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Former assistant Brendan Paul, who worked for Sean Combs from late 2022 until his arrest in 2024, recalled procuring drugs for Combs from drug dealers known as Guido, One Stop, Baby Girl and Ovi. He referred to hard drugs as "Gucci items," which he would put into a Gucci pouch that Combs kept in a backpack or on his person. A sixth week of testimony concluded with a summary witness, HSI special agent Joseph Cerciello, walking the jury through text messages and other documents. He will return for what will likely be a full day of testimony Monday. Federal prosecutor Maurene Comey said the government expected to rest on Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Analyst Channa Lloyd recap day 29 of the Sean Diddy Combs trial. The explicit videos allegedly used to blackmail women came into focus on Tuesday for the Manhattan jury who will decide the fate of Sean “Diddy' Combs.  Donning headphones and with their video monitors hidden from public view, the jury watched lengthy clips of the drug-fueled sex parties at the center of the prosecution's sex-trafficking case against the one-time rap mogul and fashion tastemaker.   During the seven-week-long trial, the jury has been shown screenshots and brief clips of recordings from the orgies where Combs would watch his girlfriends have sex with male prostitutes. But Tuesday marked the first extensive look at the key evidence in the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Contributor Bernarda Villalona recap a busy day in the Sean Diddy Combs trial. At the conclusion of court on Friday, Judge Arun Subramanian dismissed juror #6 over "inconsistencies" in statements he made about where he lived, and he said they raised questions of candor and ability to follow instructions. In an "offhand" remark to court staff, the juror mentioned he had moved in with his girlfriend in New Jersey and had been living there most of the time. The judge said it raised concerns about the juror's basic qualifications, the juror's candor and whether he made a deliberate attempt to get himself onto the jury. Kanye West briefly watched his friend Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial from an overflow room. After arriving in a black Mercedes-Maybach sedan, West entered the courthouse in an all-white outfit and black sunglasses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Court will resume on Friday with testimony from a federal agent; from Jonathan Perez, a Combs assistant; and an additional witness. The cross-examination of the former Sean Combs girlfriend appearing as "Jane" is covering her description of an alleged physical assault by Combs in June 2024 that she previously testified left her with welts and a black eye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Contributor Bernarda Villalona recap what happened on Wednesday in court after Judge Arun Subramanian is monitoring a potential issue with a juror. The former Sean Combs girlfriend testifying under the pseudonym "Jane" became emotional and cried on the witness stand while reading a message she sent to Combs about “her thoughts.”Prosecutor Maurene Comey said the government anticipated cutting several additional witnesses from their list and expected to rest their case no later than Friday of next week, perhaps as soon as Wednesday of next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Marza and ABC News Legal analyst Channa Lloyd recap Tuesday's testimony in the Sean Diddy Combs trial. Sean “Diddy” Combs was the Michael Jordan of drug-fueled sex parties – at least, according to himself.    That revelation was included in another day of testimony from Combs' ex-girlfriend, who alleges she was forced to participate in degrading sex with male prostitutes for Combs' voyeuristic gratification.   Testifying under the pseudonym “Jane,” the ex-girlfriend has spent four days walking a federal jury in Manhattan through a life that was funded by Combs and centered on his sexual appetites. She said she spent so much time participating in sexual encounters that Combs compared her, himself, and a male escort to well-known sports stars.    A male escort they frequently hired was, to Combs, “Shaquille O'Neal.”  Jane was compared and labeled “Kobe Bryant.”  Combs considered himself to be “Jordan,” Jane testified.    The athletic comparisons capped off the 24th day of the rap mogul's sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial, as defense attorneys tried to cast doubt on Jane's claims that she was coerced to participate in the sex parties. Jane is a critical part of the authorities' case against the onetime cultural icon, who has been locked up since his arrest last September.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Contributor, Bernarda Villalona, recap Monday's dramatic day of testimony from 'Jane.' The former Sean Combs girlfriend appearing under the pseudonym "Jane" testified that she used makeup to cover her bruises from an alleged earlier physical confrontation with Combs and swept her hair over her black eye, in preparation for an alleged sexual encounter with a male partner she told the court was named Anton. When the widely seen 2016 hotel security camera video of Sean Combs attacking Cassie Ventura first appeared on television in May 2024, "Jane" testified she was with Combs at his home in Miami. