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		</div><h6><span style="color: #4a3636;"><strong>Prominent Texas defense attorneys Seth Andrew Sutton, 45, and Chelsea Tijerina, 33, were charged with conspiracy to commit capital murder on Friday in Waco, Texas</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #4a3636;"><strong>Seth Sutton allegedly paid an undercover Waco police officer to buy a &#8216;clean&#8217; gun to kill Tijerina&#8217;s ex-husband, Marcus Beaudin</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #4a3636;"><strong>Sutton and Tijerina allegedly gave the cop detailed instructions for the murder </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #4a3636;"><strong>Defense attorneys Chelsea Tijerina and Marcus Beaudin were married in Nov 2016 and welcomed a daughter in 2018. Sutton is also married.</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #4a3636;"><strong>Beaudin, 37, was arrested in February after being accused of molesting a child, a charge he has denied</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #4a3636;"><strong>The motive for the murder has not been disclosed</strong></span></h6>
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<h6 class="image-wrap fff-pic"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-347053" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Seth-Andrew-Sutton-lef-and-Chelsea-Tijerina-right-1.jpg" alt="Seth Andrew Sutton, [lef]) and Chelsea Tijerina, [right] 1" width="669" height="443" /><strong style="color: var(--color-text);"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Seth Andrew Sutton, [left] and Chelsea Tijerina, [right] both Texas based attorneys were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit capital murder on Friday in Wac</span></strong></h6>
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<div>The<span style="color: var(--color-text);"> tale of three Texas attorneys gone rogue went macabre this week after a </span>prominent Texas defense attorney and his female colleague were arrested for hatching an elaborate plot to kill her ex-husband.<br />
Seth Andrew Sutton, 45, and Chelsea Tijerina, 33, both attorneys were each charged with conspiracy to commit capital murder, a first-degree felony, on Friday in Waco.<br />
Arrest affidavits claim that Seth Sutton paid an undercover Waco police officer to buy a &#8216;clean&#8217; gun to kill Tijerina&#8217;s ex-husband, Marcus Beaudin.<br />
37-year-old Beaudin himself is also a fellow defense attorney who was accused of molesting a child earlier this year.<br />
Sutton and Tijerina allegedly gave the officer detailed instructions on how to carry out the murder.</div>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-347055" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Chelsea-Tijerina-right-plotted-to-kill-her-ex-husband-Marcus-Beaudin.-left-1.jpg" alt="Chelsea Tijerina, [right] plotted to kill her ex-husband, Marcus Beaudin. [left] 1" width="689" height="679" /><strong>Murder-for-hire suspect Chelsea Tijerina and former husband Marcus Beaudin are seen [photo] with their newborn daughter in 2018. She has been accused of hatching an elaborate with Seth Sutton plot to kill Beaudin. </strong></span></h6>
<div><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Police say Sutton first met with the undercover cop on May 14 and agreed to pay him $300 to purchase a gun for the hit. </span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Sutton further assured the &#8216;hit man&#8217; that he would he would help him leave town after committing the murder, investigators said.</span></div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">After that first meeting, police brought in the Texas Rangers to help with the investigation.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Sutton and Tijerina met with the undercover officer again on May 21 to plan the hit, which would take place at Beaudin&#8217;s home.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">&#8216;Chelsea Tijerina (Beaudin) and Sutton provided a timeline for the murder as well as establishing alibis for Chelsea Tijerina (Beaudin) and Sutton,&#8217; the arrest affidavit states.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">&#8216;On May 22, Sutton met (with the undercover officer) an provided (the officer) with $300 to purchase a firearm to be used to murder Marcus Beaudin,&#8217; it further states.</span></p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-347059" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Seth-Andrew-Sutton-2.jpg" alt="Seth Andrew Sutton 2" width="692" height="510" /><strong>Arrest affidavits claim that Seth Sutton [photo], a prominent Texas defense attorney, met with an undercover cop on May 14 and offered to pay him $300 to buy a gun and murder Another local defense attorney, Mercus Beaudin</strong></span></h6>
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<h6><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone wp-image-347058" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Chelsea-Tijerina-2.jpg" alt="Chelsea Tijerina 2" width="802" height="792" /><strong>Sutton and Tijerina [photo] met with the undercover cop again on May 21 and laid out their elaborate plan to kill her ex-husband Marcus Beaudin at his home. The pair were arrested the following day</strong></span></h6>
<p><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Sutton and Tijerina were arrested the same day and are now being held on $1million bond each at the McLennan County Jail.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">The motive for the murder has not been disclosed.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Defense attorneys Chelsea Tijerina and Marcus Beaudin got married in November 2016 and welcomed a daughter in 2018. It is unclear when they separated. </span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Sutton is also married.</span></p>
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<h6 class="image-wrap fff-pic"><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone wp-image-347061" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Marcus-Beaudin-1.jpg" alt="Marcus Beaudin 1" width="639" height="710" /><strong>Murder-for-hire target Marcus Beaudin, [seen in his mugshot photo], was arrested in February after being accused of molesting a 10-year-old female relative.</strong></span></h6>
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<div><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Beuadin, 37, had been arrested by police in neighboring Woodway back in February on a felony charge of indecency with a child.<br />
He was accused of sexually touching a 10-year-old female family member in December but has not been formally indicted by a grand jury. Beaudin&#8217;s attorney, Josh Tetens, says his client has denied the allegations.<br />
Sutton is well known among legal circles in Waco. In 2017 he launched a bid to unseat the incumbent McLennan County District Attorney but dropped out before the Democratic primary.<br />
He successfully defended clients in several high-profile cases including the Waco biker shooting in 2015 that left nine men dead and 20 injured.<br />
Tijerina is </span></span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">less well-known in the community but works at Sutton&#8217;s firm. </span></div>
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Texas defense attorney Seth Andrew Sutton, 45, and his female colleague Chelsea Tijerina, 33, are arrested for ‘hiring an undercover cop to kill her ex-husband’
