interesting thing. If you see a couple and they're both zoning out or staring off into space, but they're staring off in different directions, could also mean that they're not in sync. One's looking left, one's looking right.

21:30Or even timing. Do the couples come in together in one car? Or maybe they can't because of work or other obligations. Do they come in separately? That's fine. But if the couple regularly, one person arrives early or on time and the other person is consistently late, big red flag. Maybe it's work, but is it really? Or it could indicate that they don't want to be here. They feel tension and resentment that they even have to show up to couples therapy. It's just in relationships in distress, couples move independently. They say it's like a coordinated dance. Every couple, the way you open a door, you go into the therapy office.

22:06therapist is sitting down and you look at the selection of seating available and usually the couples who will end up working out they do a polite little song and dance even if they hate each other in the moment would you like the chair or do you want to oh i think maybe we should do the couch it's like a very awkward okay well whatever you like yeah it's fine these are according to therapists yes but couples who do not care for each other they just plop down wherever they want. They don't ask. There's no courtesy. There's no like, what do you want to do? Maybe we should both decide together. Maybe we should both sit together.

22:43Not that they have many choices. Couple therapists have stated that they will intentionally seat couples at a 90 degree angle. Can you guess why? Sometimes it's side by side on a couch. Sometimes it's one on the couch and one on a sofa facing the other way. Why? They want them to? It's the best for eye contact. you can choose the level of eye contact you can look at your partner to connect or you can look away when you feel you need emotional space without it being so obvious without it feeling confrontational like i can't even look at you right now it feels more natural and a lot of these sessions are filled with confrontation one therapist says i saw a couple that was doing retaliatory cheating they were just cheating on each other and then telling each other about it and then the other person would get mad and then cheat on them and then tell each other about it.

23:33When they got through their anger, they decided to call it a truce. They waved the white flag and made peace. With their level of emotional maturity, I doubt it lasted long, but they stopped seeing me. So I don't know if I helped them or prolonged their suffering. I don't know. Another couple therapist said, I saw a couple in the office because the husband greeted the dog before her when he came home from work. And that's why they started couples therapy. But it's actually a very symbolic problem of something greater. you know a bigger underlying issue. Every day he'd come home from work and he would pet the dog first before he said hi to his wife.

24:04Kind of like the couple that wanted to divorce because the wife she likes to cut her sandwiches diagonally. The husband when he makes the sandwiches he cuts them straight in half. They literally come to couples therapy for this and people think they're crazy like what do you mean just cut the sandwiches but this is a symbolic gesture of the fact that the husband is unwilling to do something so simple for his wife. Another Redditor writes I have a friend who's a marriage counselor and basically half his job is just helping two people who hate each other come to the conclusion that it's okay to divorce.

24:36That's it. Also, couples therapy is like a wrestling match. These couples, some of them go in there with the sole intention. To win. I'm here to win. Yes. And who am I winning? The therapist. They're going to tell me that I'm right and that my partner is wrong. I'm in it to fucking win it. Welcome to couples therapy. But whatever happens in therapy sessions, I mean, it typically does not warrant one spouse trying to kill the other spouse in a slow, painful, long manner via a hitman in a Macy's parking lot, right? Maybe. Dr. Fattrell has been a psychiatrist probably longer than most of us have been alive.