As I Lay Dying Singer Arrested in Murder-For-Hire Plot

In pretty shocking news, lead singer Tim Lambesis of the Grammy-nominated Christian metalcore band As I Lay Dying, has been arrested in a murder-for-hire plot to kill his estranged wife.  According to reports, Lambesis has been charged on three federal counts, one count of solicitation to commit murder and two counts of conspiracy to commit crime.

The LA Times reported that Lambesis “was arrested without incident while shopping. He is accused of attempting to find someone to kill his estranged wife, who lives in Encinitas.” Authorities told L.A. Now that he had “attempted to hire an undercover sheriff’s detective for the murder.”  His estranged wife, Meggan Lambesis, had filed for divorce in the San Diego Superior Court last September.

There has been no report as to why Lambesis wanted his wife murdered, and San Diego County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Jan Caldwell was unable to give much more in the area of details, as the investigation is still ongoing and prevents her from giving any more information.

With a resume that includes six full-length albums, including 2012′s Awakened, 201o’s The Powerless Rise, and 2007′s Grammy-nominated An Ocean Between Us (which peaked at #8 on the Billboard 200), As I Lay Dying has had a wildly successful career.  The band has performed at OzzFest, Bamboozle, Soundwave Festival, Sounds of the Underground, Warped Tour, Bloodstock Open Air and Taste of Chaos.  In 2007, As I Lay Dying won the “Ultimate Metal God” award from MTV2 at the first annual “All That Rocks” special, and was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award for the song “Nothing Left”.  They’ve shared stages with the likes of Iron Maiden, Heaven and Hell, Slipknot, Deftones, Shadows Fall, Hatebreed, Unearth, Mastodon, Black Sabbath, Killswitch Engage, In Flames, and Lamb of God.

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