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2 elderly women sentenced to life in insurance scheme

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Journal Staff and Wire Report

Published: July 16, 2008

LOS ANGELES -- Two elderly women were sentenced to life in prison without parole yesterday for murdering two indigent men to collect life-insurance policies.

Helen Golay, 77, and Olga Rutterschmidt, 75, were sentenced to two consecutive life terms each.

In April, the women were convicted of a scheme in which they befriended homeless men, took out insurance policies on them and then staged killings to look like hit-and-run auto accidents. Prosecutors said that the women collected $2.8 million before the scheme was uncovered.

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2 elderly women sentenced to life in insurance scheme

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