When Bogumila Wojtas moved from her home in Tuchów, Poland to Vienna in the Autumn of
2006 she took up work as a home aide. She lied to get work, claiming falsely
that in Poland she had been a nurse, carrying a fake diploma to bolster the
lie. Her first clients were two women who, apparently, suffered no harm at Bogumila’
hands.
In November 2009, Bougumila, then 49, met 68-year-old Herbert
Ableidinger through a lonely hearts advertisement. She moved in with him and he
signed over his assets to her. Less than a year later he was dead. Weeks
following the Oct. 25, 2010 death she found Alois Fröschl (61) by the same
means. The same procedure was repeated – but Alois did not follow through on his
promise to sign over the deed his house to Bougumila. Nevertheless he was not
long for this world and expired on February 14, 2011. Fröschl’s body was
autopsied but the procedure was conducted in such a way that arsenic poising
would not have been detected.
Suspicion had been aroused and investigation was initiated.
The bodies of the two men are exhumed and high arsenic concentrations are found.
On Mar. 27, 2012 Bogumila Wojtas (52) was arrested. She was charged with two
murders on December 28, 2012. She was tried at the Regional Court, Krems, found
guilty on both counts and was sentenced to life in prison. She appealed the
sentence but, on November 15, 2013, the
penalty was confirmed by the Appeals Senate of the Higher Regional Court of
Vienna
[Robert St. Estephe]
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CHRONOLOGY
1960 (ca.) – Bogumila
Wojtas born.
1983 – Wojtas has
been married for 30 years and lived with the family in Tuchów in Poland.
Autumn 2006 – Bogumila Wojtas,
from Poland, works for the first time in Austria as a home aide, looking after
two women; there is no evidence of poisoning.
Nov. 2009 – Herbert Ableidinger (68) meets Bogumila (49?) through
a newspaper lonely hearts ad. She moves in with him, he signs over his assets
to her.
Oct. 25, 2010 – Herbert Ableidinger (68) dies.
Nov. 2010 – Bogumila Wojtas approaches Alois Fröschl
(prosecutor), from Stratzdorf, and moves in with him. Eventually, “Alois F.” plans
to sign his house over to her but did not follow through.
Feb. 14, 2011 – Alois Fröschl (61), Stratzdorf, dies.
Feb. 19, 2011 – First suspicion: the corpse of Alois Fröschl
is being autopsied, but no blood poison
is (yet) detectable by the blood-washing carried out before his death in the
hospital.
Date? – the bodies of the two men are exhumed, high arsenic
concentrations are found.
Mar. 27, 2012 – Bogumila Wojtas (52) is arrested
Dec. 28, 2012 – Bogumila Wojtas (52) is charged with two
murders.
Apr. 11, 2013 – sentenced to life. Regional Court, Krems,
Austria.
Nov. 15, 2013 – Appeals Senate of the Higher Regional Court
of Vienna confirmed the
maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
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[“Ein Krimi mit Arsen und Strickweste,” Kurier (Austria),
Apr. 8, 2013]
[“’Arsen-Morde’: Lebenslang
für Bogumila W.” Kurier (Austria), Apr. 11, 2013]
[“Schon wieder Gift? Verdacht / Im Bezirk Krems besteht der Verdacht, dass ein
85-Jähriger mit seinen eigenen Medikamenten vergiftet
wurde. Giftmorde sind im Bezirk keine Seltenheit,” Non.at (St. Polten,
Austria), 13. Jan. 13, 2014]
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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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