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While Lowe tried to ramp up business for the zoo, Maldonado-Passage decided to run for public office. He ran for president in 2016 as a Libertarian and landed 962 total votes.

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In 2017, Maldonado-Passage's 23-year-old husband Travis Maldonado shot himself and died of his injuries. He married again two months later — this time to 22-year-old Dillon Passage.

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Losing his fourth husband and marrying his fifth did not slow Maldonado-Passage down. He continued his campaign for Oklahoma governor, but with minimal results.

At the same time, Maldonado-Passage attempted to hire a zoo employee to kill Baskin. The employee, Allen Glover, took the money but did not carry out the murder.

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After that debacle, Lowe and others like zoo insider James Garretson acted as FBI informants to help with Maldonado-Passage's arrest. Maldonado-Passage was apprehended for the murder-for-hire plot in September 2018.

Maldonado-Passage's trial began in March 2019, and he was found guilty shortly thereafter in April. He was ultimately sentenced to 22 years in prison.

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Maldonado-Passage has been serving his sentence at a prison in Oklahoma, not too far from the zoo. He requested a presidential pardon in 2019 and was potentially exposed to the coronavirus in jail. His husband Passage confirmed he was transferred to a federal prison medical center amid coronavirus concerns on April 2, but did not provide any other details.