The district attorney is searching for witnesses and plans to ask the Supreme Court to consider the Etan Patz case. A defense lawyer for the man accused in the killing says they’re dawdling. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides”
Luigi Mangione’s Lawyers Challenge Death Penalty Charge in Federal Case
By Gotham Rex on October 11, 2025
The lawyers asked a federal judge to drop some charges, including the only one eligible for the death penalty. Source: New York Times
Man Charged With Fatally Beating 64-Year-Old at Subway Station
By Gotham Rex on October 9, 2025
Nicola Tanzi survived both attacks on the World Trade Center, his family said. On Tuesday at a subway station in Brooklyn, he was killed by a man he had apparently never seen before. Source: New York Times
Posts Calling Luigi Mangione Guilty Did No Harm, Top U.S. Prosecutor Argues
By Gotham Rex on October 8, 2025
A judge had demanded an explanation for why Justice Department officials were publicly expressing views on Luigi Mangione’s guilt in the killing of a health insurance executive. Source: New York Times
Retrial in 1993 Buffalo Murder Case Ends With a Deadlocked Jury
By Gotham Rex on October 6, 2025
Brian Scott Lorenz’s conviction in the strangling of Deborah Meindl in a Buffalo suburb was set aside in 2023. A jury failed to reach a verdict in his retrial. Source: New York Times
2 Teen Girls Died In a Hit-And-Run. Another Teen Faces Murder Charges.
By Gotham Rex on October 3, 2025
The 17-year-old friends in a small New Jersey town were killed on their way to get ice cream. Prosecutors said the crash was intentional. Source: New York Times
His Parents Disappeared. In a TV Studio, He Confessed to Killing Them.
By Gotham Rex on September 27, 2025
After investigators came looking, Lorenz Kraus told a reporter he had strangled Franz and Theresia Kraus eight years ago. Two bodies were buried in their backyard. Source: New York Times
13-Year-Old Shot in the Head While Walking to School Dies Days Later
By Gotham Rex on September 25, 2025
Sanjay Samuel, who had recently started ninth grade, was shot in Queens in what authorities said was gang-related violence. The police are seeking a 16-year-old suspect. Source: New York Times
Here’s the latest.
By Gotham Rex on September 24, 2025
The circumstances of the shooting were not yet clear. Federal authorities said there were “multiple injuries and fatalities.” Source: New York Times
32 Years After a Brutal Murder, a Man Is on Trial. Again.
By Gotham Rex on September 19, 2025
A judge vacated the convictions of two men accused of killing Deborah Meindl in her Tonawanda, N.Y., home. On Friday, the district attorney began trying to convict them once more. Source: New York Times
Woman, 95, Charged With Killing 89-Year-Old Roommate in Nursing Home
By Gotham Rex on September 17, 2025
A witness found the suspect washing her hands in a room spattered with blood in a nursing home in Coney Island, Brooklyn, the authorities said. Source: New York Times
Girl, 16, Struck and Killed by Driver of S.U.V. in Queens, Police Say
By Gotham Rex on September 13, 2025
The girl, identified as Jhoanny Gomez-Alvarez, was intentionally struck by the 38-year-old driver early Saturday morning after getting into an argument with him, a law enforcement official said. Source: New York Times
Suspect in Murder of Queens Couple Told Police That He Burned Them
By Gotham Rex on September 12, 2025
Jamel McGriff, who was arraigned late Thursday night, told the authorities that he had “molested” the septuagenarians before torching their home in the Bellerose neighborhood. Source: New York Times
NYPD Used Excessive Force in Fatal Shooting of Queens Man, Board Says
By Gotham Rex on September 12, 2025
Win Rozario, 19, was having a mental health crisis when he called 911 seeking help. A police oversight board found that the officers who responded abused their authority. Source: New York Times
17-Year-Old Died a Week After Being Shot at Bronx Basketball Tournament
By Gotham Rex on September 11, 2025
Anthonaya Campbell of Hartford, Conn., was the second person to die after an outburst of violence in a park. The Bronx district attorney is seeking charges against four people. Source: New York Times