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Contributor Bernarda Villalona recap the second day of testimony from "Jane." The fourth week of testimony in the sex-trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs concluded with deeply emotional and disturbing testimony from one of rap mogul's ex-girlfriends, who told jurors she was forced to participate in days-long sexual encounters with male prostitutes as late as August 2024.  Jane's testimony at times mirrored the allegations made by Comb's other ex-girlfriend, the musician Cassie Ventura, who likewise, took the jury through a narrative of male prostitutes, days-long sexual encounters and the drugs and alcohol that fueled them.    Testifying through tears, the woman, using the pseudonym “Jane,” told jurors Combs provided her drugs and forced her to participate in the orgies – called “freak-offs” or “hotel nights”– for the three years of her relationship. She testified that the routine only ended when federal agents arrested Combs in September 2024 for sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and prostitution.    Jane alleged that the “hotel nights” could last as long as three days and would require her, during the sessions, to have sex with up to three other men in addition to Combs. Saying she felt pressure to please Combs, who would masturbate while watching Jane and alternate with the male escorts, Jane said she relied on drugs to make it through the degrading marathons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Analyst Channa Lloyd recap what happened in court on Thursday in the Sean Diddy Combs sex trafficking trial. During a break and without the jury present, Judge Arun Subramanian threatened to boot Sean Combs from trial if he makes facial expressions during testimony. "I was very clear there were not to be any facial expressions," Subramanian told lead defense counsel Marc Agnifilo. "There's a line of questioning where your client was nodding vigorously and looking at the jury and there was a subsequent moment when there was a sidebar and I saw your client looking at the jury." Subramanian said an additional violation "could result in the exclusion of your client from the courtroom." An alleged sex trafficking victim of Combs' who is testifying under the pseudonym 'Jane' also took the witness stand. It was late 2020 when, "Jane" testified, she met Combs during a girls trip to Miami. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Marza and ABC News legal analyst Channa Lloyd recap the 20th day of the Sean Diddy Combs sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial. A longtime friend of his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura testified the rap mogul attacked her for no reason in 2016, dangled her from a 17th-floor balcony, and threw her into a coffee table.  “[Combs] came up really close to my face and said something like, ‘I'm the devil and I could kill you,'” Bryana Bongolan told the jury Combs said, her voice cracking.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Contributor Bernarda Villalona recap the testimony on Tuesday, June 3rd. A hotel security guard on Tuesday told the jury in Sean “Diddy” Combs' sex-trafficking and racketeering trial that the rap mogul paid him $100,000 in an attempt to secure his silence and bury a video that is now the central piece of evidence in the criminal case that threatens to send him to prison for life.  In the video captured in 2016 by security cameras at the Intercontinental Hotel in Los Angeles – and shown to the jury during the testimony of three different witnesses – Combs is seen kicking and dragging his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.  Prosecutors have argued that Combs' $100,000 payment to Garcia was a bribe and one of the underlying crimes at the heart of their allegation is that the hip-hop superstar is guilty of racketeering conspiracy. A woman being called “Jane” is expected to take the stand on Wednesday afternoon and to testify for as long as five days, according to prosecutors.  Jane is expected to be the third and final alleged victim to testify against Combs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eyewitness News team, and ABC news legal contributor Bernarda Villalona dig deeper into the contentious cross examination of a woman who worked as a personal assistant to Sean Combs. The former assistant concluded three days on the witness stand with attorneys for Combs grilling her so intensely that a prosecutor asked the judge to stop the cross examination, calling it "humiliating” and “harassing.”    The witness, testifying under the pseudonym “Mia,” told jurors last week that Combs tormented and sexually assaulted her during her time working as his personal assistant.