Post by Scumhunter on Jun 23, 2013 19:15:38 GMT -5
18-years after one of the most infamous murders in New York City history, the mystery of who murdered the co-owner of the famous Second Avenue Deli still remains unsolved.
A bit more detail from a New York post article:
"Abe Lebewohl, 64, was about to make his usual Monday-morning deposit at the NatWest Bank at Second Avenue and Fourth Street on March 4, 1996, near his famed East Village eatery -- when at least two thugs approached him as he sat in his van and pumped three bullets into him.
The monsters dragged Lebewohl into the back of van and drove one block before fleeing the vehicle with his black shoulder bag that held the $8,000 deposit and his wallet containing another $2,000.
Mortally wounded, Lebewohl managed to open a side door and tumble out, gasping, "They shot me!" just before he died.
Cops later retrieved the murder weapon -- a silver .25-caliber handgun -- after a passing motorist spotted it on the Upper East Side near Central Park two days after the slaying.
They tied the weapon to a double murder less than a year earlier at the Saw Mill River Motel in Westchester.
The gun also was used in a 1994 shooting in The Bronx, sources said."
AMW re-aired this case on Lifetime last year where AMW focused on the friendship between Abe's brother Jack Lebeowhl, and detective Jimmy Piccione, who still works on the case and has developed a close friendship with Jack, updating him on leads all the time. John Walsh also interviewed Jack for the segment.
The reason I'm bringing this case up is me and my father were discussing New York City delis today and of course whenever you mention the Second Avenue Deli, which is now back but in a different location, it is impossible to discuss it without discussing the tragic murder of Abe Lebewohl. I immediately thought about his AMW airing when we talked about it.
Not sure what to think except to it seems somebody knew Abe's routine and this wasn't a crime of opportunity. My feeling is whoever killed Abe knew who he was even if they didn't know him personally, and knew he was about to deposit money in the bank that morning. They could have been eyeing him for days waiting for the right time to do their cowardly act.
Thoughts?
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web.archive.org/web/20120410082951/http://www.amw.com/fugitives/brief.cfm?id=79763
www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/hope_in_deli_slaying_6xazsNb4Z4v3gSfViRtnHI
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