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Fast Forward Menachem Stark Kidnap Van Found — Will Phone Lead to Killers?
The van used in the kidnapping and murder of Hasidic real estate developer Menachem Stark has been found in Brooklyn — along with a cell phone that police think may lead to his killers. The 2002 van with Pennsylvania plates was found in the Brownsville section on Tuesday, law enforcement sources told the Daily News….
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Fast Forward Caleb Jacoby, Son of Jewish Boston Globe Columnist, Ran Away From Home, Police Say
Jewish teenager Caleb Jacoby, whose disappearance last week launched a massive search effort and went viral on social media, ran away from home on his own, the Brookline Police Department confirmed. Officer Ronnie McNeil told Masslive.com that the police would not be continuing the investigation now that Jacoby has been found. “He went on his…
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The Schmooze 2013 National Jewish Book Award Winners Named
The National Jewish Book Council has announced the winners of the 2013 National Jewish Book Awards. The Award, now in its 63rd year, is given in 17 categories including fiction, history, poetry, scholarship and the Everett Family Foundation Award for Jewish Book of the Year. Honorees this year include Yossi Klein Halevi for “Like Dreamers:…
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Fast Forward Palm Beach Mom Jennifer Berman Kills Teen Children in Murder-Suicide
A divorced Florida mother embroiled in a bitter fight with her realtor ex-husband killed their two teenage children before turning the gun on herself in their home in an exclusive West Palm Beach neighborhood, police said. Jennifer Berman, 48, shot and killed her 16-year-old son Alex and 15-year-old daughter Jacqueline before killing herself on Monday,…
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Fast Forward Cell Phone Strapped To Bottom of Menachem Stark’s Car Give Police New Lead
Police investigators working on the Menachem Stark case announced this weekend that they discovered a cell phone strapped to the bottom of Stark’s car, which they believe was used as a tracking device by his abductors. The police are currently searching for the owner of the phone. Stark, a Hasidic business man, was abducted and…
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Fast Forward Caleb Jacoby, Missing Son of Boston Globe Columnist, Is Found Safe in Times Square
Caleb Jacoby, the missing teenage son of Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby, has been found safe, police said. Police in Jacoby’s hometown of Brookline said the boy who was missing since Monday had been located and was safe. Police said they got information that the boy was in Times Square and notified New York police….
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Fast Forward Menachem Stark’s Suspected Killer Caught in Breakthrough Video
A new surveillance video offers the first look at a possible suspect in the murder of Brooklyn real estate developer Menachem Stark. The just-released footage shows a man parking a white Dodge Caravan with Ohio license plates down the block from Stark’s real estate office in the Williamsburg section just before 5 pm on Jan….
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Fast Forward Jeff Jacoby Tweets Prayers and Thanks as Search for Son Caleb Jacoby Goes On
Update: The Newton police department has tweeted that Caleb Jacoby may have ties there. Jeff Jacoby Tweeted thanks and scripture on Thursday morning as the Boston Globe columnist continued to lead an outpouring of concern about his missing teenage son, Caleb Jacoby. “Never have the words ‘prayers’ & ‘praying’ so dominated my email inbox,” Jacoby…
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