Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Murder Case Against Elderly Women Reads Like Movie Plot


LOS ANGELES, California - Olga Rutterschmidt and Helen Golay have come a long way in their 20 years of friendship, authorities say. The pair allegedly has gone from filing dozens of small-time lawsuits to support themselves to engineering major crimes for a big payoff.
On Tuesday, opening statements are scheduled as the pair of 70-somethings stand trial on murder-for-profit charges.
Prosecutors allege Rutterschmidt, 75, and Golay, 77, conspired to insure two indigent men, kill them in faked hit-and-run accidents and fund their own old age with $2.3 million in proceeds from insurance policies. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - 1-800-PetMeds