It's a shame that people consider murder to deal with personal issues. It's good that the killer wasn't hired, though. As for Bitcoin, I don't think the means of payment should be emphasized. What's bad is the killer part, not the Bitcoin part. But when Bitcoin is mentioned in such stories, the content of the story casts a shadow on BTC reputation as well. As if killers aren't hired with USD.
Exactly! I was about to mention that the hire of the killer could be done using any other payment method. It just so happened that the lady used bitcoin in her transactions which, unfortunately, contributed to the stigma of bitcoin as a means of perpetrating a crime. Just because bitcoins have been linked to be a method of payment for illegal transactions does not make its entirety negative and illegal.
Myself too saw a list of websites on an youtube video through which one can hire a killer. For each activity there is different pay rate. The service starts from fracturing, harming to killing. Upon that I don't think this news to be big. When there is good with something, it'll also have negative things associated with it. The users need to use it for the good and not for the bad.
I mean, people can always hire or purchase contrabands using any payment method. It is just unfortunate that bitcoins have been put in a negative spotlight which contributes to its growing stigma among the people.