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Eyewitness News team, and ABC News legal contributor Bernarda Villalona break down the defense's questioning of "Mia" about social media posts in their attempt to undercut her rape allegations.  Digging through years of social media posts, attorney Brian Steel attempted to suggest that the woman – testifying under the pseudonym “Mia” – misrepresented her feelings about working for Combs during hours of raw and emotional testimony Thursday. Mia had told jurors the rap mogul threatened her for years, violently threw objects at her, and sexually assaulted her on three occasions including raping her while she was sleeping in his Los Angeles home.  Referring to a series of effusive social media posts by Mia, Steel tried to show jurors that Mia's feelings toward Combs were different than those she had expressed on the witness stand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A former personal assistant to Sean “Diddy” Combs told the jury in this sex-trafficking trial that it was impossible to tell the rap mogul “no.” Mia's emotional testimony punctuated the twelfth day of testimony in the criminal case that has captured headlines and the public's attention since prospective jurors first walked into the Manhattan courtroom on May 5. Breaking down in tears as she spoke from the witness stand in a hushed courtroom, Mia said the rapper sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions and was prone to fits of rage. Mia testified she did “absolutely not” want to be talking about the sexual assaults she said Combs committed but told the jury, “I have to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth and also I have a moral obligation because when you're scared into silence these things continue to happen to others.”    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Marza and ABC News' Legal Analyst Channa Lloyd recap testimony from Cassie Ventura's former stylist Deonte Nash. Former Cassie Ventura stylist Deonte Nash testified that he saw “a lot” of blood during one instance in which he alleged Sean Combs attacked his then-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura. Nash testified that he, along with Ventura and a Combs employee whom the prosecution identified with the pseudonym “Mia” were in Ventura's apartment helping her pack for a music festival when, Nash alleged, Combs arrived, “pulled her by the hair off the couch and hit her," referring to Ventura. Court has adjourned for the day, Nash's cross-examination will resume Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Marza and ABC News' legal contributor Bernarda Villalona recap the start of the third week of witness testimony in the Sean Combs sex trafficking trial. Trial resumed on Tuesday with emotional testimony from the rap mogul's former personal assistant, who testified about the violence and threats she said she witnessed on the job. Crying at points on the witness stand, Capricorn Clark told jurors that she was told she would be “thrown into the East River” if she failed a lie detector test about the theft of Combs' jewelry, that she was forced to accompany Combs to confront rival musician Kid Cudi, and how she witnessed Combs beat Ventura. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The musician and actor Kid Cudi took the stand on Thursday in Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking and racketeering trial to testify that the rap mogul, in a fit of rage and jealousy, broke into his home and he believed coordinated the firebombing of his high-end sports car.    The testimony in the star-studded trial could play a critical role as prosecutors attempt to build a case that Combs used violence and threats to run a criminal enterprise that he used to hurt his rivals and protect the entertainment and cultural kingdom he had built.  Court is now adjourned until Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jurors in Sean “Diddy” Combs' sex trafficking and racketeering trial on Wednesday heard from a former Combs employee who agreed to testify only after he was guaranteed that he would not be prosecuted for any crimes he might have detailed. Prosecutors used the testimony of former Combs assistant George Kaplan to try to prove how Combs allegedly built a criminal enterprise that would feed his sexual desires while protecting his public persona. Psychologist Dawn Hughes was called by prosecutors to explain to the jury that many people opt to stay in abusive relationships because they feel trapped or form an “intense psychological bond” that draws them to their abuser.  Jurors also saw the trove of drugs allegedly found in Combs' residence, including a variety of pills, marijuana, powders, and other drugs that prosecutors have alleged were used to make women compliant during freak offs and would allow them to perform long past the point of exhaustion.