Justin Bieber target of alleged murder plot

ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KRQE/WCAX/CNN) - Justin Bieber was reportedly the target of a murder plot hatched by a convicted killer behind bars.

Investigators say they had every detail planned down to the ties they were going to use to strangle the pop star and three other people.

Investigators say Mark Staake and his nephew, Tanner Ruane, planned to take down the teen sensation.

Their Bieber fever started long ago at the state prison near Las Cruses, NM, where Staake met Dana Martin, a convicted killer serving two life sentences for raping and killing a 15-year-old girl in Vermont in 2000.

Martin recruited Staake, who in turn recruited his nephew to carry out four murders after Staake got out of prison.

Police say Martin asked the two to first go to Vermont and take out two former acquaintances.

Martin gave strict orders to strangle the victims with a paisley tie - the kind Martin used as his calling card, and ordered Ruane to castrate the victims.

Martin told police the bigger plot was the murder and castration of Bieber and his bodyguard.

Apparently, Martin is obsessed with Bieber and he reportedly has a tattoo of the superstar on his leg.

Staake was arrested in Vermont on outstanding warrants before carrying out any of the killings, but his nephew was let go.

Police recorded phone calls where Ruane tells Martin he's disappointed he couldn't carry out the murders.

It was Martin who reportedly blew the whistle on the other two men and foiled the plot he cooked up.

There has been no word from Bieber's representatives on the matter.

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