The spouse of “Ghost Adventures” star Aaron Goodwin posted an image of them cuddling with their pet cat every week earlier than she was arrested for allegedly attempting to plot his homicide with the assistance of an incarcerated convicted killer.
“Cuddle puddle with my boys,” Victoria Goodwin captioned her Instagram publish.
The eerie picture confirmed the paranormal investigator’s hand on Victoria’s leg with their cat between them as they lounged on a sofa.
She additionally posted a photograph of her smiling alongside Goodwin on a mini-golf date for Valentine’s Day in Las Vegas.
“Mini golf with my Valentine,” her publish learn on Feb 14.
The “Ghost Adventures” star, 48, additionally gushed over his spouse over the date, when he confirmed Victoria mid-stroke with the caption, “My valentine at all times beats me at mini golf.”
On March 6, Victoria, 32, was arrested and charged for solicitation to commit homicide and conspiracy to homicide, after an investigation allegedly unearthed a depraved murder-for-hire plot by means of messages with an inmate at an undisclosed Florida jail.
She had allegedly been messaging the inmate — recognized as inmate Grant Amato — since October 2024 and overtly expressing eager to kill Goodwin to get out of her marriage, based on a police report first obtained by TMZ.
Amato killed his household after stealing $200,000 to wire the money to a girl in Bulgaria whom he had been chatting with on an grownup web site in 2019.
He’s presently serving a life sentence with out the opportunity of parole on the Tomoka Correctional Establishment in Daytona Seashore, Fla.
The convicted killer was featured within the Paramount+ true crime documentary “CTRL+ALT+DESIRE.”
Police stated Victoria advised them she watched the documentary and have become pen buddies with Amato whereas he was behind bars, based on TMZ.
She allegedly provided $11,515 to pay for the job and police declare that Victoria made a down fee of $2,500 to have her ghost-hunting husband killed.
Victoria additionally allegedly handed alongside data about her husband’s location to the Amato to offer to a hitman he was speaking with to tug off the kill.
The 48-year-old paranormal investigator was allegedly filming “Ghost Adventures” in California when the hit was supposed to occur.
“He’s asleep proper now within the resort room … I must know what’s happening. Can I get an replace. Was it performed?” the inmate texted the hitman, based on police.
It’s unclear what occurred that stopped the alleged hit from happening.
Victoria has denied ever eager to have her husband killed.
She is being held on $100,000 bail and had her preliminary courtroom look on Tuesday, Clark County jail information present.
Goodwin was allegedly “blindsided and devastated at this flip of occasions” and “thought he was in a cheerful marriage,” sources advised TMZ.
Ghost hunter Zak Bagans (entrance) and his crew (from left) Jay Wasley, Billy Tolley and Goodwin. Los Angeles Occasions by way of Getty Photos
The couple tied the knot at Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion in California in August 2022 and reside in Las Vegas.
The paranormal cameraman is finest identified for his position alongside paranormal investigator Zak Bagans on “Ghost Adventures.”
Bagans advised TMZ it’s an “emotional time” for his ghost-hunting co-star and “he’s attempting to present him love and assist.”
The 2 have been buddies since Goodwin, of Oregon, and Bagans, of Illinois, moved to Nevada across the identical time in 2005 to pursue filmmaking and have labored collectively within the public eye since “Ghost Adventures” premiered in 2008.
