In a documentary that aired Tuesday night on British TV, the Augusta grandmother arrested in the slaying of her fourth husband called her accusers "nuts" and denied getting any substantial monetary gain from the deaths of the men she married.
A BBC story about 77-year-old Betty Neumar, who is awaiting trial on charges that she hired someone to kill her fourth husband more than two decades ago in North Carolina, said she was prepared to forgive those who have made accusations against her.
The 55-minute documentary includes the history of Ms. Neumar's five marriages and the deaths of those men. It is not yet available to watch outside Great Britain.
Since her 2008 arrest in Augusta, Ms. Neumar has refused interview requests by American media. In her interview with the BBC, Ms. Neumar denies all of the accusations against her.
She said she was separated from her first husband, Clarence Malone, for 18 years when he was shot to death in 1970.
James Flynn, her second husband, froze to death in a truck in New York City, she said.
Her third husband, Richard Sills, committed suicide with a shotgun in their Florida home in 1965 after the two had reportedly been arguing. Ms. Neumar told the producers that he grabbed the gun and shot himself after he had been drinking.
Her fourth husband, Harold Gentry, died from gunshot wounds in their Norwood, N.C., home in 1986. Ms. Neumar has repeatedly said she was in Augusta at the time of his death.
Her fifth husband, John Neumar, died of sepsis, an illness caused by a bacterial infection of the body's blood and tissues, in Augusta in 2007.
More than a year after her arrest, authorities in North Carolina have yet to set a trial date for Ms. Neumar.
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