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Aug 29, 2008 6:08 pm US/Eastern
Wife's Hitman Plot Caught On Tape
Caroline Corrigan Back In Jail After Parole Violation
BOSTON (WBZ) ―
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In this image taken from a police video, Caroline Corrigan plots to have her ex-husband killed by a hitman with an undercover State trooper.
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William Kotoski says he is afraid for his life as his ex-wife, who tried to have him killed, was released from prison.
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An undercover sting in which a wife was plotting to have her Gardner husband murdered was caught on tape.
Four years ago, Caroline Corrigan thought she was hiring a hitman to kill her ex-husband, William Kotoski, Jr., but instead she paid an undercover State trooper.
The undercover trooper was wearing a wire and the entire sting was recorded, and the police video was taken from a distance.
Police say in the recording, after Corrigan pays $7,500 and confirms she wants her husband dead, she expresses concern about getting caught and asks about going to jail.
"We're both in this together here," the undercover trooper said.
"Yeah, I know it," Corrigan said.
"Ok, alright, so I want to ask you one last time, you want this guy dead?" the trooper said.
"Yep," Corrigan said.
She then asks, "Can I ask you one question?"
"Absolutely," the trooper said.
"When you've done this with other people do they end up going to jail?" Corrigan asked.
"Not once," the trooper said.
Now, Kotoski says he's still fearful and now he is frustrated.
"It's not a matter of if, it's a mater of when she will strike," Kotoski said. "She will do something to get to me and my children."
Corrigan was released in May – nine months early. Kotoski was never told about her early release, something the Worcester District Attorney's Office blames on his file being lost.
This past weekend, Corrigan removed her ankle monitoring bracelet and disappeared. She was caught and is now back in jail for violating parole.
Kotoski says he wants answers from the parole board and wonders why she was let out of prison in the first place. He said he also doesn't understand why victims don't get more of a say on the issue.
"My hope is victims have a voice and hear me today," he said.
Corrigan is scheduled to have a private hearing with the parole board on Tuesday.
Kotoski is not allowed to attend the meeting.
WBZ placed calls to the board, which were not returned Friday.
Kotoski and his attorney are appealing to the parole board to keep Corrigan in prison.
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