An inmate in Montgomery County is facing charges for orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot against his ex-girlfriend, utilizing an intermediary and social media platform Instagram. Zunir Wilson-Walker, 22, already behind bars, is accused of enlisting Jadan Uriah Jones, 20, to seek out a hitman willing to accept $15,000, a Cartier watch, and a car for the execution of his child's mother. This chilling scheme came to light through the investigative work of prison officials and Montgomery County Detectives.
Details from various sources sketch the alleged conspiracy, wherein Wilson-Walker provided his Instagram credentials to Jones, directing him to use the platform's ephemeral Stories feature to broadcast the intended crime, as reported by PhillyVoice. According to FOX 29 News, Wilson-Walker lost his phone privileges after verbally abusing and threatening the woman, subsequently using another inmate's phone account illicitly. "No exceptions this b**** has to get beat the f*** up or took off the map," Wilson-Walker allegedly stated in one call, per charging documents cited by PhillyVoice.
The account Jones created, named "walkdownmontt," was linked to Jones' personal phone number, with detectives discovering the account was set up mere minutes after Wilson-Walker proposed the username during a call, as noted by NBC Philadelphia. Instagram Stories posted on November 9 included disparaging remarks about Wilson-Walker's ex-girlfriend, revealing her location and offering the bounty, visible to 18 accounts following the covert handle.
The gravity of these charges is reflected in the bail set for the two men, with Wilson-Walker's exceeding half a million dollars and Jones' amounting to $99,000. Wilson-Walker faces added counts for terroristic threats, stalking, simple assault, strangulation, and other charges connected to his past with the victim, as per NBC Philadelphia. Preliminary hearings for both individuals are scheduled for February 11, 2025, while they are currently held at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility, authorities say, their legal representation at this point remains unknown.
