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Seventeen months later Engleman murdered the Gusewelles' son Ronald in East St. Louis, Illinois, in order for his widow Barbara Gusewelle Boyle to claim the millions in life insurance she had taken out on her husband Ronald, who was the sole heir to his parents' oil business.
Barbara Boyle, convicted 17 years ago in one of the most notorious murder cases in Madison County, is seeking release from prison eight years before she is eligible.
Barbara Boyle, 67, served about half of her 50-year sentence in the 1979 slaying of Ronald Gusewelle in Madison County before being freed last week from the Dwight Correctional Center.
Barbara Jean Boyle, 67, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the murder of Ronald Gusewell, then 33. Under the sentencing laws in effect at that time, she was eligible for parole once she...
Engleman's killings escalated in 1977 after he murdered the Gusewelle family. He had an affair with Barbara Gusewelle Boyle before he sent her off to marry Ronald Gusewelle. Ronald and his parents were all eventually shot to death — once again for the purpose of collecting on insurance, according to The Daily Herald.
The defendant, Barbara Jean Boyle, was charged by indictment with three counts of murder in the deaths of her husband, Ronald Gusewelle, and his parents, Arthur and Vernita Gusewelle. A jury found her guilty of the murder of her husband and not guilty of the murders of his parents.
Engleman pleaded guilty to the three murders and got three more life sentences. Convicted of her husband’s slaying, Barbara Boyle got 50 years but served less than half that time.
