On the night of December 1, 2010, 28-year-old U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Nathan Joseph Villagomez Paet from Guam was ambushed as he left his Las Vegas home for a shift at Nellis Air Force Base. He was shot five times in his garage, stumbled back into the house and collapsed in front of his four young children, later dying of his wounds. His wife, Michelle Paet, placed a 911 call after the attack.

Investigators uncovered a planned murder-for-hire. Detectives say Michelle Paet was having an affair with co-worker Michael Rodriguez and that the two plotted Nathan Paet’s killing in order to collect his roughly $650,000 in life insurance. On the night of the shooting, Michelle reportedly sent a text to Rodriguez alerting him that her husband was leaving the house. Authorities allege Rodriguez hired nine-time felon Corry Hawkins to carry out the shooting; Hawkins’ then-girlfriend Jessica Austin was also arrested as an alleged accessory. Michelle Paet later confessed to involvement in the scheme.

What information could help explain how this plot developed and who knew about it beforehand?