Missouri principal admits to murder-for-hire plot where he paid hitman $2,500 to kill his married lover - who was 27 weeks pregnant with his baby

A former middle school principal has admitted to hiring a hitman for $2,500 to kill a Missouri teacher who he got pregnant while the pair were having an affair.

Cornelius Green pleaded guilty to conspiracy to a federal murder-for-hire plot, resulting in the death of his married lover Jocelyn Peters and their unborn child.

He was indicted by a federal grand jury, according to documents filed on Thursday.

Green, the principal of Carr Lane Visual Performing Arts School and Peters, a teacher who taught at Mann Elementary school, were entangled in a romance, KMOV News reported.

Cornelius Green, a principal at Carr Lane Visual Performing Arts School, put out a hit on his former lover, Jocelyn Peters, after he learned that she was pregnant with their unborn child

Jocelyn Peters, a teacher at Mann Elementary School, was married at the time she was having an affair with Green 

When Peters became pregnant with his child, he contacted his childhood friend, Phillip Cutler to put a hit on his lover, who was 27 weeks pregnant at the time.

Green offered to pay Cutler $2,500 from money he allegedly stole to carry out the job. 

On March 24, 2016, Cutler entered Peters' apartment, found her in bed and shot her in the head - using a 'a potato as a silencer to muffle the sound of the shot,' according to the indictment, NBC News reported.

In a plea agreement, the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office agreed to dismiss local murder charges if he was sentenced to life in prison on the federal charges, KMOV News reported.

Phillip Cutler, Green's childhood friend was paid $2,500 by Green to to murder his former lover. The money he gave Cutler, was reportedly funds he stole from the school

Less than a month before the murder, Green sent Culter, who was living in Oklahoma, a text asking him to come to St. Louis to commit the crime.

Once he agreed, he sent him him $2,500 about a week later, money he reportedly stole from his school.

On March 21, Cutler arrived in St. Louis and stayed at Green's house. Green left Culter the keys to his car and his lover's apartment before he traveled to Chicago the following day.  

On the day of the murder, Green returned to St. Louis. When he went to Peter's apartment, he called 911 to report she was shot. 

Cutler was also indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit murder for hire and murder-for-hire.

His trial is set to for March 11.