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LA's 'Black Widows' Get Life in Prison for Murders

Pair killed two homeless men for life insurance

(Newser) - Two elderly women who carried out a cold-blooded scheme to murder homeless men have been sentenced to life without parole by a Los Angeles judge. Helen Golay, 77, and 75-year-old Olga Rutterschmidt—nicknamed the "Black Widows" in the media—lured two vagrants off the street, cared for them for...

'Black Widows' Guilty of Murder
 'Black Widows' Guilty of Murder 

'Black Widows' Guilty of Murder

Pair killed homeless men after buying them life insurance policies

(Newser) - Two elderly women known as the "Black Widows" have been convicted in a murder plot to obtain life insurance benefits from two homeless men they put up in apartments before killing them. Helen Golay, 77, and Olga Rutterschmidt, 75, took out a total of $2.8 million in life...

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