Independence man charged in murder plot

This is terribly sad. He's so young and obviously hurting from losing his first serious relationship. It's heartbreaking that no one around him realized he was upset enough to take this extreme.

Why is the media and everyone else so quick to convict?
Why is a fifty something disabled veteran serving alcohol to a teenager??
Why is he even hanging out with a teenager??
Why was he talking to him and giving him advice like some councelor on lost love??
Why was he engaging him in this conversation and giving him advice and a spread sheet of a range of cost to do this.
Where was this kid going to get any money let alone $6,500?
I heard he even asked him if he would loan him the money.
Why would you not stop the conversation, providing your not engaging the kid in in a feeding him and say WOW this is wrong my friend and this will have huge ramifications for all parties.
You need to stop and think for one minute what it is were talking about and seriously consider what it really means.
And he could of possibly saved michaels life as well and said to him to ensure this goes NO further I am going to tell and you need to get help.
Also does Blue Springs not give $1,000 to tipsters for information?
Who is this super hero who was so concerned with the saftey of our community and what is his story?
He puts out to TV 4 that he was to HIT the girlfriends sister and her friends but I believe the girlfriend has NO sister.
The point is we do not know anything but what some old guy who likes to contribute to the delinqucy and failure of impressionable young people has said and I am sure he is of high integrity is he not.
Why not look at the bigger story and tell these young people to not get so involvedDont have serious relationships at such young ages and pretend to be grown ups having sex at 13 and 14 yrs old and if you do and the relationship goes away it is ok because your young and you still have to experience life and have so much ahead of you to look forward to. People will let you down. Be grounded, Like yourself Love yourself Love God he won't let you down. It's not about wrapping your entire existance around some boy or girl and making them be your identy.
And when we see someone falling help to pick them up and put them back on path, love them rather than enabling them or worse leading them into a dark place that they are not equipted to handle.
I simply think there is more to the story than the ratings grabbing head lines or the self promoting good samaritan that we have heard about. And there could be hopefully some lesson shown here to help save some other kids from ruining their lives perhaps in some lesser degree or sever situation than now faces young Michael worstell and ALL those touched by this horrific chain of events.
There can be hope come out of all this and I pray for all parties effected!
The father forgives and Jesus is our judge and I am not only speaking for Michael worstell

Jeff, I agree with most of what your saying, but one point you made concerns me...

"Why not look at the bigger story and tell these young people to not get so involvedDont have serious relationships at such young ages and pretend to be grown ups having sex at 13 and 14 yrs old and if you do and the relationship goes away it is ok because your young and you still have to experience life and have so much ahead of you to look forward to. People will let you down. Be grounded, Like yourself Love yourself Love God he won't let you down. It's not about wrapping your entire existance around some boy or girl and making them be your identy."

First of all, I know Michael Worstell and I'm actually really good friends with his girlfriend. They were not the kind of couple that rushed into the relationship too soon and they were not having sexual relations. I agree that 13 and 14 years old is too young to get serious with somebody, but this couple was 19 years old. That's quite a bit different, and definitely not too young to be serious with a partner. You do not have to be older to know you're in love... I'm 19 years old, married, and I have a child; I am perfectly happy and my relationship is totally revolved around God. If you knew Michael before him and his girlfriend broke up, you would know their relationship was focused on God and they were definitely not rushing a thing.

I have to agree with "Jeff". There are some serious issues in this case. Some 50 year old veteran has a 19 year old over to his house and they are drinking beer. Who bought that beer? Not the 19 year old. Isn't it against the law to serve beer to a minor? Then when a broken hearted teenager started talking crap about hiring a hit man why is this man not contacting some help for him. Instead of contacting his parents, a therapist, his Pastor, he contacts the police. I really believe Mike started a fire and this man whom should be a responsible adult poured gasoline all over it. I think Mike is wrong for what he did. But I believe he is a teenager who has a lot of growing up to do. He will serve his time for his horrible mistake. What about this "hero". If he was a true hero he would be more concerned about helping Mike make the right choice during a confusing, hurtful, and undesirable time rather than making $1000 off the Blue Springs Police Department. I am so disappointed because contacting help from his family, friends, or even free government agencies would have been better than giving this teenager the idea that a hit man would solve his problems. This man is NO HERO!

