Former colleagues detail CHP captain’s spiral before alleged murder-for-hire plot against husband

Former California Highway Patrol captain Julie Harding is alleged to have orchestrated a murder-for-hire plot against her estranged husband, Michael Harding, who was killed by Thomas O’Donnell in 2022. Colleagues testified about Harding's erratic behavior, and while no direct evidence linked O’Donnell to the murder weapon, phone records connected him to Harding. Harding later died by suicide after O’Donnell's arrest.