Monday 25 July 2016

Prosecutor: accused 'Kayak Killer' pushed paddle away from drowning fiance

New York, USA, 2015. A New York woman accused of killing her fiance over $250,000 in life insurance pushed a paddle away from him as he struggled to stay alive after his kayak capsized in the icy waters of the Hudson River, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Angelika Graswald (née Lipskaya), 35, was charged with second-degree murder two weeks after her fiance, Vincent Viafore, 46, went missing April 19. Witnesses said she intentionally tipped her kayak over after Viafore’s went down. Graswald was rescued by another boater and treated for hypothermia. Viafore’s body was found by a fisherman Saturday.