'Kayak Killer' Angelika Graswald Speaks Out In New Interview
Angelika Graswald pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide in the 2015 death of her fiance Vincent Viafore.
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Angelika Graswald pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide in the 2015 death of her fiance Vincent Viafore.
Angelika Graswald was accused in the drowning of Vincent Viafore during a Hudson River kayaking trip in 2015.
That's how much insurance money a woman convicted of criminally negligent homicide could receive even though she was found to have caused her fiance's death.
A woman convicted of tampering with a kayak, which eventually lead to her fiance's drowning is now out of prison.
Angelika Graswald will be granted conditional, supervised release Thursday, according to the Department of Corrections.
A woman who admitted to causing her fiancé's death by removing a plug from his kayak before a Hudson River outing was sentenced.
Angelika Graswald, who had been facing murder and manslaughter charges, pleaded guilty on Monday to the lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide.
A woman who claimed her fiancé was missing after his kayak overturned on the Hudson River has pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide, New York State Police said.
New questions were being raised Friday night in the case of an upstate woman charged with the murder of her fiancé while he was kayaking on the Hudson River.
Staatsburg is about 60 miles north of the area where another kayaker, Vincent Viafore, disappeared during an April 19 kayaking trip with fiancée Angelika Graswald.
Angelika Graswald's was arraigned Friday morning in Orange County Court. Her lawyer entered the plea on murder and manslaughter charges.
A woman accused of killing her fiancé during a kayaking trip on the Hudson River has been formally indicted on murder charges.
Viafore, 46, disappeared while kayaking with his fiance, 35-year-old Angelika Graswald, on April 19.
The body was found floating in the water near where 46-year-old Vincent Viafore went missing while kayaking with his fiancée on April 19.
Angelika Graswald, 35, told investigators she felt trapped in their relationship and tampered with his boat.
There is a new twist in the strange case of a woman accused of killing her boyfriend while kayaking on the Hudson River last month.
The search for a missing kayaker intensified on Friday as his former fiancee spent her first weekend in jail after being accused of his murder.
Angelika Graswald, 35, was charged with second-degree murder after claiming her fiancee Vincent Viafore disappeared when his kayak overturned.
Rough water and strong winds and currents played a role in the capsizing, police said.
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Rex Heuermann pleads guilty to murdering seven women tied to the years-long Gilgo Beach serial killer investigation.
Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty to seven counts and admitted guilt in the death of an eighth woman.
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