A Slidell man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly hiring a man to kill his wife, said St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain.

Danny Willingham

Strain said deputies arrested Danny Willingham, 56, of 47611 Hwy. 90, after his wife reported a murder for hire scheme to detectives in September.

The wife told deputies that a family acquaintance told her that on three different occasions Danny Willingham offered him $10,000 to kill his wife. Strain said that none of the offers were accepted and no attempt was ever made on the wife’s life.

The couple co-operated the now closed Blue Dog Bait Shop on Hwy. 90 near the Mississippi state line. They were in the process of getting a divorce, but their community property agreement had not yet been reached.

Willingham, who has denied the solicitation for murder charges, faces five to twenty years of prison. He is being held in the St. Tammany Parish Jail. His bond is set at $500,000.