Pines man convicted in murder-for-hire plot against ex’s partner dies in prison
A Pembroke Pines man accused of ordering a hit on his ex-girlfriend’s new partner recently died in prison.
Ryan Hadeed, a 47-year-old Trinidad and Tobago national, died July 5 while incarcerated in Tavares. He was days away from being released, Ghassan Youseph, former mayor of Trinidad and Tobago’s Arima borough, told the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian.
Though an official cause of death was not disclosed, Youseph told the Guardian that “(Hadeed) had always experienced health issues while growing up,” and was to be discharged into his parents care months before his January 2027 release date due to his deteriorating health.
His release was delayed by upgrades being made to his parents’ house to accommodate his medical needs, the Guardian reported. Just days before his death, a social worker visited the home for final approval, according to the publication.
“Rest in peace Ryan,” Youseph wrote in a July 13 Facebook post under a photo of Hadeed’s funeral program.
Funeral services were held on July 13 at the Joseph A. Scarano Pines Memorial Chapel in Pembroke Pines, followed by a funeral mass at St. John XXIII Catholic Church in Miramar, according to his obituary.
‘I need someone eliminated’
Hadeed made international headlines in 2021, when federal investigators accused him of a murder-for-hire plot against his ex-girlfriend’s new love interest.
Detectives say he began corresponding with a hitman in September 2021, when he mailed a letter reading: “I need someone eliminated. I’ve been told you can arrange that. $10,000 All in cash and upfront. Person located in Tampa.”
To signal acceptance of his offer, Hadeed instructed the hitman to post “marked sheets of paper on his store-front window, among other things,” according to a December 2021 news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Florida.
His final letter, mailed in November 2021, included the home address, travel schedule, physical description and several photos of the man he wanted killed, a deadline for the murder and $10,000 in cash, officials said.
Investigators say he left the U.S. on a one-way ticket the same day his final letter was received by the hitman.
Hadeed was caught by law enforcement officials while traveling back to the U.S. when a secondary customs inspection revealed additional evidence of the crime, investigators said.
He was arrested on Dec. 22, 2021, and charged with one count of using the U.S. mail system in the commission of murder for hire, an offense investigators said can result in up to 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.
Hadeed was sentenced to seven years in October 2022 after pleading guilty, according to federal prosecutors.
