Crime & Safetyscore 1050·9 metrosupdated 3h ago

Twisted Gigolo Sentenced to Life for Murder-for-Hire of NYC Art Dealer Husband

Daniel Sikkema was sentenced to life in prison for orchestrating the murder of his estranged husband, Brent Sikkema, in a plot driven by greed amid a bitter divorce. A federal jury found him guilty of hiring a hitman to carry out the gruesome killing in Brazil.

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