“Hitman,” whom a Pennsylvania woman thought she would hire to kill her ex’s new wife, was actually a cop

A Pennsylvania woman thought she was going to hire a hitman to kill her ex-husband’s new wife and the woman’s 13-year-old daughter, but the so-called assassin turned out to be an undercover cop, police said.

Marilyn Zhou, 56, was arrested after unknowingly meeting with the New Jersey police officer to discuss details of the attack after they received a tip about their intentions.

Police said they paid the officer $21,000 and promised to pay an additional $20,000 after the hit.

According to reports, “Zhou also told the undercover officer that if the victim’s 13-year-old daughter was present at the time of the murder, she should also be murdered,” according to a prosecutor’s press release.

Zhou was Charged with two counts of attempted first degree murder and one count of money laundering.

Marilyn Zhou, 56, faces two counts of attempted first-degree murder after she allegedly tried to hire a hitman in New Jersey to kill her ex-husband’s new wife

The Special Investigations Unit of the Mercer County Attorney’s Office in New Jersey set up a meeting between Zhou and the undercover officer posing as a hitman after receiving a tip on her intentions.

During the Dec. 18 meeting in Trenton, Zhou reportedly gave the undercover cop two photos of the alleged target, along with disposable rubber gloves and a towel to use during the murder.

According to the press release, Zhou was arrested at the end of the meeting.

Her home in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania was searched by the Pennsylvania State Police.

They found about $20,000 in cash and the items she proposed to the hitman during the killings, police said.

Zhou remains in detention after prosecutors filed a request to keep her in detention pending her upcoming trial.

Zhou, who lives in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, reportedly paid the officer $21,000 and promised to pay an additional $20,000 after the hit