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Florida child raper in jail before his trial for child sex crimes allegedly tried to hire his fellow prisoner - a Neo-Nazi - to assassinate his young victim and her mother, father, sister, and uncle.
Billy Warren Pierce Jr., 44, who will answer charges of capital sexual battery on a nine-year-old girl, is accused of offering the inmate $9,000 to carry out the hit.
The would-be assassin, a member of the Aryan Brotherhood, reported Pierce to officials at Pasco County Jail on August 22.
He was arrested on Friday after officials gathered evidence to back up the man's claims.
When questioned about the alleged plot, Pierce initially denied it. But when told he was being arrested for solicitation of murder, he is said to have responded 'But I haven't paid him any money yet'.
The other inmate said Pierce was friends with the father of the victim and had visited the house, according to an arrest report.
Pierce told him he could enter through the usually unlocked door, or even break a gas line at the rear of the house and divert it through a window to poison those inside.
Sheriff's deputies seized a contract signed by Pierce. 'It basically goes through the details on the members that needed to be murdered.
'Mr Pierce initialed by the amount he's going to pay the inmate,' said Detective James Hicks.
A conversation between Pierce and inmate discussing the plan was also captured on an audio recording device.