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I'm working on a story and the killer's method of alerting the police of his latest victim is to send a package to them containing a small portion of something that would directly confirm the identity. My question is how the package is mailed is someone was hired to do a pickup(s)/drop off(s). What charges could be brought on this person? They didn't know they had been working for the killer, and they never knew what was being mailing to the cops.

A tad more information: This person answered a "Help Wanted" ad, which stated that a reliable person would be needed to do odd jobs. He was told of the pickup locations by getting a call from a #, which was a different number each time. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

First off, Welcome to RP from the Florida Panhandle!

As to your question, I wouldn't think that a person who is hired to do odd jobs, such as pick up a package and deliver it to a post office, would be able to be charged as an accomplice to a crime. The person had no knowledge that the package was any part of a crime, and part of committing a crime is the "mens rea" or the state of mind of the criminal. Basically, there has to be intent. So, the person who picks up the package only has the intent of performing the jobs that he/she was hired to do to get a paycheck.

Yeah, I wasn't sure if they would be consider an accomplish seeing as they had no knowledge of said crime.
Thanks again!