‘Homicide: New York’ on Netflix: Your guide to murderers

NetflixThe latest true crime series. Homicide: New York comes from LawCreator Dick Wolfand tackles five notorious murder cases in New York City.

Told over five episodes, the show examines each case and includes interviews with the detectives and prosecutors who investigated the murders, as well as the survivors and families of the victims.

The five cases include the Carnegie Deli murders, the Central Park murder, a woman who disappeared while working on Wall Street, the Midtown Slasher, and the East Harlem serial killer.

The series premiered on March 20, 2024 on the streaming giant and will be followed byHomicide: Los Angeleswhich will be released at the end of this year.

Homicide: New York It’s not Wolf’s first foray into the true crime genre. In addition to creating the Law, chicago,andFBIfranchises, Wolf created the network of investigative programscold justiceandnight vision.

Do you want to know more about the different murderers investigated in the new series? Here you will find everything you need to know.

• Murders at Carnegie Deli

  

  On May 10, 2001, Andre Smith and Sean Salley shot five people in an apartment above the Carnegie Deli. Three of the victims died, one of whom wasdirty Dancingactress Jennifer Stahl. The two attackers apparently intended to rob Stahl of the money she earned from her business selling marijuana to her high-end clientele.

  Salley and Smith were each found guilty of three counts of second-degree murder, four of robbery and two of weapons. Both received a sentence of 120 years and are currently serving their sentences.

• Murder in Central Park

  

  Daphne Abdela and Christopher Vasquez, 15, were convicted of the manslaughter of Michael McMorrow, whose body was found in Central Park Lake on May 23, 1997, with multiple cut and stab wounds. By court case documents“McMorrow’s abdomen had been cut open and part of his intestines were exposed.”

  During the trial, Abdela reached a plea deal and pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, and Vasquez, her boyfriend at the time, was charged with the stabbing.

  They each served about seven years in prison for first-degree manslaughter and were released in 2004. As part of their probation, they were prohibited from seeing each other.

• Missing on Wall Street

  

  Cleaner Eridania Rodríguez disappeared on July 7, 2009 while working in an office building on Wall Street. A co-worker of Rodriguez’s notified her family of her absence when she didn’t show up for lunch. After several days of searching, Rodríguez was found “tied” to an air conditioning vent in the office building. Police found DNA under her fingernails that matched Joseph Pabon, who worked as a maintenance man in the same building.

  Pabón was sentenced to 25 years in prison for second-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping. He is currently serving his sentence.

• Downtown Killer

  

  On March 21, 1996, businessman Howard Pilmar was stabbed 48 times in his Manhattan office. Pilmar’s wife, Roslyn Pilmar, and her brother, Evan Wald, were convicted of the murder approximately 20 years later. The two were suspects from the beginning, but there was not enough evidence to convict them until the case was reopened in 2013.

  Pilmar and Wald were convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Philip Pilmar, son of Howard and Roslyn Pilmar, asked for clemency for his mother during the trial.

• East Harlem serial killer

  

  Arohn Kee was arrested in 1999 for the murders of Rasheeda Washington, Paola Illera and Johalis Castro, and for four rapes. The attacker was captured after kidnapping 15-year-old Angelique Stalling from her home in Brooklyn. The two were found in a hotel room in Miami, Florida, after which they were flown back to New York, where Stalling returned home and Kee was charged with her crimes.

  Kee was sentenced to 409 years in prison.

Homicide: New York It is currently streaming on Netflix.