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Marza and Bernarda Villalona recap Tuesday's testimony in the Sean Combs trial. A run-in with a rival record executive at Mel's Drive-in , assault weapons with illegally defaced serial numbers, and a sex performance at Trump Tower were some of the topics jurors in Sean Combs' criminal trial heard about Tuesday, as prosecutors tried to build their racketeering and sex trafficking case against the rap mogul.    Across nearly six hours of testimony, federal prosecutors called to the stand Combs' former personal assistant, the mother of Cassie Ventura, a sex worker nicknamed “The Punisher,” and a federal agent during the eleventh day of the trial.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For the first time, the public can see the stark visual evidence of the violence Cassie Ventura testified that she suffered at the hands of Sean “Diddy” Combs. Federal prosecutors Monday released many of the photos they have shown the jury in their effort to convict Combs in their sex-trafficking and racketeering case. Court adjourned just after 3 p.m. ET. Prosecutors said Tuesday's witnesses will include an alleged escort known as “The Punisher,” as well as Cassie Ventura's mother. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After four days on the witness stand, Cassie Ventura concluded her testimony Friday at the trial of her ex-boyfriend, Sean "Diddy" Combs. It came shortly after the defense concluded nearly two days of cross-examination. Prosecutors allege Combs, 55, used his fame and fortune to orchestrate an empire of exploitation, coercing women into abusive sex parties. If Combs is convicted on all charges, which include racketeering, kidnapping, arson, bribery and sex trafficking, he would face a mandatory 15 years in prison and could remain behind bars for life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After two days of testimony about how her relationship with Sean Combs grew violent and coercive, Cassie Ventura faced six hours of grueling cross-examination on Thursday, as defense attorneys attempted to cast doubt on her credibility and portray her as a willing participant in his sexual activities.    Ventura's testimony as the star witness for the prosecution is expected to conclude tomorrow, given concerns that the singer, now eight months pregnant, could go into labor as early as this weekend.  Defense attorneys turned to a decade of archived text messages to question Ventura about the consistency of her earlier testimony, highlighting her apparent eagerness to engage in Combs' lifestyle of swinging at drug-fueled orgies. They insist that she was not a victim of sex trafficking or racketeering and that Combs is innocent of the federal charges he's facing.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The R&B singer Cassie Ventura returned to the witness stand Wednesday for a second day spent recounting tumultuous details of life with her ex-boyfriend, Sean "Diddy" Combs. She testified in a Manhattan courtroom that Combs kept her in a cycle of abuse and exploitation by threatening to release recordings of her with male sex workers in encounters Combs orchestrated and called "freak-offs." After prosecutors completed their questioning, Judge Arun Subramanian opted to adjourn court for the day and begin the defense's cross-examination of Cassie on Thursday. The defense said it expected cross-examination to take all of Thursday and that it will likely continue into Friday, followed by redirect examination by the prosecution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For six hours on Tuesday in a packed Manhattan courtroom, Cassie Ventura testified how her decade-long relationship turned violent as her then-boyfriend, Sean “Diddy” Combs, seized control of her personal and professional lives and demanded she orchestrate his drug-fueled sex parties known as “freak offs.”  Ventura is the star witness in the federal racketeering and sex-trafficking case against Combs, who faces the possibility of life in prison if he is convicted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eyewitness News reporters Mike Marza and Darla Miles give you an in-depth look the first day of the Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex-trafficking and racketeering trial in Lower Manhattan. Cassie Ventura is expected to be the next witness called later Tuesday morning. Prosecutors allege that Combs, 55, used his fame and power at the top of the hip-hop world to sexually abuse women from 2004 to 2024. He pleaded not guilty after his September arrest and has remained held without bail at a federal lockup in Brooklyn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann has been charged in the death of a seventh woman. Heuermann is charged with one count of second-degree murder in connection with the murder of Valerie Mack, according to a superseding indictment unsealed Tuesday. Mack, whose remains were first found on Long Island in 2000. Mack, 24, had been working as an escort in Philadelphia and was last seen by her family that year in New Jersey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Even though there has been an arrest in the Gilgo Beach serial killings, investigators are still trying to solve cold-case murders and authorities are asking for the public's help. On Monday, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney released three new updated sketches of a Gilgo Beach victim. The Asian male victim's remains were recovered along Ocean Parkway in April 2011. However, authorities say he was killed during or prior to 2006. