09/12/2026
NEW JERSEY HAIRDRESSER FEDERALLY INDICTED IN ALLEGED MURDER-FOR-HIRE PLOT TARGETING EX AND HIS DAUGHTER
Federal prosecutors say Jaclyn D. Diiorio attempted to pay someone she met on Tinder $12,000 to kill her former boyfriend, a Philadelphia police officer, and his 19-year-old daughter. The man was reportedly working as a confidential informant, and Diiorio was arrested after allegedly giving him a $500 down payment.
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A New Jersey hairdresser accused of trying to arrange the murders of her former boyfriend and his teenage daughter is now facing federal charges more than a year after her initial arrest.
Jaclyn D. Diiorio, 28, of Runnemede, has been indicted on 2 federal counts involving the alleged use of interstate commerce facilities in a murder-for-hire scheme.
According to authorities, the case began in March 2025, shortly after Diiorio’s relationship with her former boyfriend ended. Court records identify him as a 53-year-old Philadelphia police officer whom she reportedly met while working as his barber.
Prosecutors allege Diiorio connected with a man on Tinder and believed he was willing to carry out the killings. The man was actually working as a confidential informant.
Diiorio and the informant allegedly met at a Wawa in Runnemede on March 31, 2025. Over the next several days, authorities say they exchanged phone calls and text messages in which Diiorio discussed having both her former boyfriend and his 19-year-old daughter killed.
She allegedly agreed to pay approximately $12,000 for the 2 deaths.
On April 4, Diiorio reportedly met the informant again in the parking lot of a Dollar General on North Black Horse Pike in Gloucester Township. Prosecutors say she handed him $500 in cash as an initial payment toward the alleged plan.
Members of the Gloucester Township Police Department’s Special Response Team arrested her shortly after the exchange.
Diiorio was initially charged in New Jersey with 2 counts of first-degree attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and possession of a controlled dangerous substance. Those state charges were later dismissed as federal authorities assumed responsibility for the prosecution.
The federal indictment was filed on September 3, 2026. Diiorio appeared before a federal magistrate judge on September 9 and was ordered to remain in custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for September 14.
Federal prosecutors are also seeking the forfeiture of property allegedly connected to the offenses, including the $500 cash payment.
If convicted on both federal counts, Diiorio could face a combined maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
An indictment is an accusation and does not establish guilt. Diiorio is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
Sources: U.S. District Court records, Camden County Prosecutor’s Office and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