Anonymous wrote:

Jeff, I agree with most of what your saying, but one point you made concerns me...
"Why not look at the bigger story and tell these young people to not get so involvedDont have serious relationships at such young ages and pretend to be grown ups having sex at 13 and 14 yrs old and if you do and the relationship goes away it is ok because your young and you still have to experience life and have so much ahead of you to look forward to. People will let you down. Be grounded, Like yourself Love yourself Love God he won't let you down. It's not about wrapping your entire existance around some boy or girl and making them be your identy."
First of all, I know Michael Worstell and I'm actually really good friends with his girlfriend. They were not the kind of couple that rushed into the relationship too soon and they were not having sexual relations. I agree that 13 and 14 years old is too young to get serious with somebody, but this couple was 19 years old. That's quite a bit different, and definitely not too young to be serious with a partner. You do not have to be older to know you're in love... I'm 19 years old, married, and I have a child; I am perfectly happy and my relationship is totally revolved around God. If you knew Michael before him and his girlfriend broke up, you would know their relationship was focused on God and they were definitely not rushing a thing.

I was not speaking of Mike and Jackie specifically when I said that young kids need not be so quick to grow up and play house. And I am not going to speak of what i KNOW , BELIEVE OR DON'T BELIEVE THEY WERE DOING IN THEIR PERSONEL RELATIONSHIP NOR DO I MEAN TO INSINUATE ANYTHING. TOO KNOW THEM BOTH AND WHAT THER AGES ARE AND THAT THEY JUST BROKE UP SHORTLY BEFORE BEING TOGETHER IN A COMMITED RELATIONSHIP FOR JUST SHY OF THREE YEARS. I WILL GO NO FURTHER THAN TO SAY I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT YOU TRULY KNOW WHAT THE EXTENT OR DEPTH OF THEIR INTAMACY OR RELATIONSHIP WAS IF YOUR BEING HONEST WIH YOURSELF. YOUR 19 MARRIED AND HAVE CHILDREN, I AM VERY HAPPY FOR YOU AND PRAY THAT YOUR LIFE IS TRUELY BLESSED.
I ONLY TRIED TO PUSH THE MESSAGE FORWARD IN OTHERS MINDS THAT THERE IS ANOTHER WAY AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO OPPERATE ON THE 3 DATE RULE OF NOW IT IS TIME TO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL IN A RELATIONSHIP WHICH I FIND STILL IS COMMON AND TO WAIT FOR 3 YEARS WHILE IN A COMMITED RELATIONSHIP WOULD BE VERY COMMENDABLE. AGAIN I DID NOT INTEND TO INSINUATE THE MIKE AND JACKIE WERE TOGETHER AT 14 IT WAS A BLANKET STATEMENT AND NOT INTENDED TO UPSET YOU RATHER MAKE SOMEONE THINK AND LISTEN. MAY BE TALK TO THEIR OWN KIDS ABOUT THIS SORT OF THING. JACKIE IS A GREAT AND CARING PERSON AND I JUST WISH THIS COULD HAVE WORKED OUT BETTER FOR ALL PARTIES AND PRAY IT DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN IN SOMEONE ELSES LIFE. AND IF IT DOES THAGT THERE IS SOMEONE OTHER THAN OUR SUPER HERO CHARACTER TO LISTEN AND HELP!

First of all Jeff, you seem to be bashing the informant pretty hard. The main intended victim is a close friend of mine, and if it weren't for that fifty something disabled veteran, who fought for your freedom by the way, hadn't of went to the police, that disturbed young man might have found another disturbed person willing to carry out the intended actions.

Andy, just because this man was a disabled veteran who at one time fought for our freedom (a very noble cause) does not mean that he made good choices in this instance. There are appropriate ways of handling situations and serving beer, talking about hiring a hit man, and encouraging someone is not a way to help them. He could have easily contacted help and made people aware of this teens emotional state so that not only would your friend have been safe, which thank God he was, but this teen would not be in jail the rest of his life. Some teens need guidance and help. I really believe this whole situation could have been avoided with ONE phone call to his parents.

Any intervention was better than none at all. Stop second guessing what should have been done and put your energy into getting a lawyer to represent the facts to the court. The charges warrent high bail and serious consequenses but mitigating factors, presented in a reasonble defense are the best plan for going forward.

Jeff, I know a lot more about the situation than you might think. All you know is what the media has said... which is all completely wrong. So please don't try to second guess what I'm saying about it because I know much more details than you do.

He didn't second guess what you were saying, he clarified his previous statement...so....chill

So does anyone know what the current situation is with Mike? I haven't heard anything about him in a while and would really like to have any kind of update.

you can play the "what if" game forever and it won't change what happened. if michael would have had his way, four people would be killed. bottom line. so get over feeling sorry for him and be thankful that he is in jail! if you want to feel sorry for someone then feel sorry for his family, can you imagine how it would feel to be let down by your brother/son so greatly?
people seem to think michael was this different guy, they say this wasn't "really" him. hello?! it was him! he did do it! as much as it sucks this is reality and it sickens me!

obviously if you need an update over the world wide web on what's going on with him, then your not important enough to know whats going on^

obviously what michael did was horrible i don't think anyone here is condoning it, but you also have to consider the amount of pain he was feeling. then he goes and gets drunk with some 50 year old man and they start talking about doing some crazy stuff and instead of making mike realize how bad of an idea it is, he sets him up. this whole thing could have been avoided easily. again i'm not condoning what mike did, but that old guy that turned him in handled this as poorly as possible. i'm sure most everyone has said some things in the heat of the moment or a moment of distress.

