Homicide: New York episode 1 focuses on a city landmark and a sympathetic victim.
The case plagues these veteran law enforcement professionals enough to revisit the evidence.
The deaths seem to have weighed heavily on producer Dick Wolf too.
The crime also haunted New York.
Like the detectives in the show, it will be a long time before New Yorkers forget the associations.
Here are some details the hour-long episode had to trim.
Who Was Jennifer Stahl?
The owner of the apartment, Stahl, succumbed to wounds in the hospital.
Weed was still illegal, and the docuseries points out elaborate precautions.
Stahl treated customers like house guests, and promoted her songs, like Ganja Woman.
She was more than relatable.
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Some essayists pushed back on the victim.
She felt she had to do everything illegal.
She wanted to have fun all the time, but she secretly also wanted to be a star.
Stahl couldnt have picked a more perfect home base.
What Was the History of the Carnegie Deli?
The scene of the crime was six floors above a beloved New York institution.
In 1984, Woody Allen shot scenes forBroadway Danny Rose, and had a sandwich named for him there.
It is mentioned in Adam Sandlers Chanukah Song.
An Unthinkable Home Invasion
The shootings were an uneasy fit to standard criminal patterns.
The arriving unit was concerned about gangland involvement.
Stahls boutique showroom was unique and well above the curb.
Robert] Dunnes photos showed large color-coded charts that were menus for varieties of marijuana and their prices.
He said Stahl also had an album-like book with samples of different kinds of pot.
A small sign photographed by Dunne read, Closed Mondays.
Stahl was drinking wine when the guest-list-approved assailants arrived.
They didnt break in, the doors not broken down, Butcher recalls inHomicide: New York.
He apparently didnt see the suspects as strangers.
He recognized them as customers, even calling out ones name.
This confirmed the assailants were known.
Their intent was not.
Dont hurt anyone, Jennifer yelled while being dragged, according toHomicide: New York.
Take everything and leave.
Examiners lifted palm prints and fingerprints from the duct tape binding the victims.
Two suspects were recorded on the second-floor landing surveillance camera at 7:27 p.m., the episode reveals.
Eventually, they were identified as Andre Smith and Sean Salley, 29.
Smith turned himself in two weeks after the shooting.
Who Was Andre Dre Smith?
Smith told cops he met Salley in Newark, N.J. two days before the fatal robbery.
Smith said he turned down Salleys suggestion of pulling a robbery.
Salley returned two days later with details.
Its a white girl who deals weed to a lot of people in the music industry.
He said itll be easy, no trouble, no weapon, the suspect told cops.
Theres no guard well be in and out.
Smith confessed he heard a gunshot, and saw Stahl on the floor of the studio.
When Smith asked Whyd you shoot the other four?
Salley explained, They knew me.
Who Was Sean Salley?
Salley knew Stahl from his time in the music industry.
After the Carnegie Deli Massacre, Salley went on the lam outside New York and New Jersey jurisdiction.
After taking a bus from New York, Salley was tracked to New Orleans.
He was arrested in Miami, near a homeless shelter a witness placed him at.
As the documentary points out, Rivera was assigned to travel to Miami to interrogate Salley.
Salley was arraigned on Aug. 3, 2001.
What Happened During the Trial?
The Twin Towers attack delayed the trial to June 2002.
This necessitated separate trials.
The two separate simultaneous trials were held in one courtroom.
Jury selection for the trials began on April 29, 2002.
The State Supreme Court courtroom had its share of drama.
Survivors Dane and Veader relived painful details.
It was a complete reversal.
On the police videotape, Salley is heard saying Smith planned a strong-arm robbery for money and the marijuana.
Each jury deliberated for two days.
Homicide: New York is now streaming on Netflix.
