Helen Golay
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| Helen Louise Golay | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1931 (age 76–77)[1] Eastland County, Texas, U.S.[1] |
| Conviction(s) | Murder[2] |
| Occupation | Realtor[2] |
Helen Louise Golay (née Salisbury) (born 1931) is an American senior citizen convicted, along with her associate Olga Rutterschmidt, for the murder of two homeless men - Kenneth McDavid, 50, in 2005 and Paul Vados, 73 in 1999, both committed in Los Angeles County - to collect insurance settlements,[3]
The two women collected $2.8 million in insurance after staged hit and run incidents. Golay was arrested by LAPD on May 18, 2006 in her home in Santa Monica, California. After a murder trial, she was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on April 16, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Pringle, Paul; Hemmy So. "An Unlikely Friendship That Finally Unraveled", Los Angeles Times, August 19, 2005. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
- ^ a b Kim, Victora; Paul Pringle. "Woman convicted of murder in homeless men's deaths", Los Angeles Times, April 17, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
- ^ Deutsch, Linda. "LA jury convicts elderly women in murder conspiracy", The Mercury News, April 16, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
