A Japanese woman sentenced to death for poisoning her elderly lovers has died at age 78.
A Japan ese death-row inmate, nicknamed the 'Black Widow', has died at age 78 in a detention center. Chisako Kakehi was sentenced to death for the murder of three men, including her husband, and the attempted murder of another about a decade ago. Her death was confirmed at a hospital on Thursday after she was found lying in her cell at the Osaka detention center. The cause of death has yet to be determined, but Japan ese media reports suggest it could be from an undisclosed illness.
Kakehi's death sentence was upheld in 2021, with the Supreme Court judge stating she used cyanide on the men after gaining their trust. Kakehi reportedly amassed one billion yen in insurance payouts and inheritance over 10 years but subsequently lost most of the money through unsuccessful financial trading. She had relationships primarily with elderly or ill men and met some through dating agencies, where she reportedly stipulated that prospective partners should be wealthy and childless. The poison was found in the body of at least two of the men she was involved with and police reportedly found traces of cyanide in the rubbish at her Kyoto home. Her partners' deaths weren't investigated immediately because police initially thought they died from illnesses, with no autopsies being performed on most. Her arrest only came after police discovered her most recent husband, 75-year-old Isao Kakehi, died from cyanide poisoning. Police then began looking into the earlier cases and found a pattern
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