MURDERED: Bruce Blackwood
The sudden disappearance of the manager at an Off-Track Betting parlor has his family, friends, and the police convinced he’s met with foul play at the hands of someone he knows.
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Episode Source Material
- Cold Case Files: Gone in a New York Minute (Season 3, Episode 2). Aired August 27, 2022.
- Friends, Family Call Disappearance Of Queens Man Unusual
- ‘1 case that haunts me’
- Slay trial over long-gone man
- ‘Landlord-killer’ bragged on tape about dismembering body
- Handyman Luis Perez accused of murdering, dismembering landlord Bruce Blackwood
- ‘Landlord killer’ guilty after revealing he dismembered victim
- Brooklyn Handyman Sentenced to 25 Years to Life in Prison For Murdering His Boss
- Judge says landlord killer was doomed by his own bragging
- True Conviction: The No Body Homicide (Season 4, Episode 7). Aired April 26, 2022.
- The Murder of Bruce Blackwood: How a NYC Cop and a Killer’s Daughter Solved a Cold Case
- Forensic Experts Are Surprisingly Good at Telling whether Two Writing Samples Match
- Accuracy and reliability of forensic handwriting comparisons
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