'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.
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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Three people were sentenced Tuesday for their roles in murdering and dismembering a man and a woman in Amityville in February 2024.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday nominated Midori Valdivia to lead the Taxi and Limousine Commission.
President Trump said Tuesday that starting Feb. 1 he will deny federal funding to any states that are home to local governments resisting his administration's immigration policies.
A city-approved plan to rezone a stretch of Atlantic Avenue is expected to bring thousands of new apartments to Brooklyn, but tenant advocates say the deal falls short for lower-income residents and could accelerate displacement.
Opposition is building in the Orange County village of Chester, where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reportedly planning to buy a warehouse to use as a detention center.
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The New Jersey governor highlighted his achievements during his eight years in office in his final State of the State address.
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Members of the New York City Council are calling for a city staffer to be released from federal custody after being detained by immigration officials on Monday.
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Nurses say health care benefits and workplace safety are their main reasons for striking, and are refusing to go back to work until their demands are met.
Loved ones of patients at hospitals in New York City are concerned about care as nurses continue to strike due to failed contract negotiations on Monday.
The New York State Nurses Association said it called for the strike as negotiations stalled with the city's wealthiest hospitals.
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Weinstein's defense attorney told the judge he'd like to pursue plea negotiations after last year's mistrial on a rape charge.
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