We present the latest addition to our collection of 144
Black Widow Serial Killers. The widow Ruiz is also featured the our roguess’s
gallery of images, Female Serial Killers of the 21st Century.
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On January 29, 2013 45-year-old Esneda Ruiz Cataño was
arrested Ebéjico, in Antioquia, Colombia, on the suspicion of murdering thee
husbands, each of them stabbed to death, in 2001, 2006 and 2010. The media has
dubbed her “The Predator” (“La deepredafora”). Ruiz collected live insurance
payments following each death.
Police Col. Fernando Restrepo Espinosa told local media:
“This woman, by deception, seduced men and convinced them to take out life
insurance where she was the sole beneficiary.” He said agents had been tracking
Ruiz for more than two years, adding: “We realized the lady had murdered her
three husbands in the same way: with a cut to the neck.”
Husband #1: Juan Pablo Aristizábal, 33, died in 2001 in the
town of Rionegro. The widow scored $8,445 and a lifetime pension.
Husband #2: José
Johany Valencia, 42, died in 2006, in Medellin. He was stabbed in the neck by
two men, presumably acting on the wife’s behalf.
Husband #3: Miguel
Ángel Veleño García, died from a stab in the neck in 2010, also in Medellin.
She was expecting to rake in $40,000 in insurance money, but the insurer became
suspicious and contacted police, who conducted an exhaustive investigation of
Ruiz’s background.
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For links to other cases of woman who murdered 2 or more husbands (or paramours), see Black Widow Serial Killers.
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