Detroit Police Officer David Cobb: Hired hitman Vincent Smothers to kill his wife Rose
Vincent Smothers: Hitman that Officer Cobb hired to kill his wife, Rose
Rose Cobb [wife of Detroit Police Officer David Cobb] : Murdered on December 26, 2007 by hitman Vincent Smothers [hired by Officer David Cobb]
December 26, 2007: Rose Cobb was killed by hitman Vincent Smothers (hired by her husband/Officer David Cobb) while she sat in her van in a parking lot - while her husband shopped in a store
Officer Cobb was arrested in connection to Rose's murder [April 2008]. However, there was not sufficient evidence to charge Cobb, and he was released. Cobb committed suicide in September 2008, after Smothers began exposing the truth behind Rose's murder.
Hitman Vincent Smothers confessed to murdering Rose Cobb and seven others. He pled guilty to eight counts of second degree murder and was sentenced to 50 - 100 years in prison.
The price of Rose's life: $50....Officer Cobb had only paid Smothers $50 of the $1500 for the hit.