SHE THOUGHT SHE FOUND A HITMAN ON TINDER — BUT THE “KILLER” WAS SECRETLY WORKING WITH POLICE

New Jersey hairdresser Jaclyn Diiorio, 28, is accused of offering $12,000 to have her former boyfriend and his 19-year-old daughter killed. Then the man she allegedly hired turned the plan over to investigators.

A New Jersey woman allegedly went on Tinder looking for someone willing to carry out a deadly plan against her former boyfriend and his teenage daughter.

Instead, prosecutors say, she unknowingly matched with a confidential informant working with law enforcement.

Jaclyn D. Diiorio, 28, of Runnemede, New Jersey, has been federally indicted on two counts tied to an alleged murder-for-hire scheme targeting her former boyfriend, a Philadelphia police officer, and his 19-year-old daughter.

According to federal prosecutors, the alleged plot unfolded in the spring of 2025 — and ended with Diiorio being arrested after handing over a cash payment to the man she believed could carry out the killings.

THE ALLEGED PLAN BEGAN ON TINDER

Authorities say Diiorio connected with the confidential informant through Tinder in late March 2025.

Prosecutors allege the two exchanged messages and phone calls about the proposed killings before meeting in person at a Wawa convenience store in New Jersey on March 31.

The man she allegedly believed was a potential hitman then continued communicating with her.

The target was reportedly her former boyfriend, Matthew O’Hanlon, a Philadelphia police officer, along with his 19-year-old daughter.

$12,000 — AND A $500 DOWN PAYMENT

Investigators allege that Diiorio agreed to pay approximately $12,000 for the killings.

On April 4, 2025, she allegedly met the informant again in a Dollar General parking lot in Gloucester Township.

According to prosecutors, she handed him $500 in cash as a down payment.

What she allegedly did not know was that investigators were already aware of the plan.

Police were monitoring the meeting, and Diiorio was arrested shortly afterward.

THE “HITMAN” WAS NEVER WHO SHE THOUGHT

The biggest twist in the case came from the person Diiorio allegedly trusted to carry out the killings.

He was not a contract killer.

He was a confidential informant who had alerted Camden County detectives about the alleged plan, according to prosecutors.

Investigators then notified Philadelphia police, who warned O’Hanlon that he was allegedly being targeted.

The alleged scheme never reached the intended victims.

PROSECUTORS SAY THERE WAS MORE TO THE STORY

Federal prosecutors have also alleged that the Tinder encounter was not necessarily Diiorio’s first attempt to arrange the killings.

According to reports on the case, investigators say she had previously been deceived by people who claimed they had carried out similar attacks and supplied what was allegedly fake proof.

Those allegations remain part of the prosecution’s case and have not been established at trial.

HER DEFENSE IS CHALLENGING THE INFORMANT

Diiorio’s attorney, Robert Gamburg, has said she intends to plead not guilty.

The defense has questioned the credibility and conduct of the confidential informant and has raised an entrapment argument.

Gamburg has also argued that the informant was motivated by money and questioned how his communications with Diiorio were handled by investigators.

Those claims will likely become a major issue as the federal case moves forward.

NOW SHE FACES FEDERAL CHARGES

The earlier state case was dropped after federal prosecutors took over.

On September 9, 2026, federal prosecutors announced that Diiorio had been indicted on two counts of using interstate commerce facilities in the commission of a murder-for-hire.

The indictment alleges that she used a cellphone in connection with the proposed killings.

If convicted, she faces a maximum possible sentence of 20 years in federal prison. She remains in federal custody pending a detention hearing.

For now, the alleged victims are alive, the proposed killings never happened, and the central question will be whether prosecutors can prove that Diiorio knowingly intended to have them killed.

Diiorio is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.