#7 - Chisako Kakehi
In November of 2013, Isao Kakehi, aged 75, married a 67-year-old woman he had met through a Japanese
matchmaking agency. His bride was a widow named Chisako Kakehi. On December the 28th of 2013,
less than 2 months after their wedding, Isao was dead and his new wife would ultimately become
the prime suspect. The newlyweds were enjoying a quiet dinner at home when Isao suddenly went into
cardiac arrest. Chisako called for an ambulance, but her husband passed away within an hour.
His autopsy revealed that his blood contained lethal amounts of cyanide. The police launched
an investigation into his suspicious death, which ultimately led them back to the Kakehi household,
in August of 2014. Investigators found a plastic bag with traces of cyanide buried within the soil
of a potted plant that had been discarded. Chisako was arrested and interrogated over the course of
several months. She finally confessed to poisoning Isao as well as three other men with whom she’d
been romantically involved. Authorities suspected she’d been behind at least seven other killings
dating all the way back to 1994. Insurance payouts that Chisako had collected from her various lovers
totaled $7 million. #6 - Brittany Stubbs
58-year-old Keith Stengel of Cape Coral, Florida,
was misled into believing he was meeting up with an escort, on September the 19th of 2013.
In reality, he was walking directly into a trap sprung by Brittany Stubbs,
aged 18. She had posed as an escort on Craigslist and subsequently corresponded with Stengel,
making plans for them to rendezvous at the Sienna at Vista Lake apartments, in Fort Myers. When
Stengel arrived, he was accosted by Stubbs and two men, later identified as brothers Nehemiah and
Jahrell Neal, aged 18 and 20, respectively. They attempted to rob Stengel but, when he fought back,
they shot him and fled the scene. Officers arrived to find Stengel in critical condition.
He would later pass away at Lee Memorial Hospital. Investigators found traces of the culprits’ DNA at
the crime scene, and all three were arrested. They were each charged with first-degree murder
and attempted robbery with a firearm. #5 - Amber Hilberling
Amber Hilberling, aged 19, was 7 months pregnant with her husband’s child on June the 7th of 2011,
the day on which she was jailed for his murder. 23-year-old Joshua Hilberling, an Air Force
veteran, had plummeted from the 25th floor of the University Club Tower apartment building in Tulsa,
Oklahoma. He was killed on impact. Authorities believed Amber had pushed her husband out the
window of the apartment while the couple was in the midst of a heated argument. The Hilberlings
had a long history of domestic violence claims, with each spouse’s family contending that the
other was responsible for the abuse. According to Joshua’ father, he wanted to divorce Amber
prior to his death. On March the 18th of 2013, Amber was convicted of second-degree murder and
sent to prison with a sentence of 25 years. She consistently maintained her innocence,
claiming that her husband had attacked her and she was only acting in self-defense when she pushed
him. Following her conviction, she took part in multiple high-profile television interviews
from prison, including appearances on “The Dr. Phil Show” and “Dateline NBC”. In October of 2016,
Amber was found dead in her jail cell and it was determined she’d taken her own life.
#4 - Jana Nagyová-Nečasová In June of 2013, Czech authorities
uncovered a massive political scandal that led to the resignation of the Czech Republic’s
Prime Minister, Petr Nečas. Multiple high-level government officials were arrested in connection
to various allegations of misconduct. One of the individuals taken into custody was
Jana Nagyová-Nečasová, Nečas’ senior aide, who was also his mistress. She had employed
Czech intelligence officers to spy on Nečas’ wife, whom he was divorcing at the time. These
clandestine intelligence operations were enacted without the approval of the Defense Minister
and Nagyova was seemingly motivated solely by personal compulsions. She viewed Necas’ wife as a
love rival and sought to keep tabs on her however she could while also hoping to use the gathered
information to accelerate her lover’s divorce. Necas’ administration was simultaneously under
investigation for bribing state institutions, which Nagyova had overseen in her position as
chief of staff. The entire controversy resulted in the complete collapse of Necas’ government. The
former Prime Minister and his mistress were found guilty of various charges, including bribery,
abuse of power and corruption. The couple reportedly married in September of 2013, just
weeks after Necas’ divorce had been finalized. #3 - Karina Her
40-year-old Karina Her of St. Paul, Minnesota, was still living with her ex-husband, Kou Yang,
in an arrangement expected to last until they’d be able to sell their house. On July the 22nd of
2021, a woman called 9-1-1 and asked for a welfare check on Yang, who hadn’t been seen in nearly a
month. Karina Her also contacted the police that same day, claiming her ex-husband had been gone
since July the 1st and she was unaware of his location. A third call to 9-1-1 was placed,
this time by the couple’s 17-year-old daughter, who expressed suspicions that her mother
might have been behind Yang’s disappearance. The daughter had been staying at a friend’s house,
on June the 29th, when she received a strange text from her mother telling her not to return home.
