By JOHN THOMPSON
Coweta Editor

The case of a Coweta County woman who allegedly plotted to kill her husband is now headed for the Fayette County Grand Jury.

Monday morning, Courtney Jacob's attorney waived the right for an arraignment and the case will now go before the grand jury for possible indictment at a special called session in January.

Jacob, also known as Courtney Kimbrough, 37, of Kelly Farm Road in Newnan, is charged with criminal attempt to kill her husband.

In last month's hearing, Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney Bill McBroom asked the judge to deny bond because if Jacob had been successful in killing her husband, the case would have ultimately been a death penalty case.

“This was very cold and calculating,” McBroom said.

Although the couple was just married for three months, McBroom said Jacob, a self-employed riding instructor, started seeking people to kill her husband at the beginning of November. After hearing of Jacob's plans, an unnamed Peachtree City resident went to the Peachtree City police with the tale, police said.

The Peachtree City police called in the services of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, who sent in an undercover hit man to talk to Jacob about her plan.

In return for her husband's death, Jacob and the GBI agent agreed on a $20,000 price tag, said McBroom. To show the agent she was serious, McBroom said, she gave him a ring as a “down payment” Nov. 15 and gave him $500 shortly before she was arrested at a Peachtree City McDonald's restaurant on Ga. Highway 54 in late November.

The rest of the money, McBroom said, would be delivered after she collected on Kimbrough's insurance policy.

Jacob's attorney, Nelson Tyrone, dismissed the charges and said the allegations did not fit his client's previous behavior. He said she would be undergoing psychiatric evaluation to determine her mental state at the time of her arrest.