"Julie Harding filed for divorce and withdrew more than $220,000 from three bank accounts without Michael Harding's consent, leading to a conspiracy with O'Donnell to kill her husband."
"On September 19, 2022, O'Donnell lured Michael Harding to a vacant house in Burkesville, Kentucky, under the pretense of needing HVAC work, where he shot him multiple times."
"Investigators connected O'Donnell to the crime through cell phone data, which indicated he was near Julie Harding's home in Sacramento two days before the murder."
"Julie Harding, who had worked for the CHP for 22 years, was found dead in an apparent suicide two days after O'Donnell's arrest."
Thomas O'Donnell, 64, was found guilty of killing Michael Harding, the husband of CHP Capt. Julie Harding, in a murder-for-hire plot. The case involved estrangement between the Hardings after purchasing property in Tennessee. Julie Harding conspired with O'Donnell, who shot Michael Harding in September 2022. O'Donnell was linked to the crime through cell phone data and was arrested in December 2022. Julie Harding was later found dead in an apparent suicide. O'Donnell's sentencing is set for Monday.
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