Wife arrested in killing
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July 10, 2010, Saturday
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THE wife of a Florida travel executive who was beaten to death in a suburban New York hotel let the killers into the room and handed them a pillow to put over his face, according to an indictment unsealed on Thursday.
The victim was 53-year-old Ben Novack Jr., son of the founder of the storied Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach.
Ecuador-born Narcy Novack, 53, her brother and two others were indicted in the July 12, 2009, slaying at the Hilton Rye Town in Rye Brook, 32 kilometers north of Manhattan.
"The plot that led to the brutal death of Ben Novack was a family affair," US Attorney Preet Bharara told a news conference in the federal courthouse in White Plains.
He said investigators are also looking into the death of Ben Novack's 86-year-old mother, Bernice Novack of Fort Lauderdale. Her death was ruled an accident, although she suffered a broken jaw and blood was found on her car and in her house.
The indictment in Ben Novack's slaying says Narcy Novack opened the door to two killers who beat and slashed her husband, and then gave them a pillow to hold over his face as he was being assaulted.
Narcy Novack was arrested on Thursday at her home in Fort Lauderdale.
Ben Novack's father was the founder and builder of the Fontainebleau, used in such Hollywood films as "Goldfinger" and "Scarface" and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The victim was 53-year-old Ben Novack Jr., son of the founder of the storied Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach.
Ecuador-born Narcy Novack, 53, her brother and two others were indicted in the July 12, 2009, slaying at the Hilton Rye Town in Rye Brook, 32 kilometers north of Manhattan.
"The plot that led to the brutal death of Ben Novack was a family affair," US Attorney Preet Bharara told a news conference in the federal courthouse in White Plains.
He said investigators are also looking into the death of Ben Novack's 86-year-old mother, Bernice Novack of Fort Lauderdale. Her death was ruled an accident, although she suffered a broken jaw and blood was found on her car and in her house.
The indictment in Ben Novack's slaying says Narcy Novack opened the door to two killers who beat and slashed her husband, and then gave them a pillow to hold over his face as he was being assaulted.
Narcy Novack was arrested on Thursday at her home in Fort Lauderdale.
Ben Novack's father was the founder and builder of the Fontainebleau, used in such Hollywood films as "Goldfinger" and "Scarface" and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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