Wealthy widow murdered by former toy boy lover

''' INGÅR EJ I AVTAL ''' Pictured here is: Giselle Ospina's letter to detectives Linda Fishman was a wealthy Connecticut widow when she decided to uproot her life and move to sunny Florida to pursue a fresh start. Linda, described by her family and friends as Ôgenerous and givingÕ was also looking for love. But LindaÕs taste in men was not great. The 55 year-old dated a string of men either much younger than her or ones that had a dubious background. Then in early 2003, Linda was found murdered in her home. She was strangled and the house set on fire in an attempt to destroy crime scene evidence. Police soon wondered if Linda's generosity and her quest for love contributed to her murder? The first suspect they looked at was her nephew Michael Jamrock, who had borrowed over $40,000 and was something of a troubled playboy. Despite failing a polygraph test, Jamrock denied murdering his aunt. Detectives then began looking deeper into LindaÕs private life Ð where they found a succession of less than desirable men Ð but they all had an alibi. The trail went cold until detectives received a letter out of the blue Ð pointing them in the direction of Fred Kretzmer. He was one of LindaÕs old boyfriends who was much younger than her. As they investigated Fred they spoke to friends Ð and his ex-girlfriend who had sent the letter Ð and realised Fred had in his possession jewellery and paintings that were missing from LindaÕs home from the night of the murder. Fred was arrested and charged with murder and everyone prepared to go to trial. But before the trial started Kretzmer, who was 31 at the time of the murder, revealed he wanted to take responsibility for his actions and agreed to a plea deal of second degree murder and first degree arson - and to give a full confession in open court. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Ref: F NICLA 280915 A Focus News Agency Los Angeles: + 1 310 962 4153 npittam@focusnewsagency.com *** Local Caption *** 07645579