A man from Illinois 66 year old Ben Mullavey of Mechanicsburg on Wednesday admitted trying to have a business associate in Florida murdered. He pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to one felony count of use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of attempted murder-for-hire. As part of his plea, Mullavey admitted offering cash to a former employee to commit the murder. Mullavey is scheduled to be sentenced July 22.