MEDFORD, Ore. (Nov 12, 2025) — A Jackson County woman has been convicted of attempting to hire someone to kill her husband and sentenced to five years in prison, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
The Jackson County District Attorney’s Office said Cheryl Ann King, 58, was found guilty of Solicitation of Murder in the First Degree after a two-day bench trial held November 4 and 5, 2025, before Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Pro Tem Paul Moser.
A bench trial is conducted without a jury, with a judge serving as the sole fact-finder. During the trial, four witnesses testified, and prosecutors introduced five digital recordings as evidence.
After being found guilty, King was taken into custody at the Jackson County Jail. On November 12, Judge Moser sentenced her to 60 months in the custody of the Oregon Department of Corrections, the maximum penalty allowed under Oregon law for the charge.
Prosecutors said that between January 1, 2021, and March 19, 2022, King tried to hire another person to kill her husband while the two were going through divorce proceedings. The person King approached declined to participate and instead notified authorities.
According to the District Attorney’s Office, the individual cooperated with investigators by wearing a court-approved recording device during multiple meetings with King. In one of those meetings, King was recorded discussing the murder-for-hire plan, including “her need for an alibi, potential methods of carrying out the murder, and the payment after it was done,” prosecutors said.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office led the investigation. The case was prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Wade Austin Hilshe.
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