A son's death, an undercover agent: What to know about an alleged murder-for-hire plot
But she was wrong.
Angelia Solomon was arrested after exiting the vehicle. The man she believed she was hiring for the hit was an undercover agent with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
The alleged murder-for-hire plot came after the couple's messy divorce in 2013, the death of their son Grant Solomon in 2020 and allegations of abuse against Aaron Solomon that Williamson County courts ruled as unfounded, documents show.
Angelia Solomon, 55, is charged with felony first-degree murder solicitation. The charges stem from a 45-minute conversation, all recorded, she had with the undercover agent on April 11. The Tennessean later obtained the recording through a records request.
A concerned citizen tipped off police to Angelia Solomon's plan to have her ex-husband killed, according to an affidavit.
The purported hitman, Sean Atkins, was actually an undercover Tennessee Bureau of Investigation officer. He was joined by a confidential informant named "Steve" for the meeting with Angelia Solomon. The men sat in the back seat of a vehicle parked at Macy's at Cool Springs Galleria while Angelia Solomon discussed the killing from the front seat, court files show.
Angelia Solomon told Atkins about allegations of abuse against family members, including her ex-husband's alleged involvement in their son Grant Solomon's death, court documents show.
The Franklin mom also said her daughter, now 18, stood to gain access to a trust fund in the event of Aaron Solomon's death, the investigation revealed.
Grant Solomon, 18, was a rising senior at Grace Christian Academy in Franklin with a promising baseball career ahead of him.
Perfect Score, a baseball scouting agency, ranked Grant Solomon, a right-handed pitcher with an 88 mph fastball, as the 90th ranked prospect in Tennessee and gave him a 7 out of 10, or a "college prospect and possible future draft pick with further development."
He was the son of Angelia and Aaron Solomon.
On July 20, 2020, Grant Solomon was found, still alive, by his father trapped under the teen's white Toyota truck outside a baseball training center in Gallatin, according to the investigative files. He later died on the way to a local hospital.
An investigation into Grant Solomon's death was conducted by the Gallatin Police Department. The agency told The Tennessean in an emailed statement that the investigation was considered closed and determined not to be a criminal matter. To date, no other information has been released by Gallatin police about what happened or how the teen ended up under the truck, despite repeated requests.
"This was not a crime. It was a tragic accident," Sumner County District Attorney Ray Whitley wrote in an emailed statement to The Tennessean.
Despite the assertion, many family, friends, news organizations and true crime aficionados across the country aren't convinced the case is so clear cut, with many seeking additional answers about the teen's death, to no avail.
Yes. Angelia Solomon remains jailed despite a Williamson County judge reducing her bond from $500,000 to $250,000.
If Angelia Solomon posts bond, she would be under house arrest through the duration of her trail.
She's next due in court on July 30.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Angelia Solomon: What to know in alleged Franklin murder-for-hire plot
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