Her Ex-Husband Paid His Cousin To Murder Her, But Instead, Her Sister Was Murdered While Babysitting Her Three Children In Her House

Everett, Washington. It was September 20th, 2017, and mom of three Amanda Canales was out of town on a business trip to New York City.
While Amanda was away, she asked her 24-year-old sister Alisha Canales-McGuire to stay at her house on York Road in Everett and babysit her children.
Alisha and all of the children were at home on September 20th when in the early hours of the morning, Alisha was shot and killed in Amanda’s house.
Nobody knew who did this to Alisha, and for close to an entire year, her murder remained a cold case.
It was until a tip came in to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office that gave authorities enough information to proceed with a search warrant.
This warrant helped to move Alisha’s case forward, and authorities finally pieced together what had happened to her.
It turned out, Amanda’s ex-husband Kevin Lewis hired his 19-year-old cousin Jerradon Phelps to murder Amanda.
Facebook; pictured above is Alisha
Kevin paid Jerradon $2,400 to go through with murdering Amanda, and on September 20th, Jerradon took his 17-year-old girlfriend Alexis Hale to Amanda’s house to help kill her.
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“On September 19, 2017, Phelps and his girlfriend, Alexis Hale, drove from Spokane and met with Lewis, before traveling together to the area of the residence,” the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office explained in a statement.
“Phelps took Lewis home and returned to the residence a second time with Hale, where he opened fire on the sister of the intended target.”
“Phelps shot and killed 24-year-old Alisha Canales-McGuire who was at the house babysitting her sister’s three children while she was away on a business trip. The intended target of the murder-for-hire was Canales-McGuire’s sister, the ex-wife of Kevin Lewis.”
Authorities were able to obtain Alexis and Jerradon’s cellphone records, which proved that they had been to meet with Kevin before heading to Amanda’s home.
Just hours after the couple murdered Amanda’s sister Alisha, Jerradon posted multiple pictures of hundreds of dollars in cash to social media.
Later on, Alexis began bragging to multiple people that she knew that she had been hired to kill an individual in Snohomish County.
Facebook; pictured above Amanda and Alisha smile
5 days ago, Kevin was convicted of aggravated first-degree murder and he was ultimately sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole.
Jerradon was sentenced to 31 and a half years after he pleaded guilty to premeditated first-degree murder, and Alexis was sentenced to just 15 years after she pleaded guilty to premeditated first-degree murder too.
In Alisha’s obituary, her family said that she got married to her husband Bradley in a ceremony on the beach just months before she was murdered.
Alisha adored caring for people, and always helped anyone in need.
“Spending time with family was very important to Alisha and she saw and spoke with them often, being sure to always say “I love you” when saying goodbye,” Alisha’s family wrote.
“She loved to spend time in the outdoors. Alisha enjoyed doing activities such as camping, floating on the river, snowboarding, hiking, and nature walks.”
“Alisha had a strong presence on this earth and she will be greatly missed by many.”
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