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Tatyana Remley was convicted in a plot to hire a hitman to kill her estranged husband, Mark Remley
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Authorities say the investigation began after a suspicious house fire on the couple’s property in California
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Remley died Dec. 18, 2025, from a gunshot wound to the head, the medical examiner said.
A California equestrian convicted of plotting to kill her estranged husband has died by suicide, the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed to PEOPLE.
Tatyana Remley died on December 18, 2025, from a gunshot wound to the head. Her death was ruled a suicide, the medical examiner said.
Remley was convicted in a murder-for-hire case involving her estranged husband, Mark Remley. NBC San Diego reported in December 2023 that Remley pleaded guilty to solicitation to commit murder and was sentenced to three years and eight months in state prison.
PEOPLE previously reported that she was arrested in 2023 after she allegedly met with an undercover officer and offered to pay for her estranged husband’s murder.
The investigation began after a house fire on the couple’s ranch property in Del Mar, an unincorporated area of San Diego County north of the city, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.
Deputies said an arson unit was called to the scene and that Remley was initially arrested that day for alleged firearms offenses after officers said they found three firearms and ammunition in her possession.
The next day, the sheriff’s department said investigators opened a murder-for-hire investigation after receiving information that Remley was trying to hire someone to kill her estranged husband.
“She provided detailed information about how she wanted her husband killed and his body disposed of,” the sheriff’s department alleged in a statement. Authorities also claimed that Remley brought firearms and US currency as part payment for the murder.
According to The Coast News, Mark Remley told the sport that his wife offered a mutual friend $2 million to kill him. The friend slowed down and alerted police, prompting a sting operation, the outlet reported. Remley later met with an undercover officer at a local Starbucks, according to The Coast News.
In the divorce papers, Remley said she and a friend were present at the property at the time of the fire but claimed she did not know how it started, The Coast News reported. Her husband, however, told the shop he believed the fire was deliberate after he allegedly discovered she was trying to get him killed.
The Remleys married in 2011, then separated and reconciled several times over the years, according to The Coast News.
Remley was charged with arson in connection with the house fire and was arraigned on Sept. 11, according to a criminal complaint shared with PEOPLE by the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office. She was scheduled to return to court on March 3, 2026, according to the office.
PEOPLE could not reach an attorney for Remley or her estranged husband for comment at press time.
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