(La Porte, IN) - A La Porte County Jail inmate awaiting trial on allegations she killed her husband is now accused of trying to get two other inmates to burglarize the home of her former attorney in the murder case.

 

According to La Porte County Police, her goal was for them to steal money and property to bond her out of jail.

 

Miranda Suarez, 35, is charged in La Porte Circuit Court with conspiracy to commit burglary, a Level 4 felony.

 

According to court documents, Suarez on September 6 asked two female offenders on her cell block to break into the home of her former attorney in the murder case. 

 

She believed they were capable of handling the job because of their criminal history, police said.

 

Suarez directed them to steal money she believed he had in his home along with some of his personal property then use the proceeds to post her bond, according to court documents.

 

La Porte County Police Chief of Detectives Capt. Andy Hynek said Suarez was being held without bail at the time, but was under the impression a bond amount would be set in the case for them to post.

 

Hynek said he believes Suarez was hoping the inmates would post bond on the offenses they were held on to commit the burglary or have someone they know on the outside do it. 

 

In exchange, Suarez allegedly informed the inmates they could keep whatever amount of money was left after posting her bail.

 

Her plot, though, was soon uncovered the offenders were found with papers containing her former attorney’s address and other personal information, court documents revealed.

 

Police said the personal information included his birth date and social security number that she encouraged one of the offenders to use to obtain credit in his name.

 

Suarez obtained the personal information from student loan documents the attorney left by mistake in the paperwork from the murder case he left for her to review, according to court documents.

 

He later withdrew as her attorney in the case.

 

Suarez is charged with murder, voluntary manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident causing death for allegedly striking her Kyle Suarez, 24, with her car.

 

The incident happened last year on October 2 in the parking lot of Tall Timbers, an apartment complex where the couple lived on Michigan City’s far east side.

 

Police said the investigation revealed she wanted to leave during an altercation involving her husband and struck him with the car then fled but later returned.

 

Initially, she was charged with leaving the scene of the fatal crash but the additional charges resulted later when new information developed alleging her actions with the vehicle were intentional, authorities said.