Facebook Murder-for-Hire Jury Begins Deliberation

Eight men and four women were sent just after 4 p.m to deliberate the fate of Christine Metter, a Beachwood woman accused of hiring a hit man to kill her ex-husband.

The jury was sent home at 5 p.m. and will return Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m.

Beachwood Patch had the only video camera in the court room during closing arguments, and that footage will be up soon.

 after prosecutors say she and her father, Al Zombory, tried to hire a hit man to kill David Metter, her ex-husband. Zombory is to be tried later.

Metter's jury trial on a charge of conspiracy to commit murder began last week.  that Metter acted out of fear for her safety and was entrapped in the undercover police investigation.

The state's burden is to prove that Metter helped plan or agreed to the plan to kill her ex-husband.

Friday Metter took the stand and told the jury  She also  and that she thought it was a joke. Last week jurors also heard from  the man who told police that Metter's father offered him $50,000 for the murder, and 

David Metter, the intended target, 

Sabo testified again Tuesday after a woman came forward with Facebook messages she said he sent her about money and fame.

Metter is in Lake County Jail on a $500,000 bond.

 His trial is scheduled for Jan. 31.

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