http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/16/hitrun.grannies.ap/index.html
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Two elderly women accused of killing two
homeless men to collect millions of dollars in insurance payouts were
convicted Wednesday of conspiracy to murder, and one of them was convicted
of the murders themselves.
Helen Golay, 77, and another woman allegedly took out 19 insurance policies
on two homeless men.
1 of 3 In an unusual step, the jury was to hear more arguments Thursday
before deciding remaining counts in the case against Helen Golay, 77, and
Olga Rutterschmidt, 75. The judge decided to take five initial verdicts.
Golay was convicted of the first-degree murders of Kenneth McDavid, 50, in
2005 and Paul Vados, 73, in 1999. She was also convicted of the conspiracy
counts in both killings.
Rutterschmidt was convicted of conspiracy to murder McDavid for financial
gain.
The judge ordered the prosecution and Rutterschmidt's defense to present new
arguments on two counts that Rutterschmidt murdered McDavid and Vados, and a
conspiracy count involving Vados.