Rachel Buffett Gets 32 Months for Accessory Role in 2010 Double Murder as Daniel Wozniak Awaits Death
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 8
Rachel Buffett Gets 32 Months for Accessory Role in 2010 Double Murder as Daniel Wozniak Awaits Death
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 8
Summary
Orange County Judge Sheila Hanson sentenced Rachel Buffett to two years and eight months in jail after a 2018 jury convicted her on two felony counts of being an accessory after the fact.
Prosecutors said Buffett was not involved in the killings themselves but lied to detectives, dodged questions and changed her story to protect then-fiancé Daniel Wozniak.
The case stemmed from the 2010 murders of 26-year-old Samuel Herr and 23-year-old Julie Kibuishi, committed a week before Buffett and Wozniak were due to marry.
Investigators initially suspected Herr, but ATM withdrawals from his account led police to Wozniak, who later confessed; prosecutors said he killed Herr for $62,000 and then killed Kibuishi to frame Herr.
The latest report adds a former friend’s account of Buffett’s volatile behavior before the murders, aired in Investigation Discovery’s Aug. 10 episode "A Killer Among Friends," while Buffett has continued to deny prior knowledge.