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Suffolk County prosecutors have received some 7,000 tips following the arrest of alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann, district attorney Ray Tierney said after his latest court appearance. Prosecutors turned over "voluminous" evidence to Heuermann's defense, including results from DNA lab work, data from Heuermann's electronic devices, and notes from searches of his home. Heuermann has pleaded not guilty to killing multiple women. No trial date has been set. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rex Heuermann, the accused Gilgo Beach serial killer charged in six killings is now being eyed by investigators for even more, nearly one year to the day that the Manhattan architect, husband, and father of two was arrested. Heuermann's adult children - and his now-estranged wife, Asa Ellerup, showed support at court. Robert Macedonio, Asa's attorney, talked with Eyewitness News reporter, Chantee Lans, about what the past year has been like for the family. "Complete shock. The world was turned upside-down in the last year." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Disturbing new details have emerged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings as Rex Heuermann, 60, was charged in two additional women. The new charges also significantly expand the timeline in the Gilgo Beach case, with the first murder Heuermann is accused of committing now taking place in 1993. Prosecutors also revealed disturbing "planning" documents that they allege the suspect used in his killings and disposal of the victims. The architect and father allegedly "meticulously planned and executed six separate murders," Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said at a news conference Thursday. Heuermann appeared before a judge on Long Island to face charges in the killings of Jessica Taylor and Sandra Costilla, two young women who were long suspected of being the victims of men preying on sex workers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is expected to be charged this week with an additional murder, according to Newsday. Heuermann has pleaded not guilty to killing four women -- Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Costello, and Maureen Brainard-Barnes - whose remains were found near Gilgo Beach along Ocean Parkway. Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney declined to comment. Word of the new indictment follows searches by the Gilgo Beach Task Force at Heuermann's Massapequa Park home and a wooded area of Manorville where the remains of two women were previously found. Heuermann had been scheduled to appear in court on June 18 but is now expected to be arraigned on the new charge on Thursday, June 6, 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The former executive assistant of accused Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann is speaking for the first time exclusively with Eyewitness News. Donna Sturman told investigative reporter Kristin Thorne she still has not gotten over the shock of the claims made against her former boss. "It's traumatizing," she said. "It's so unbelievable." Sturman worked for Heuermann from 2017 to 2018 at his architectural office in Midtown. She said the irony is not lost on her that it was DNA from a discarded piece of pizza crust that prosecutors have used to tie Heuermann to the Gilgo Beach murders. He has plead not guilty to all the charges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Rex Heuermann is everything we've been led to believe would be the guy," said reporter Josh Einiger. "He's kind of a loner. He's kind of antisocial. His house is different from every other house on that block. It's sort of a mess. He works in the city. He has a job, where he's very technical, where he's an architect and engineer." The amazing details of the investigation that finally collared a suspect in the longtime cold case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On July 13, 2023, police finally made an arrest in the Gilgo Beach murder case. "This was an earthquake in Massapequa Park. This was a storm like they had never expected this," recalled Eyewitness News reporter Stacey Sager. Rex Heuermann was arrested in Midtown Manhattan. He was initially charged in the deaths of Megan Waterman, Amber Lynn Costello, and Melissa Barthelemy. Investigators also named him as the prime suspect in the death of Maureen Brainard-Barnes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eyewitness News got an alert that Suffolk County police were going to release surveillance video of Megan Waterman leaving a hotel in Hauppauge -- the last place she was seen. "As reporters were thinking, again, why do this now?" recalled Kristin Thorne. "They've had this video for so many years -- why now? And they said they want to keep the case going." Then on May 9, 2022, Suffolk County Police released a 22-minute 911 phone call from Shannan Gilbert the night she disappeared in 2010. "The 911 tape was sort of as advertised," said Einiger. "It was Shannan Gilbert sounding terrified running for her life." