Lenny Ignelzi/Reuters Tim Lambesis in court in May.The lead singer of As I Lay Dying, a heavy metal band with a Christian message, will stand trial on charges he tried to hire an undercover sheriff’s deputy to kill his estranged wife, Reuters reported.
On Monday a judge in San Diego County ordered the singer, Tim Lambesis, 32, to be tried in superior court in Vista, Calif. He was arrested in May and charged with soliciting the murder of his wife, Meggan Lambesis. They had been married for eight years, but the relationship fell apart in the spring of 2012 and she had filed for divorce.
The county sheriff said Mr. Lambesis gave an undercover deputy, posing as a hitman named Red, $1,000 in cash, photos of his wife, her address and codes to her home security system. He also gave the deputy a list of dates when he would have their three adopted children with him.
Mr. Lambesis has pleaded not guilty. His lawyer has said he never intended for his spouse to be harmed.
