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Lives Stolen: These Are 7 Names Behind Gilgo Beach Murder Indictment Lives Stolen: These Are 7 Names Behind Gilgo Beach Murder Indictment
Lives Stolen: These Are 7 Names Behind Gilgo Beach Murder Indictment As accused serial killer Rex Heuermann faces his seventh murder charge, the stories of his alleged victims – young women whose lives were tragically and violently cut short – offer a haunting reminder of the human toll behind the Gilgo Beach case. Here’s a closer look at the seven victims named in the indictment: Melissa Barthelemy, 24 Melissa Barthelemy Suffolk County Police Described by family as a talented hair stylist from the Bronx, she dreamed of opening her own salon. She was last seen alive on July 10, 2009, in her basement apartment on Underhill Avenue.  Barthelemy’s…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Man Admits To Double-Fatal Shooting At Long Island Residence Man Admits To Double-Fatal Shooting At Long Island Residence
Man Admits To Double-Fatal Shooting At Long Island Residence A Long Island man is facing decades in prison after admitting to fatally shooting two people inside a home. Brian Cordovano, age 50, of Ronkonkoma and formerly of Bay Shore, was arrested following a traffic stop in Smithtown, on Columbus Avenue, just before noontime on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. On Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at around 10:45 p.m. in Selden at 55 Hollywood Ave., Ian Saalfield, age 45, of Lake Grove, who had been reported missing by his wife nearly two weeks earlier, and the homeowner, Robert Julian, age 58, were found shot to death, Suffolk County Police said. Cordovano w…

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by Joe Lombardi
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LI Man's 'Senseless' Killings Of Wife, Daughter Lead To First-Degree Murder Charges: DA LI Man's 'Senseless' Killings Of Wife, Daughter Lead To First-Degree Murder Charges: DA
LI Man's 'Senseless' Killings Of Wife, Daughter Lead To First-Degree Murder Charges: DA Prosecutors have slapped a Long Island man with upgraded charges of first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his wife and 2-year-old daughter. Zanoor Jaffari, age 31, of Brentwood, was indicted on four counts of murder in Suffolk County Court on Monday, Aug. 21, in the killings of his wife Misbah Batool and the couple’s daughter, Aiza. According to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, Jaffari stabbed both victims multiple times inside their Brentwood home on Sunday, July 30. Earlier Report: Brentwood Man Accused Of Stabbing Wife, Daughter To Death Suffolk County Pol…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Long Island Man Sentenced For 'Ruthless' Machete Killing Of 73-Year-Old Grandmother Long Island Man Sentenced For 'Ruthless' Machete Killing Of 73-Year-Old Grandmother
Long Island Man Sentenced For 'Ruthless' Machete Killing Of 73-Year-Old Grandmother Laraine Pizzichemi was still weakened from a battle with pancreatic cancer when her grandson's 27-year-old former friend broke into her Long Island home in September 2017 and hacked her to death with a machete during a robbery. Exactly five years later to the day, the 73-year-old’s killer, Benjamin Lopez, of Levittown, was sentenced to life in prison without parole Tuesday, Sept. 13, months after a Nassau County jury convicted him of first-degree murder. Lopez was “out for revenge” when he and a co-defendant, Deangelo Gill, forced their way into Pizzichemi’s Levittown home on Sunday, S…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Hempstead Man Accused Of Murdering Man, Robbing Multiple Stores Hempstead Man Accused Of Murdering Man, Robbing Multiple Stores
Hempstead Man Accused Of Murdering Man, Robbing Multiple Stores A 25-year-old Long Island man is facing charges that he robbed multiple stores at gunpoint and murdered a man. Deshawn Martin, of Hempstead, was arraigned on Tuesday, April 5, on a 20-count indictment, according to Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly. Donnelly said Martin's charges include: First-degree murder  Second-degree murder Six counts of first-degree robbery  Four counts of first-degree criminal use of a firearm  Three counts of second-degree robbery  First-degree attempted robbery  Two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Long Island Man Sentenced After Retrial For 1998 Double Murder Long Island Man Sentenced After Retrial For 1998 Double Murder
Long Island Man Sentenced After Retrial For 1998 Double Murder A Long Island man will spend the rest of his life in prison following a retrial for a 1998 double murder outside a tavern. John Pierotti, age 66, was convicted in February last year of first-degree murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon following a retrial for the murders of Gerard Kennedy and Willis Frost in 1998 outside the Dragger Inn in Baldwin. On Wednesday, Feb. 24, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that Pierotti, a Freeport resident, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Singas said that at approximately 1 a.m. o…

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by Zak Failla
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LI Mom Accused Of Killing Twin Daughters Now Faces Two Counts Of First-Degree Murder LI Mom Accused Of Killing Twin Daughters Now Faces Two Counts Of First-Degree Murder
LI Mom Accused Of Killing Twin Daughters Now Faces Two Counts Of First-Degree Murder Charges against a Medford woman accused of killing her twin 2-year-old daughters by allegedly covering their mouths and noses with her hands have been upgraded to two counts of first-degree murder, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney. The upgraded charges were unveiled Wednesday, July 10, when Tenia Campbell, 24, appeared in a Riverhead courtroom. In addition to the two counts of first-degree murder, she was also charged with two counts of murder in the second degree, the DA's Office said. “This is an extremely tragic case,” District Attorney Timothy Sini said. “Especially as …

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by Kathy Reakes