Elizabeth Haysom
| Elizabeth Haysom | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Elizabeth Roxanne Haysom April 15, 1964 |
| Nationality | Canada |
| Occupation | inmate |
| Criminal penalty | 90 years in prison |
| Parent(s) | Derek William Reginald Haysom (deceased) Nancy Astor Benedict Haysom (deceased) |
| Conviction(s) | Accessory to murder before the fact |
| Imprisoned at | Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women |
Elizabeth Roxanne Haysom (born April 15, 1964) is a Canadian citizen who, along with her former boyfriend, Jens Söring, was convicted of orchestrating the double murder of her parents, Derek and Nancy Haysom, in 1985. Following the Haysoms' murders, Haysom and Söring were arrested in London, England, for check fraud and shoplifting. Haysom is currently serving a 90-year prison sentence at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women in Troy, Virginia, after pleading guilty to two counts of accessory to murder before the fact in 1987.
Elizabeth Haysom was the only child of Derek William Reginald Haysom, a retired Nova Scotia steel executive, and Nancy Astor Benedict Haysom, an artist. Derek and Nancy had a combined total of five children from previous marriages. Born in April 1964, Elizabeth attended boarding schools in Switzerland and England (Wycombe Abbey) before enrolling at the University of Virginia. It was there she met her 18-year-old boyfriend Jens Söring, the son of a German diplomat and a Jefferson Scholar at the university.
On the morning of March 30, 1985, the bodies of Derek and Nancy Haysom were discovered. They had been slashed and stabbed to death in their Bedford County, Virginia home, for which Jens Söring was convicted. Both Derek and Nancy were almost decapitated. The couple's bodies were not discovered until days after the murder. During the timeline of the murder, Elizabeth Haysom had rented a car. She and Jens drove to Washington, D.C., to establish an alibi.
Elizabeth Haysom and Jens Söring were not initially suspects in the Haysoms' murders. Months after the March 1985 murders, Haysom and Söring were arrested on charges of check fraud. At first, Söring confessed to committing the crime, but after being unable to be tried in West Germany, his country of citizenship, he recanted his story.
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