Two elderly women killed homeless men for insurance

TWO elderly women accused of killing a pair of homeless men to collect millions of dollars in insurance payouts were convicted by a Los Angeles jury.

In an unusual step, the jury will hear more arguments before deciding remaining counts against Helen Golay, 77, and Olga Rutterschmidt, 75. The judge decided to take five initial verdicts.

Golay was convicted of the first-degree murders of Kenneth McDavid, 50, in 2005 and Paul Vados, 73, in 1999. She was also convicted of conspiracy to murder in both killings.