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Before Ghost Adventures star Aaron Goodwin’s wife Victoria Goodwin was arrested for allegedly plotting to have him killed, police say she professed to be “in love” with her co-conspirator.
'Ghost Adventures' Star Aaron Goodwin’s Wife Arrested After Allegedly Plotting to Kill Him
Aaron Goodwin’s wife may have had eyes for someone else.
Prior to Victoria Goodwin’s March 6 arrest for allegedly orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot against the Ghost Adventures star, police say she and Grant Amato—the convicted murderer she is accused of hiring the hitman through—began exchanging romantic text messages, according to an arrest report from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department obtained by E! News.
The text exchanges began in May 2024 after Victoria saw Grant in the Paramount+ docuseries CTRL+ALT+DESIRE, according to the filing. The series chronicled his plot to steal $200,000 from his family before murdering his mother, father and brother in January 2019.
In the messages, which police say ended in October 2024, Victoria, 32, and Grant, 35, discussed “how much they are in love,” per the filing. She also told the inmate that “her husband ‘FH’ would not accept divorce.”
In addition to the romantic subject matter, police said Victoria—who has pled not guilty in the case, according to Entertainment Tonight—had also been messaging the convicted killer about the murder plan.
“Am I a bad person?” she texted the inmate, according to
the docs. “Because I chose to end his existence. Not divorce.”
When confronted about the text messages by investigators, Victoria “denied wanting her husband to be killed,” per the docs, adding that she “did not remember” sending the messages in question. Investigators also said she described her messages about wanting to be with Grant as “fantasy or daydreams.”
E! News has reached out to any legal representation for Victoria for comment but has not heard back.
Instagram/Victoria Goodwin; Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
Six days after his wife’s arrest, Aaron, 48, who wed Victoria in 2022, filed for divorce arguing that their “views, tastes, likes and dislikes” had become “incompatible,” according to court documents obtained by People. The filing also noted, “There is no possibility of reconciliation between husband and wife.”
Notably, the TV personality’s last social media post about his wife came on Valentine’s Day, when he shared a photo of Victoria at a miniature golf course. Alongside the Instagram pic, he wrote, “My valentine always beats me at mini golf.”
As for Grant, he was found guilty in August 2019 on three counts of first-degree murder for killing his relatives and given a sentence of life in prison for each count. He has not been charged in the alleged murder-for-hire plot.
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