Mohammad A.H. Mohammad, a 64-year-old Alabama resident, has confessed to a plot to hire a hitman to kill his wife and six children, alleging they had betrayed him. Unbeknownst to him, the person he revealed his plans to was an undercover federal agent. Mohammad has since pleaded guilty to seven counts of soliciting murder, as confirmed by U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, Prim F. Escalona.
The family’s issues reportedly started years before Mohammad’s indictment in September 2024. In November 2021, he was arrested and charged with domestic violence for assaulting one of his daughters, but the charge was later dismissed. Later that same month, three protection from abuse orders were issued against Mohammad in Jefferson County, Alabama, forbidding him from harassing, threatening, or stalking the protected individuals, including his wife and two of his children.
Mohammad and his wife, referred to as S.A., were married in March 2021. At the time of the court filing in September, S.A. was 55 years old, and their children, three sons and three daughters, were aged between 21 and 34. S.A. also filed a petition for protection from abuse, expressing her extreme fear of her husband. She alleged that Mohammad had threatened to harm her and their children, even stating he wanted to shoot one of their daughters.
The family resided in Hoover, Alabama, where Mohammad worked as a plumber and ran his own business. At the time of the indictment, the couple was undergoing divorce proceedings. In April 2022, Mohammad was arrested for felony first-degree stalking after allegedly breaching the protection orders by installing GPS tracking devices on his family members’ vehicles.
The situation intensified in January when a car belonging to a close friend of S.A. was discovered burned. Surveillance footage captured a suspect’s vehicle, reportedly purchased by Mohammad. The next day, a pickup truck driven by one of Mohammad’s sons was set ablaze in S.A.’s driveway.
Throughout 2023, more incidents of arson and GPS tracking were reported. In December of that year, another vehicle was burned, this time belonging to one of Mohammad’s daughters. This incident occurred the day after S.A. received a call from a man on Mohammad’s behalf, attempting to reconcile their marriage, which she declined.
Mohammad was arrested four days later for violating a protective order by having an associate contact his wife. During a bond revocation hearing, an audio recording was played in which Mohammad suggested he was willing to harm his family. He was released from state custody in February 2024.
In August 2024, a cooperating witness informed the FBI that Mohammad had repeatedly asked him to find someone to “take care of” his family. Mohammad was then unknowingly introduced to an undercover FBI agent posing as a hitman. During their meeting, Mohammad allegedly offered the agent $20,000 to kill his wife and $5,000 for each child. He provided the agent with $550 as a down payment, with the balance to be paid upon the deaths of the intended targets. Mohammad is scheduled to be sentenced on December 10.