. >> laura buckingham has been indicted by a grand jury accused of trying to coerce her new boyfriend into killing her old boyfriend. gio benitez has the late jest. >> reporter: laura buckingham, a pregnant award mining marine turned baker is facing serious charges that allege she hired a hit man to kill her ex-boyfriend. >> after my last appointment, i moved out to new albany, indiana and i started selling the side of highway 150. >> reporter: on tuesday, a grand jury indicting the marine to spent two towers in iraq before coming home opening this bakery in indiana and becoming a local celebrity chef. even gracing the cover of this lifestyle magazine. >> i started selling at different farmers markets and i just couldn't keep up with the keemd. >> reporter: but police say the wannabe model will a darker side wanting to end a custody bat with her ex-boyfriend bradley the father of their 3-year-old son by having him murdered. >> i thought it was a joke in all honesty, we all thought we were being punked. >> reporter: police allege she even recruited her new boyfriend joseph to help kill

. >> reporter: laura buckingham at one time ran this bakery on this small town of indiana. >> she was well-liked because she gave back to the community after she came home from serving. giving, always really nice. and she was respected for her service. >> reporter: those services included two tours in iraq as a marine. >> after my last deployment, i moved out to new albany, indiana, and i started selling breads on the side of the highway. >> reporter: she met bradley southerland when she came back and they had a son. she opened her own store and became a local celebrity. >> i started selling at local farmer's market. >> reporter: even rolling doh with her three-year-old child. police say she had a darker side. after breaking up with southerland and taking their son to tennessee, according to place, she attempted to have him murdered. >> i thought it was a joke. in all honesty, we all thought we were being punked for a short period of time. >> reporter: according to police documents, buckingham started to become restless with the custody agreement, requiring her to drive her son 4 1/2

this morning, 30-year-old laura buckingham, a pregnant award-winning marine turned baker, is facing serious that allege she hired a hit man to kill her ex-boyfriend. >> after my last appointment i moved up to new albany, indiana, and i started selling breads on the side of highway 150. >> reporter: on tuesday a grand jury indicting the marine who spent two tours in iraq before coming home. opening this bakery in indiana and becoming a local celebrity chef, even gracing the cover of this lifestyle magazine. >> i started selling at different farmers' markets, and i just couldn't keep up with the demand. >> reporter: but police say the wanna-be model had a darker side wanting to end a contentious custody battle with her ex-boyfriend, bradley sutherland, the father of their 3-year-old son by having him murdered. >> i thought it was a joke. in all honesty we all thought we were being punk'd for a short period of time. >> reporter: police allege buckingham even recruited her new boyfriend, joseph chamblin, to help kill him. they say sham blinn, a marine sniper seen in this video told them about t