Betty Neumar | |
|---|---|
| Born | Betty Lafon Johnson November 27, 1931 |
| Died | June 13, 2011 (aged 79) |
| Other names | Black Widow, Black Widow Granny |
| Spouse(s) | Clarence Malone (1950–1952; d. 1970) James Flynn (? –1955) Richard Sills (? –1965) Thomas Harold Gentry (1968–1986) John Neumar (1991–2007) |
| Children | 3 |
| Criminal charge | solicitation of murder |
| Penalty | pending conviction |
Betty Lafon Neumar (November 27, 1931 – June 13, 2011) was an American woman charged with arranging the murder of her fourth husband, Harold Gentry, who died in 1986. The dead man's brother, Al Gentry, had, for 22 years prior to Mrs. Neumar's arrest in 2007, urged police to investigate his death.[1] Following this arrest, and learning of the fact that Neumar had had five husbands in total who had all died, the case generated much media interest on the part of the news media in the United States, who dubbed Neumar the "Black Widow".[1] On June 13, 2011, Mrs. Neumar died in an Alexandria, Louisiana hospital of cancer prior to her trial.[2]
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