cell phone he had given her. Shayona thought Murtaza seemed fine and they agreed to remain on good terms. On March 29 at about 3:21 a.m., Krasnoperov and Murtaza engaged in the following colloquy through AOL Instant Messenger:3 "[Murtaza]: yo man.. "[Murtaza]: shayona's parents made us break up "[Krasnoperov]: wtf? "[Murtaza]: dude, I want to kill them "[Krasnoperov]: how? "[Murtaza]: this is fucked "[Krasnoperov]: not kill them... "[Kransnoperov]: how did they make her break up with you "[Murtaza]: they makin her pick "[Murtaza]: .. "[Murtaza]: i was over there "[Murtaza]: right now "[Murtaza]: talkin to her
3 Police seized the defendants' computers and electronic devices. From the computers, experts collected data on Internet searches, e-mail, and instant messaging services.
"[¶] . . . [¶] "[Krasnoperov]: oh shit "[Murtaza]: her parents forced her... "[Krasnoperov]: hokay fool, if you kill them now... "[Krasnoperov]: it's gonna b obvious "[Krasnoperov]: you gotta wait "[Murtaza]: ... "[Krasnoperov]: If I could've helped you I would've by now "[Murtaza]: her parents told her to say she cheated on me "[Kransnoperov] unless u want to do that shit urself "[Murtaza]: to have us break up "[Krasnoperov]: that's reatarded "[Krasnoperov]: retarded* "[Murtaza]: i dont know how to kill them "[Krasnoperov]: I don't know either... "[Krasnoperov]: burn the house down... "[Murtaza]: we can? "[Krasnoperov]: hit and run "[Murtaza]: with them in it "[Krasnoperov]: ur upset right now "[Krasnoperov]: u gotta wait to make this kind of decision "[Krasnoperov]: I mean, we're not professional killers "[Krasnoperov]: probably better if we hire someone "[Krasnoperov]: nigga "[Murtaza]: yeah i want to "[Murtaza]: im sick of crying dawg "[Murtaza]: this is fuckin gayyy
"[Krasnoperov]: yeah, that sucks, man "[Krasnoperov]: u think maybe harry knows someone? "[Murtaza]: maybe... "[Krasnoperov]: he might, I'll ask him... I tried calling him today "[Krasnoperov]: he didn't answer "[Krasnoperov]: don't trip though, shayona will come around "[Krasnoperov]: I mean either way "[Murtaza]: im down to do it myself w ith proper gear "[Krasnoperov]: she knows you guys are good together "[Murtaza]: ................ "[Krasnoperov]: proper gear "[Krasnoperov]: I dont even know what that is "[Murtaza]: guns n shit "[Murtaza]: mask I guess "[Krasnoperov]: fool it'll b obvious "[Murtaza]: but either way it's good to have someone do it "[Krasnoperov]: like CRAZY "[Krasnoperov]: we gotta make it look like an accident "[Murtaza]: how do we do that> "[Krasnoperov]: easiest way to do is to go to mexico and buy a sniper rifle "[Krasnoperov]: do it from far away "[Krasnoperov]: easy to get away too "[Murtaza]: are you drunk? "[Krasnoperov]: no, man "[Krasnoperov]: otherwise u gotta do it up close "[Murtaza]: okay then. "[Krasnoperov]: hard to get away
"[Murtaza]: lets do it... "[Krasnoperov]: and have witnesses "[Krasnoperov]: get a run down van "[Murtaza]: wat witnesses if we ran into their house "[Krasnoperov]: but I still think we should hire "[Murtaza]: n kill them with a s "[Murtaza]: ilencerr.. "[Murtaza]: silencerr "[Krasnoperov]: u dotn think shay will think it's you? "[Murtaza]: nahh "[Murtaza]: We ll have a story with it "[Krasnoperov]: I dunno man...