COLORADO - A COLORADO teenager hired men to kill his mother so he could use her money to get breast implants for his girlfriend, police said.
Nikita Lee Weis, 18, was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, said Fountain Deputy Police Chief Mike Barnett.
His girlfriend, Sophia Nicole Alsept, and two men police said he hired, Juan Antonio Velez Gonzalez, 18, and Brandon Michael Soroka, 19, were arrested on the same charge, The Gazette of Colorado Springs reported.
Weis' mother, Hyun Weis, was attacked on Thursday with a small wooden baseball bat at her home but escaped, authorities said. She was released on Friday from a hospital.
Mr Barnett said Weis wanted to sell his mother's car and use money in her bank accounts to pay for breast implants for Alsept, 21.
Mr Barnett also said the suspects discussed wrapping Mrs Hyun Weis' body in plastic and dumping it in the desert in New Mexico or Arizona.
All were being held on US$50,000 (S$71,422) bail.
Officials did not know whether they had attorneys and said they couldn't get messages to them.
Fountain is about 10 miles (16km) south of Colorado Springs. -- AP
