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Jan 16, 2014 · Albrecht Gero Muth, an eccentric German native who pretended to be an Iraqi general, was convicted Thursday in D.C. Superior Court of first-degree murder in the death of his 91-year-old wife in...
Feb 19, 2015 · WASHINGTON – Albrecht Muth, 49, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 50 years in prison for first-degree murder in the slaying of his wife, 91-year-old Viola Drath, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
Viola Herms Drath (February 8, 1920 – August 11, 2011) was a Washington, D.C., author, socialite and a German-American member of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy for over thirty years. She was murdered, at age 91, by her second husband, Albrecht Gero Muth.
May 1, 2014 · Homicide detectives James Wilson and Gus Giannakoulias question Albrecht Gero Muth on Aug. 13, 2011, a day after Viola Herms Drath was found dead inside her home.
Jul 6, 2012 · On Aug. 12 last year, Muth called 911 and reported that he returned from his morning walk to find his wife splayed on their bathroom floor. A 91-year-old tumbling in a bathroom is...
May 18, 2021 · Albrecht Much is the inspiration behind “Georgetown,” a new film that hit theaters Friday and is available on Demand on Tuesday. As the trailer for the movie notes, it's based on an “incredible true story” — Muth's murder in 2011 of his elderly Washington D.C. socialite wife Viola Herms Drath.
May 5, 2014 · Albrecht Gero Muth, convicted Jan. 16 of killing his 91-year-old wife Viola Herms Drath in August 2011 in their Q Street home in Georgetown, was given a 50-year prison sentence by Judge Russell F. Canan of D.C. Superior Court April 30. The prosecutors were seeking a life sentence.
Aug 11, 2016 · Albrecht Gero Muth, accused of killing his 91-year-old wife Viola Herms Drath in August 2011 in their Georgetown home, was found guilty of first-degree murder Jan. 16 in D.C. Superior Court. The jury deliberated less than a full day before reaching its verdict.
Jan 16, 2014 · It took a D.C. jury just three hours to decide today that 49 year-old Albrecht Gero Muth was guilty of first degree murder in the killing of his 91-year-old wife Viola Herms Drath, a Georgetown...
Jul 13, 2017 · Last month Albrecht Gero Muth, a 47-year-old German citizen who posed as an Iraqi brigadier general, was accused of savagely beating and strangling his fragile 91-year-old wife, Viola Drath.
