As I Lay Dying Singer Arrested for Alleged Murder for Hire Plot
Reportedly asked an undercover detective to kill his estranged wife
The lead-singer of a Grammy-nominated heavy metal band has been accused of attempting to hire an undercover detective to murder his estranged wife in San Diego.
32-year-old Tim Lambesis, the lead singer and co-founder of As I Lay Dying, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of solicitation of another to commit murder, Fox 5 reports.
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I don't listen to As I Lay Dying, but I have enjoyed the occasional song from his Schwarzenegger themed side project Austrian Death Machine.
But funny guy or not, lock him away forever if he's guilty of this.