According to another text, from her 12-year-old sister, their mother had driven to Taylor Falls
where she dumped a trash bag in the woods. The 17-year-old came back home, on July the 2nd,
at which point she noticed a hole in the backyard that had been covered with a tarp
and surrounded by a newly-built shed. A neighbor called police to report that they’d smelt an
extremely foul odor coming from Her’s backyard. With the help of a police dog, the authorities
located the suspicious area beneath the shed and later excavated a dead body from the hole.
A coroner confirmed it to be Kou Yang and ruled his death a homicide. He had been killed by two
gunshots to the back of the head. It was later discovered that blood had been splattered over
in multiple rooms throughout the house. Her was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.
#2 - Mechele Linehan Kent Leppink, a 36-year-old Alaskan fisherman,
met his fiancée, Mechele Linehan, at an adult entertainment club called the Great Alaskan Bush
Company, in Anchorage. Linehan was a dancer at the establishment and, in 1994, the two sparked
up a relationship. By 1996, the couple was engaged even though Linehan was romantically involved with
another man named John Carlin as well. The three all lived in the same house, for several months,
and Leppink began to suspect that Linehan and Carlin planned to harm him in some way. In
May of 1996, his fears came to fruition when they lured him to a secluded mining community in Hope,
Alaska. His body was later found there with three gunshot wounds. Linehan and Carlin killed Leppink
with the intention of collecting the $1 million from his life insurance. The former exotic dancer
had gotten the idea from the 1994 film titled “The Last Seduction”. Linehan’s plan bore an uncanny
resemblance to the movie’s plot, so much so that prosecutors would later request to show the film
during her trial. The killer couple never received the insurance money they sought.
Leppink’s suspicions had compelled him to change the beneficiary of his insurance policy from
Linehan to his parents, just a few days before he was murdered. He had also sent a chilling letter
to his parents about how he thought his fiancée might be plotting something nefarious. In spite
of the letter, investigators had insufficient evidence to charge Linehan with the crime.
It would take another decade for that situation to change. Linehan had started a new life for herself
in Olympia, Washington. She earned a degree in psychology and married a doctor, with whom she
had a daughter. In 2005, authorities received new evidence in the form of testimony from Carlin’s
son, who was underage at the time of the killing and couldn’t be questioned. He provided a damning
account of how his father returned home with a firearm and cleaned it with bleach as Linehan
watched. Both Carlin and Linehan were convicted of Leppink’s murder and imprisoned. Carlin was
killed by another inmate, in 2008, but Linehan was able to successfully appeal her conviction
in 2011. She was subsequently released and opened up a laser hair removal practice in Tacoma.
#1 - Robyn Lindholm
In December of 2013, the body of 54-year-old Wayne Amey was found discarded in between two boulders
in Mount Korong, a hiking trail in Victoria, Australia. He had suffered multiple fractured
ribs, four stab wounds to his chest and additional lacerations to his head. The authorities
soon focused their investigation on Amey’s ex-girlfriend, a 41-year-old former exotic
dancer by the name of Robyn Lindholm. The couple were due in court over a property dispute around
the same time Amey was found dead. Lindholm wanted sole control over the farm she shared with her
ex-boyfriend and, to that end, orchestrated his death. She employed the services of two
co-conspirators, John Anthony Ryan and Torsten Trabert, who was another of her lovers. The two
men were found guilty of Amey’s murder in June of 2015, not long after Lindholm herself pleaded
guilty to the crime. According to Trabert’s account of the events, Lindholm had manipulated
them to take part in the killing and she was responsible for masterminding the whole operation.
She and Trabert reportedly made love not far from the spot where they’d just dumped Amey’s body.
Two other men had previously denied Lindholm’s requests to take part in the murder with her.
In 2019, Lindholm was brought to trial over the death of another one of her ex-partners,
a man named George Templeton, who had gone missing back in 2005. His case had been left unresolved
until investigators discovered that Lindholm was behind his demise as well. She had manipulated
none other than Wayne Amey to carry out Templeton’s murder for her. Lindholm apparently
bragged about killing Templeton to multiple fellow inmates while behind bars. One prisoner recounted
that Lindholm said she’d slit Templeton’s throat while they were having intercourse. Lindholm is
currently serving out her sentences in Deer Park and won’t be eligible for parole until 2044.
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