Brian Thurman, 28, was denied bail Sunday after authorities charged him with an alleged murder-for-hire scheme against his victim and her family.
Brian Thurman, 28, was ordered held without bond Sunday after the Cook County Sheriff's Department charged him with murder for hire and solicitation of murder for hire.
Thurman, of Melrose Park, allegedly plotted to have someone murder the girl, her 16-year-old sister and their mom while he remains in custody at the Cook County Jail, where he was booked Jan. 13 on a predatory criminal sexual assault charge.
Authorities say Thurman asked another inmate with street gang connections to help him find someone to kill the family. But instead of a hitman, the inmate deceived Thurman and provided him the number of an undercover sheriff's investigator.
He allegedly asked for the job to be done "as soon as possible."
"Thurman offered to give the hitman his car and $8,000 upon his release from jail," the sheriff's office said in a news release.
When the phony hitman visited Thurman in jail, the inmate again promised his car and cash as payment, authorities said.
Thurman was initially held on $480,000 bail for the sexual assault charge. Authorities received a tip that he was allegedly having a relationship with the 11-year-old girl and had also been seen with young girls at his motel room.
No one else has come forward with allegations against Thurman, a sheriff's spokesman told CBS 2 Chicago.
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