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In December 2015, the FBI joined the investigation. Why did that collaboration not happen for so many years? "It didn't happen because of politics. We had a police chief in Suffolk County, as well as a DA, that did not seem open to FBI involvement," recalled Kristin Thorne. On Jan. 16, 2020, police released photos of a belt imprinted with the letters "H-M" or "M-H" to the public. Police say they believe the belt was handled by the suspect. Two years later, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison announced a new task force to investigate the Gilgo Beach murders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a year and a half of searching, investigators found the skeletal remains of Shannan Gilbert on Gilgo Beach. "What was the ultimate stunner in all of this is that they believed -- and still do believe -- that Shannan Gilbert was not murdered. That Shannan Gilbert died in an accidental drowning," recalled reporter Josh Einiger. A few years later, Shannan Gilbert's mother, Mari Gilbert, who is credited for the discovery of the Gilgo bodies because of how she pushed for her daughter's search, is found stabbed to death in her apartment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Investigators had found 10 bodies and identified five of them, but they were still searching for Shannan Gilbert. "This investigation started because Shannan Gilbert disappeared," said reporter Kristin Thorne. "It wasn't until Shannan Gilbert disappeared that her family started to hold police accountable and say -- you have to get out there and try to find Shannan Gilbert." Investigators found a cell phone, lip gloss, shoes, and a pocketbook they say belonged to Shannan Gilbert on Gilgo Beach. Yet they did not believe her death was related to the 10 bodies they found in the area. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Investigators continued to find more bodies, but the remains differed from those of the "Gilgo Four". Police found three more victims in the area between Oak Beach and Gilgo Beach, bringing the total count of victims to eight. Investigators identified the victims as Jane Doe Number 6, a baby girl and an Asian man. Investigators then say they believe they are looking for three, if not four, killers. "This is around the time that it got complicated to tell this story," reporter Josh Einiger recalled. We shed light on this complex stage of the story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shannan Gilbert's disappearance in 2010 sparked the discovery of 11 bodies on and near Gilgo Beach on Long Island. "One of the most significant things I've ever heard at any kind of public official say, I think it was the first full day after that first report that we did," recalled Einiger. "There was a press conference with the man who was then the police commissioner. And he said something that to this day, I remember everything about what he said and how he said it." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It began on a regular garden variety day in December, when Eyewitness News reporter Josh Einiger and his photographer, Tony Saturno, were covering stories in Suffolk County. "We were on our way back and we got a call from the desk - saying 'there's a crime scene, there's a maybe body discovered', way down south on Ocean Parkway. Go check it out," Einiger said. When they arrived at the scene, it was cold and pitch black. There were four crime scenes along the beach and spotlights set up. "It was clear at that point that it was something," recalled Einiger. Nobody quite understood it was something that we'd be talking about over a decade later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Few situations exist in which one can draw a parallel to the men and women who lost their lives on 9/11. But, retired NYPD detective Michael Prate said one does stick out in his mind - the murder of Henryk Siwiak in Brooklyn during the last few minutes of that tragic day. Siwiak, 46, a recent Polish immigrant, was supposed to be at his first night at a new job at a grocery store in Brooklyn. He got on the A train and that's where he made a fatal error. If you know anything about the murder of Henryk Siwiak, call NYPD Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Investigators unravel a murder-for-hire plot to kill a well-known mob associate, Sylvester Zottola, in New York City. They found a key piece of evidence under the hood of Zottola's car. That piece of evidence, along with cell phone text messages, led them to who killed the mob associate and why. This is Part 4 of a four-episode murder mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Someone tried to kill mob