This "tipster" is so obviously bogus and should be ashamed and held accountable for his part in all of this.What grown man would agree to helping a kid find a hit man?If anyone came to me and said I would really like to find a person to carry out this act of violence,my first thought would NOT be "sure,I can help you with that"....this man is sick and twisted.

Michael is 19 years old! When I was 19 years old I ALREADY knew the difference between right and wrong, so don't say "he still had some growing up to do!" There's obviously a difference here! I don't care how the informant handled the situation, I'm just glad it was handled. Something VERY tragic just about took place and we should all be glad that it didn't! Whether or not the idea was placed in his head or he came up with it on his own, HE PAID THE MONEY!!!!! End of story! HE PAID MONEY TO HAVE 4 PEOPLE KILLED! According to their deal, this whole scenario was supposed to play out and COUNTLESS people were to be affected by a horrible tragedy! I can't believe so many people are defending this guy! What if he had hired someone to kill YOU or someone CLOSE to you? How would you feel about him--or the informant who went to the police with the information--then? Put yourself in that situation and THEN defend him! THEN be mad at the informant for turning him in! I think a lot of you are missing the big picture here. You're spending WAY too much time looking for excuses for a guy who committed a HORRIBLE crime. He's old enough to know exactly what he was doing. Not a choice I would have made, heartbroken or not, at 19. Do I feel sorry for his family? Absolutely. His choices, I'm sure, have affected everyone. I have a hard time feeling sorry for him.

Some of you can't think of anything more sad than this poor "kid" (legally an adult) having his life ruined by this situation. I can--4 innocent people tragically losing their lives. That, to me, would be a legitimate sad situation.

A lot of you write about this informant who could have saved Michael in some way and you are really missing the facts that are involved in this case. Michael Worstell spoke with a guy about hiring someone to kill 4 innocent people that had done nothing wrong to Michael or anyone that he cares about.(Already sick and twisted). The informant then went to the police.(He chose to make the right choice instead of put 4 innocent lives in danger). The police did a sting operation where they met with Michael undercover and he not only paid a down payment but he also drove out to the house that was 30 minutes if not further away than where he was, to map out directions for who he thought was a hit man. He then gave specific instructions on how to murder the four, even including that he would like for it to look like a murder suicide so that no one would suspect him. And then he was arrested.

This was planned out. It was not just a thought that Michael had. HE INTENDED TO TAKE THE LIVES OF FOUR INNOCENT PEOPLE. These people have family and friends that would have woken up to find that their loved ones had been murdered in what SEEMED to be a murder suicide. How do you think that would have felt? I bet that they thank God every day for the fact that this informant saved the lives of their loved ones. And this is not to mention how the victims of the situation feel.

To me I believe that Michael and the informant were equally giving the choice to make the right decision. The difference is that the informant did make the right decision and Michael did not. Why is it the informant’s job to save this “young person”? Who’s to say that he didn’t save him by sending him to prison? Here are some thoughts to ponder:

---If the informant would have gone to Michael’s family, friends, pastor, or a therapist, would that have stopped Michael completely? It may have helped him for the time being but how do we know that he would not have done something further on down the road and who would have been effected then. Jaclyn was someone that was very close to him and he could do this to her friends. For those that defend him, I am guessing that you are friends of his. How would you feel if he turned on you and hurt one of your friends or family?

---Can Michael get help in prison and are others safer with him there? Absolutely. Michael may need help but these victims need safety and prison is a sure way to keep Michael out of their lives.

---What is the value of a life to you? Michael may have a harder time going through life now. This is not because the informant turned him in. This is because MICHAEL DECIDED to devise a plan to kill four people and he was caught. He had plenty of time to reverse his decision but he went through with it anyway. As far a Michael knew he was taking the lives of these four people and he was OK with this. On the other hand these victims have the opportunity to value their life because someone turned him in.

If you can read this and still defend Michael on the World Wide Web you may want to think about the victims and their families. How do you think they may feel if they read your entry?

get over it this is old news

Drop the dress baby

THe dude sold me a gym membership seemed like a nice guy. Hard to feel sorry for him, if someone solicited murder for my daughter or her friend I wouldn't blink twice if he spent life in prison. Poor guy has to spread his asscheeks just to walk inside from recess now. Sad story.