A notorious Japanese serial killer known as the “Black Widow” has died on death row while awaiting execution for poisoning multiple elderly men with cyanide to get nearly $9 million in ...

Tokyo: Japanese serial killer Chisako Kakehi, infamous as 'Black Widow' for killing her elderly lovers by using cyanide, has died in a detention centre at the age of 78, officials stated on Friday.

The Supreme Court on June 29 upheld the death sentence given to a woman dubbed the “Black Widow” who was convicted of murdering three male partners with cyanide. The five justices of the top ...

Chisako Kakehi, who was dubbed the "black widow" and was seeking a retrial, is believed to have died due to illness, a source familiar with the matter said. She had been in an Osaka prison and her ...