'Black Widow' charged after being suspected of killing six lovers

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Thursday, December 11, 2014
A Japanese woman known as the "Black Widow" is suspected of killing her husband, one of six men she's been involved with who've died in the past 20 years.
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Japanese prosecutors have charged a woman with murder, weeks after police arrested her on suspicion that she poisoned her latest husband. The husband was one of six men who have died to which the woman has been romantically linked over the past 20 years, according to the New York Times.

Chisako Kakehi, 68, who has been dubbed the "Black Widow" following the deaths of her romantic partners, denied any involvements in their deaths. Japanese public broadcaster NHK says prosecutors indicted Kahehi on Wednesday over the December 2013 death of her 75-year-old husband, Isao Kahehi. Police found cyanide in Mr. Kahehi's body.

Mr. Kahehi was just one of six men romantically linked to the woman who have died, according to the New York Times. Kahehi is believed to have met the men through specialized dating services that have emerged catering to lonely elderly people.

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