“Black Widows” Found Guilty
Posted on April 21, 2008
Filed Under Criminal Law, Hit & Run, Los Angeles, News |
Los Angeles has recently seen one of the most remarkable and horrendous murder cases ever. Dubbed the “Black Widow” case, two women, one 75-years-old (Olga Rutterschmidt) and one 77-years-old (Helen Golay), were charged with killing homeless people and collecting insurance policies they took out on these people.
So far the couple have been found guilty of killing Kenneth McDavid and Paul Vados, although there are other charges pending. The scheme was to take out polices on people no one would miss and then kill them or have them killed. They were killed in staged hit-and-run accidents, and have been found guilty of murder. The two women collected $2.8 million in life insurance on the two men they have been found guilty of killing.
According to the LA Times both women face life in prison without possibility of parole for the first-degree murder convictions.
Officers were first made suspicious when a detective overheard another detective discussing a case that sounded just like his own. After comparing notes, it was obvious the two women were up to something.
Overall, over 20 insurance policies were taken out by the two women, neither of whom were reported to be poor or destitute. DNA evidence on one of the women’s cars led to the convictions of the two women.
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