She Let Her Fiancé Drown and Got Away With It
Angelika Graswald was called the ‘Kayak Killer’ for a reason
In the late afternoon of April 2015, Angelika Graswald and her fiancé Vince Viafore decided to go kayaking on the Hudson River in New York. During the trip, Viafore disappeared and was reported to have drowned.
Ten days after the drowning, Graswald was taken into custody. Two years later, she would plead guilty to criminally negligent homicide. Graswald was accused of contributing to Viafore’s drowning death by unplugging the drain plug in his kayak. She spent 32 months in jail.
In 2019, about 4 years after Viafore’s death, Graswald was out on parole. In a magazine interview, she claimed that she was innocent. She also stated that she was a converted born again Christian and did not regret what had happened.
Why would a young woman who seemingly had a happy love life decide to let her fiancé drown?
Here are the details of the drowning death of Vince Viafore and the conviction of Angelika Graswald who was given the nickname of the “Kayak Killer” by the media.
A Shared Passion For Kayaking
Viafore and Graswald were an adventurous couple. They loved kayaking on the Hudson River.
