Glabe, Karen (1942–)

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Glabe, Karen (1942–)

American murderer. Born 1942; m. Kenneth Glabe (killed June 21, 1971); m. Mitchell Link.

With lover Mitchell Link, hired ex-policeman Preston Haig to kill her husband (1971); after husband was stabbed to death by Haig, married Mitchell, while murder remained unsolved; when Haig's wife reported her husband's involvement in the killing (May 1979) and Haig confessed, was tried with Mitchell (July 1980), found guilty and sentenced to 35-45 years.