Angelika Graswald was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the death of her 46-year-old fiance, Vincent Viafore.
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[From article]
The couple, who had been together for many years, were kayaking on the Hudson River between Plum Point and Bannerman’s Island at around 7.30pm April 19 when Viafore's vessel overturned, sending him into the frigid water.
Initially, police believed that Graswald tried to help her fiance and fell into the water. She was eventually scooped up by a passing boat and called 911 after reaching land to report Viafore missing.
The 35-year-old was taken to hospital and treated for hypothermia but her fiance has not been found.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3063244/Kayaker-asked-friends-pray-miracle-fiance-s-boat-capsized-charged-murder-11-days-disappearance.html
Fiancee who claimed her husband-to-be went missing on a kayak trip is charged with his murder 11 days after his disappearance
Vincent Viafore, 46, from Poughkeepsie was on the Hudson River near Newburgh, New York, with Angelika Graswald April 19
He was thrown out of the boat when they hit rough waters
She was rescued by people in a nearby boat and made it to shore
Fiancee charged with second-degree murder for allegedly causing Viafore's death
By SNEJANA FARBEROV FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 15:29 EST, 30 April 2015 | UPDATED: 19:09 EST, 30 April 2015
[From article]
The couple, who had been together for many years, were kayaking on the Hudson River between Plum Point and Bannerman’s Island at around 7.30pm April 19 when Viafore's vessel overturned, sending him into the frigid water.
Initially, police believed that Graswald tried to help her fiance and fell into the water. She was eventually scooped up by a passing boat and called 911 after reaching land to report Viafore missing.
The 35-year-old was taken to hospital and treated for hypothermia but her fiance has not been found.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3063244/Kayaker-asked-friends-pray-miracle-fiance-s-boat-capsized-charged-murder-11-days-disappearance.html
Fiancee who claimed her husband-to-be went missing on a kayak trip is charged with his murder 11 days after his disappearance
Vincent Viafore, 46, from Poughkeepsie was on the Hudson River near Newburgh, New York, with Angelika Graswald April 19
He was thrown out of the boat when they hit rough waters
She was rescued by people in a nearby boat and made it to shore
Fiancee charged with second-degree murder for allegedly causing Viafore's death
By SNEJANA FARBEROV FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 15:29 EST, 30 April 2015 | UPDATED: 19:09 EST, 30 April 2015
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[From article]
Cops initially believed she was “the survivor of a tragic accident” when the couple’s kayaks overturned in rough water off Cornwall-on-Hudson, said Orange County prosecutors and State Police.
But investigators soon doubted her tale.
[. . .]
The Latvian-born Graswald was active on Facebook in the days after the disappearance, posting several photos of the couple together.
“Miracles ARE possible,” she wrote in one post, adding, “Please, no questions at this point. We’re doing everything we can. We will find him.”
Viafore’s high-school friend Jackie Green Keel said she was in “shock” over the murder charges.
“They seemed so in love,” she told The Post. “I have not seen Vinny since [high school], but he is an amazing man. Always smiling and always wanted to enjoy life.”
http://nypost.com/2015/04/30/woman-charged-with-fiances-murder-in-kayaking-accident/
Woman charged with fiance’s murder in kayaking ‘accident’
By Shawn Cohen and Danika Fears
New York Post
April 30, 2015 | 4:47pm
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