associate Sylvester Zottola not just once or twice, but at least six different times. Almost all of the vicious attempts were captured on camera. He survived a beating, a shooting, and a throat slashing, only to be murdered doing something he did routinely every day. To his dying day, the father of three never suspected who was trying to kill him all along. This is Part 3 of a four-episode murder mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Someone tried to kill mob associate Sylvester Zottola not just once or twice, but at least six different times. Almost all of the vicious attempts were captured on camera. He survived a beating, a shooting, and a throat slashing, only to be murdered doing something he did routinely every day. This is Part 2 of a four-episode murder mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Someone tried to kill mob associate Sylvester Zottola not just once or twice, but at least six different times. Almost all of the vicious attempts were captured on camera. He survived a beating, a shooting, and a throat slashing, only to be murdered doing something he did routinely every day. This is Part I of a four-episode murder mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An 83-year-old was caught on camera shopping in a motorized scooter with something unusual - a woman's severed leg. Harvey Marcelin is accused of killing her, cutting up her body, and dropping off parts across New York City. But it's not the first time Marcelin has been accused of murder. Marcelin was convicted of killing a girlfriend in 1963, and another girlfriend in 1985. After getting released from prison a second time, Marcelin is accused of striking again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An 83-year-old was caught on camera shopping in a motorized scooter with something unusual - a woman's severed leg. Harvey Marcelin is accused of killing her, cutting up her body, and dropping off parts across New York City. But it's not the first time Marcelin has been accused of murder. Marcelin was convicted of killing a girlfriend in 1963, and another girlfriend in 1985. After getting released from prison a second time, Marcelin is accused of striking again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Across the United States, thousands of unidentified human remains sit in local medical examiner's offices. Some of the remains are corpses - some are only bones, skeletons. In many cases, it's clear the people were murdered, but without knowing their identities their killers cannot be held accountable. Their murderers walk among us because their victims remain nameless. Eyewitness News investigative reporter Kristin Thorne works with the forensic anthropology team at the New York City Medical Examiner's Office to try to help identify the remains of a teenager who was stabbed to death, a woman who was buried in concrete, and others. If you recognize any of the individuals featured in this story, call 212-447-2030. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A non-profit from Oregon that specializes in finding missing people has come to Westchester to search for a mother and her two children who disappeared in 1977. Doug Bishop, with United Search Corps, heard about the case of Leslie Guthrie and Julie, 6, and Timmy, 3, who disappeared from Katonah 47 years ago. "Everything points to in this case it simply being an accident," Bishop said. Police said on February 5, 1977, Leslie drove away with her two children from her house in Katonah and was never seen again. Leslie's husband, Tim Guthrie, said he buckled his kids in the backseat and waved goodbye. "I helped her put the kids in the car and they drove off and that was the last I saw them," he said. "I always think of them and where they are." Bishop's theory - a theory that law enforcement has also long believed - is that Leslie's car is in one of the many bodies of water in and around Katonah. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On a snowy day in February 1977, Leslie Guthrie left her home in suburban New York in a car with her two small children. They were never seen again. Leslie's family says just before they disappeared, Leslie was having marital problems. Could Leslie have taken Julie, 6, and Timmy, 3, and started a new life? Could they have joined a cult -- something Leslie had been reading into? Could their car have gone off the road and sunk deep to the bottom of one of the many murky bodies of water surrounding her house in Katonah? Leslie's family and Tim Guthrie Sr., Leslie's husband, have gone in circles for 46 years trying to answer those questions. According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Leslie Guthrie has a strawberry birthmark on her chin and on her back. They were last seen driving a green 1974 Ford Maverick with a white roof and the New York State license plate 636-WNA. Can Eyewitness News investigative reporter Kristin Thorne help the family zero in on one of the theories and lead them to Leslie, Julie, and Timmy? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices