The next day, he was given the phone number of a sheriff's undercover investigator posing as a hit man, authorities said.



Over the phone, Thurman offered the "hit man" his 2000 Mercury Mountaineer and $8,000, to kill the three "as soon as possible," the sheriff's office said. During a jail visit on Feb. 4, Thurman met the undercover officer and repeated the offer, police said.