{{short description|American author and motivational speaker}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2014}} {{Infobox person |name = Jeffrey Locker |image = |caption = |birth_name = Jeffrey Locker |birth_date = December 22, 1956 |birth_place = |death_date = July 16, 2009 |death_place = New York City |known_for = Co-authoring a 1998 self-help book and giving presentations on handling workplace stress |education = |alma_mater = |employer = |occupation = Author and motivational speaker }}
'''Jeffrey Locker''' (died 2009) was an American self-help author and motivational speaker.
==Death and aftermath== In 2009, Locker hired Kenneth Minor to kill him so his family would collect $18 million in insurance benefits.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/judge-cancels-4m-life-insurance-policy-motivational-speaker-staged-murder-article-1.1096791|title=Judge cancels $4M life insurance policy by motivational speaker who staged own murder|last=Marzulli|first=John|website=nydailynews.com|date=June 15, 2012 |access-date=2019-12-29}}</ref> Minor claimed that Locker, a married father of three from Long Island, hired him to "do a Kevorkian". Locker was found dead in his car, in East Harlem, bound and stabbed.
Longtime Allegheny County Medical Examiner Dr. Cyril Wecht testified as a defense expert on behalf of Minor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/expert-finds-defendants-assisted-suicide-account-plausible/|title=Expert Finds Defendant's Assisted-Suicide Account Plausible|last=Eligon|first=John|date=2011-03-01|website=City Room|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-29}}</ref>
Minor was sentenced to 20 years to life for the murder of Locker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/04/killer-of-l-i-motivational-speaker-is-sentenced/|title=Killer of L.I. Motivational Speaker Is Sentenced|last=Fernandez|first=Manny|date=2011-04-04|website=City Room|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-29}}</ref> Minor is appealing his conviction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/kenneth-minor-hired-killer-motivational-speaker-jeffrey-locker-rages-prison-sentencing-article-1.108677|title=Kenneth Minor, hired killer of motivational speaker Jeffrey Locker, rages over prison sentencing|last=MARTINEZ|first=JOSE|website=nydailynews.com|date=April 4, 2011 |access-date=2019-12-29}}</ref> In October 2014, his sentence was reduced to 12 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/kenneth-minor-sentenced-to-12-years-in-jeffrey-locker-killing-r37232|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023082920/http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/kenneth-minor-sentenced-to-12-years-in-jeffrey-locker-killing-1.9525273|url-status=live|archive-date=October 23, 2014|title=Man gets 12 years in suicide-for-hire case|website=Newsday|language=en|access-date=2019-12-29}}</ref>
Eventually Federal Judge William Kuntz ruled that the $4 million policy issued by Principal Life Insurance should be voided because Locker had substantially misstated his annual income as $800,000 when, in truth, his gross income at the time was no more than $225,000 and he was deeply in debt.<ref name=":0" />
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==External links== * [http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50154107n CBS – 48 Hours – Death Wish – Sept. 7, 2013]
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