Judy Buenoano

Judy Buenoano was an American woman convicted of multiple crimes, including murder and attempted murder, between the late 1970s and early 1980s. She was accused of killing her husband, her son, and attempting to kill her boyfriend to collect life insurance money. Buenoano was diagnosed with arsenic poisoning, which was used as her method to cause death. Her case gained notoriety as one of Florida’s first female serial killers, leading to her execution in 1998. Her crimes highlighted issues related to greed, deception, and the criminal justice system’s response to female serial offenders.