Judias Anna Lou "Judy" Buenoano (born Judias Welty, also known as Judias Goodyear and Judias Morris; April 4, 1943 – March 30, 1998) was an American serial killer who was executed in Florida for the 1971 murder of her first husband James Goodyear. She was also convicted of the 1980 murder of her son, Michael Buenoano, and of the 1983 ...

Mar 30, 1998 · Judy Buenoano, known as the "Black Widow," was executed in Florida's electric chair Monday morning after last-minute appeals to the Supreme Court were denied. She is the first...

Jan 24, 2021 · Judy Buenoano was one of the most cunning American serial killers of the 1970s and ’80s. Though she didn’t have the highest body count, she still became infamous for killing people who were close to her. She murdered her husband, her boyfriend, and even her own son — for insurance money.

In 1998, convicted murderer Judias Buenoano — dubbed, “the Black Widow” — was executed in the electric chair. She was the first woman to be executed in Florida since 1848. Although most murders are not federal crimes, the Writ of Habeas Corpus brings murder cases to the federal courts. Her Husband.

In 1984, Buenoano was convicted for the murders of Michael and the attempted murder of Gentry. In 1985 she was convicted of the murder of James Goodyear. She received a twelve-year sentence for the Gentry case, a life sentence for the Michael Goodyear case, and a death sentence for the James Goodyear case.

Mar 30, 1998 · Judy Buenoano, the ``Black Widow'' who poisoned her husband, drowned her paralyzed son and tried to blow up her fiance, was executed in the electric chair Monday. She was the first woman put to death in Florida since 1848, and only the third woman executed in the nation since 1976.

Sep 13, 2005 · Twenty-seven years after she killed her husband with arsenic to get his insurance money, Judi Buenoano died for her crime. Looking frail, her head shaved, Buenoano was brought into the death...

Mar 31, 1998 · Judy Buenoano walked shakily to Florida’s electric chair Monday, her head freshly shaved. Guards had covered it with gel – highlighting every bump, every vein – to conduct the electricity ...

May 12, 2023 · Pensacola's Black Widow serial killer, Judy Buenoano, will be featured on "Very Scary People." She was the first woman executed in Florida since 1848.

Nov 17, 2021 · When it comes to female serial killers, Judy Buenoano is a name that not many recognize. Perhaps it's because she had fewer victims than others, but that doesn't make her crimes any less horrific. Buenoano was born Judias Welty in 1943 in Texas.