NJ Woman Federally Indicted in Alleged $12k Murder-For-Hire Plot Targeting Ex and His Daughter
What happened
Where it happened
- Gloucester Township.
A South Jersey woman accused of trying to pay a man she met on Tinder to kill her ex-boyfriend — a Philadelphia police officer — and his daughter is now facing federal charges.
Jaclyn D. Diiorio, 28, of Runnemede, was indicted on two counts of using interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced Wednesday.
The federal indictment alleges that between roughly March 30 and April 5, 2025, Diiorio used a cellphone with the intent that two people, identified in the indictment only as Person #1 and Person #2, be murdered in exchange for money.
The federal case stems from allegations first brought by Camden County prosecutors last year.
In April 2025, authorities accused Diiorio of trying to arrange the killings of her former boyfriend, then described as a 53-year-old Philadelphia police officer, and his 19-year-old daughter. Prosecutors said Diiorio offered a confidential informant approximately $12,000 to kill both victims.
Court records cited by news organizations show Diiorio initially connected with the informant through Tinder. The two later met in person and continued communicating about the alleged plot.
On April 4, 2025, Camden County prosecutors said Diiorio met the informant on the 1300 block of North Black Horse Pike in Gloucester Township and handed over $500 in cash. She was arrested by the Gloucester Township Police Department’s Special Response Team immediately after the exchange.
Authorities also said Diiorio was found with a bottle of suspected alprazolam pills.
She was originally charged in New Jersey with two counts of first-degree attempted murder, one count of first-degree conspiracy to commit murder and one count of third-degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Camden County has since dropped its case following the filing of the federal charges.
Diiorio made her initial federal court appearance Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Scott W. Reid and is being held in federal custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for Monday, Sept. 14.
If convicted on the federal charges, Diiorio faces a maximum possible sentence of 20 years in prison, according to the Justice Department.
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