RELATED STORIES: Man accused of murder-for-hire plot against ex-wife
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Published: Jan. 9, 2018 at 6:10 PM CST
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BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Hamid Ghassemi, a Baton Rouge businessman, is accused of hiring men to murder his ex-wife Taherah Ghassemi who was reported missing on April 11, 2015. Her vehicle was found on fire the next day and her body was found buried in a wooded area in St. Helena Parish on May 16, 2015.
Hamed Ghassemi, Taherah's son, was imprisoned in Iran while trying to bury his mother.
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