FBI informant ‘tried to order a hit and escape jail’

An FBI informant-turned-serial killer has been arrested for allegedly ordering a hit from behind bars and attempting to escape jail.

Scott ‘Hannibal’ Kimball, of Colorado, is facing one count of solicitation of first-degree murder and one count of attempted escape, according to an arrest warrant filed last week. 

The 51-year-old allegedly plotted the murder and his exit from Sterling Correctional Center between May 6 and September 22. Kimball is currently serving 70 years after pleading guilty to four murders while working as an FBI informant.

Scott Kimball (pictured) is facing one count of solicitation of first-degree murder and one count of attempted escape according to an arrest warrant filed last week

Scott Kimball (pictured) is facing one count of solicitation of first-degree murder and one count of attempted escape according to an arrest warrant filed last week

He’s also serving 48 years for fraud and 70 months for a federal gun charge, the Denver Post reports.

Kimball, a conman with a long history of convictions, was released from jail in December 2002 to act as an FBI informant after he was able to convince federal agents his cellmate, Steve Ennis, had asked him to kill a witness in a drug case.

But within a month of his release, LeAnn Emry, 24, vanished, and a month after that, so did Ennis’ girlfriend, Jennifer Marcum, 25.

LeAnn Emry

Jennifer Marcum

The 51-year-old is serving 70 years for four murders; including those of LeAnn Emry (left) and Jennifer Marcum (right)

Terry Kimball

Kaysi McLeod, 19, (left) went missing in August 2003 and Kimball later led the cops to her body, as he did with the body of his uncle, Terry Kimball (right)

Kimball's cellmate's girlfriend Jennifer Marcum, 25, went missing two months after Kimball got out of jail

Kimball’s cellmate’s girlfriend Jennifer Marcum, 25, went missing two months after Kimball got out of jail

In June 2003, Kimball told FBI Agent Carle Schlaff that a drug dealer murdered Marcum after claiming a friend of his ex-cellmate had shown him a photo of the victim bound and gagged.

Kaysi McLeod, 19, went missing in August 2003. Kimball later married McLeod’s mother.

The following year, Kimball’s uncle, Terry Kimball, 60, vanished. Kimball claimed his uncle won a lottery, then went to Mexico with a woman.

But by 2006, the FBI had begun to suspect Kimball who was the last to see any of his four victims alive. With evidence mounting, he eventually agreed to plead guilty to second-degree murder in the four killings. 

Kimball, a conman with a long list of convictions, (pictured in undated mugshot) was released from jail in December 2002 to act as an FBI informant after he was able to convince federal agents his cellmate, Steve Ennis, had asked him to kill a witness in a drug case

Kimball, a conman with a long list of convictions, (pictured in undated mugshot) was released from jail in December 2002 to act as an FBI informant after he was able to convince federal agents his cellmate, Steve Ennis, had asked him to kill a witness in a drug case

Kimball, a conman with a long list of convictions, (pictured in two undated mugshots) was released from jail in December 2002 to act as an FBI informant after he was able to convince federal agents his cellmate, Steve Ennis, had asked him to kill a witness in a drug case

McLeod’s remains were discovered by a hunter in a forest in Jackson County in north-central Colorado in 2007. 

Kimball later led authorities to Emry’s body which had been dumped in a canyon in Utah and to his uncle’s remains in a forest near Vail Pass.

However, he has refused to tell authorities where Marcum’s remains were left. 

Kimball is not eligible for parole until 2054 under his current prison term. 

It’s not yet clear when he is due in court on the new charges.

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