RUNNEMEDE, N.J. (THECOUNT) — New Jersey woman Jaclyn D. Diiorio, 28, has been federally indicted in connection with an alleged $12,000 murder-for-hire plot targeting her former boyfriend, a Philadelphia police officer, and his daughter, more than a year after she was initially arrested in the case.
Diiorio allegedly offered approximately $12,000 for the killings and later handed $500 in cash to a man she believed was a contract killer. Investigators say the man was actually a confidential informant who had alerted authorities to the alleged murder-for-hire plot.
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The case began in March 2025, shortly after Diiorio and O’Hanlon ended their relationship, according to prosecutors and previously filed court documents. The two had reportedly met while Diiorio was working as his barber.
Authorities say Diiorio connected with the confidential informant on Tinder and began communicating with him by telephone and text message. Prosecutors allege she discussed killing O’Hanlon and his daughter and agreed to pay for the double murder.
Diiorio and the informant allegedly met at a Wawa in Runnemede on March 31. Their communications continued over the following days as investigators monitored the alleged arrangement.
On April 4, Diiorio allegedly met the informant again, this time in the parking lot of a Dollar General store in Gloucester Township. Authorities say she handed him $500 as a down payment toward the planned killings and promised to pay approximately $12,000 in total.
Investigators say the confidential informant had already contacted authorities about the alleged plot. Camden County detectives then notified the Philadelphia Police Department and O’Hanlon about the alleged threat.
Diiorio was subsequently arrested by the Gloucester Township Police Department’s Special Response Team. Authorities say a bottle containing pills suspected to be alprazolam was also found when she was taken into custody.
Diiorio was initially charged in Camden County with two counts of first-degree attempted murder, first-degree conspiracy to commit murder and possession of a controlled dangerous substance. Those state charges were later dismissed after federal prosecutors took over the case.
The federal indictment charges Diiorio with two counts of using interstate commerce facilities in an attempt to commission a murder-for-hire. She remains in federal custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for Monday.
Prosecutors allege the Tinder scheme was not Diiorio’s first attempt to arrange the killings. According to reports citing the investigation, Diiorio allegedly told the informant that she had previously been deceived by people who provided fake photographs claiming to show that the killings had already been carried out.
Diiorio’s attorney, Robert Gamburg, has said she intends to plead not guilty. Gamburg has also argued that the case involves entrapment and challenged the circumstances surrounding the confidential informant’s involvement.
The federal charges are allegations, and Diiorio is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court. If convicted, she faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison on the murder-for-hire charges.
O’Hanlon and his daughter were not physically harmed in the alleged plot. Federal prosecutors have not alleged that Diiorio succeeded in obtaining an actual contract killer, and authorities intervened before either intended victim was attacked.
Runnemede is a borough in Camden County in southern New Jersey, approximately 10 miles southeast of Philadelphia and within the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Gloucester Township, where the alleged $500 payment was made and Diiorio was arrested, is also located in Camden County.
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