Keep Bailing

“I hate you — I wish you were dead!”  What parent hasn’t had this line screamed at them, when fighting with an angry teen?  But maybe one Houston dad should have paid closer attention to his daughter’s bad behavior, or at least taken the promise ”Till death do us part” made by his bride of 20 years, to heart.

Last week, David Shamp’s wife and daughter were arrested and charged for solicitation of capital murder after Harris County Sherriff’s investigators uncovered their plot to hire a hit man to kill him.  Shamp, 43, clings to the hope his daughter, Ashley, 18, was negatively influenced by his wife.  But police say Ashley knew her mom wanted to kill her dad.  Like a scene ripped from the pages of some very hormonal, misunderstood teen’s diary, Ashley set up a meeting with her ex-boyfriend to persuade her ex to ‘do him up’.  

But the ex-boyfriend had no qualms  ‘spilling’ about ‘all the drama’, went to police and wore a wire to their meeting.  He claims Catherine Shamp told him that “she wanted [David] gone and she didn’t care how it was done”.  Mom offered $20,000 to have her hubby hacked  and then gleefully outlined her plan to lure Shamp away to the movies so the ex could pretend to burglarize their house and kill him upon their return. She even threw in a ‘bonus’ of beating her up to make it look real.

After her arrest, Catherine Shamp, 38, told investigators the plot was really an effort to lure the informant to the house so her husband could beat him up. (Oh Mom! You’re sooooo lame!)

The doting dad posted a $30,000 bail bond for his adopted baby girl and he has continued to support her innocence.  Catherine remains under lock and key.

Ashley Shamp’s next court date is December 29, 2009, a day after her mother’s.