Uploaded March 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Leon Jacob, 39, a failed Houston doctor is charged with solicitation of capital murder in March 2017. He was arrested with his girlfriend, Dr. Valerie McDaniel, a prominent Montrose veterinarian, in an alleged scheme to kill their exes. The couple tried to hire a hit man who turned out to be an undercover officer.
Jacob, whose bail was denied by a judge since his arrest, has maintained his innocence from jail.
Valerie Busick McDaniel, killed herself on March 27 after being bonded out.