Apr 17, 2008 4:32 pm US/Pacific
Jury Finds 'Black Widow' Guilty Of Murder
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Olga Rutterschmidt, 75, and another elderly woman were arrested for allegedly killing two men so they could collect life insurance money.
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A Los Angeles jury has found Olga Rutterschmidt guilty of murder of a homeless man in an insurance scheme but is deadlocked on another murder count and a conspiracy count.
The 75-year-old Rutterschmidt was convicted Thursday of first-degree murder of Kenneth McDavid after hearing a new round of closing arguments by attorneys.
The judge has replaced one juror with an alternate and ordered the panel to reconvene on Monday to try to decide the other two counts involving victim Paul Vados. The replacement came after one juror said he had preplanned travel and could not serve any more days.
Because of the replacement the jury must start all over on its talks about the last two counts.
Rutterschmidt's 77-year-old co-defendant Helen Golay was convicted earlier of all counts -- two murders and two counts of conspiring to commit murder for financial gain.
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