By Tom Gardner PUBLISHED: 04:22 EST, 24 February 2014 | UPDATED: 10:32 EST, 24 February 2014 A judge has jailed a mother for 18 years for hiring a hitman to kill her son-in-law - despite her daughter begging for leniency. Jacqueline Ray claimed she feared for her daughter Umeko's life because she was being abused at the hands of husband Leon Bauchum. The 51-year-old, of Gig Harbor, Washington, told homicide detectives that she had paid assassin Luis Barker $12,000 to murder Mr Bauchum. Wedding day: Leon Bauchum, right, pictured during his wedding to Umeko Ray, left, was said to have subjected her to domestic abuse
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Jacqueline Ray, 51, admitted paying $12,000 for Leon Bauchum to be killed
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She said the 33-year-old repeatedly abused her daughter Umeko
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Bauchum's beaten body was found in a ditch near Gig Harbor, Washington
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