McCormack, Ann, 82, 83, 128, 140, 231
McCormack, Elizabeth, 18, 222, 223
McCormack, Jim, 17, 18, 25, 26–27, 57, 58, 82, 83, 84, 88, 113, 222, 223, 249, 264, 265, 280, 300
frustration of, 241–42
McCormack, Mary, 82, 83–84
McCormack, Sharon, 18, 87, 222–23, 280
McCormack family, 18, 19, 23, 25, 66, 84, 91, 114, 128, 129, 140, 145, 217, 219, 231, 241–42, 280, 308
and Durst family’s refusal to help in search for Kathie, 82–83
Durst’s dislike for, 26, 82
MacInerney, Geraldine, 87
McMahon, Jim, 100–101, 129
Mafia, 91
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 79
Mamaroneck, N.Y., 109
Manhattan Inc., 149
Margulies, Mister, 106
Martin, Alan, 32
Martin, Thomas, 159
Martin, Timothy, 31, 32, 54
Mashable (website), 236
Massachusetts, 77
Matz, Marty, 231
Mayer, Ruth, 59, 71
Mayer, William, 56, 71, 264
Medicare, 162
“Men Who Own New York, The” (Pileggi), 56
Metro-North, 62
Metropolitan Opera House, 64
Mexico, 211
Mexico, Gulf of, 138
Miami, Fla., 158
Michael’s (restaurant), 146
Mikimoto “Mickey” (dog), 7, 262
Millimaci, Kay, 159, 160
Minnelli, Liza, 79
Mobile, Ala., 157
Morganelli, John, 171–72, 174, 261
Morosco, Tony, 48
Mount Vernon, N.Y., 34
Moviefone, 15
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 222
Mount Vernon, N.Y., 221
Muir, David, 295
“Murder at the Met” case, 64
Murphy, Eddie, 54, 69–70, 74, 80, 90, 125, 176, 268, 289, 313
Murphy, Ray, 125
Najamy, Gilberte, 56, 57, 58, 70, 71, 75, 78, 79, 81, 88, 89, 90, 91, 99, 112–13, 134, 164, 219, 264, 266, 300, 309
at Durst’s Pennsylvania trial, 175–76
Durst’s targeting of, 163
evidence stolen from, 95
Kathie Durst’s disappearance investigated by, 61–64, 84–85, 114, 266, 302
Nancy Grace (TV show), 115
NBC, 7, 12, 14, 292
Nelson, Scott, 122, 123
Newburger, Amy, 246–47
New Castle, N.Y., 46
New Jersey, 4, 76, 77, 78–79
New Orleans, La., 4, 7, 13, 14, 21, 28, 106, 128, 157, 158, 212–13, 283, 308
Durst’s hearing in, 284–97
New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), 212
New School, 232
Newsday, 149
New York, N.Y., 7, 11, 15, 19, 33, 35, 36, 37, 41–42, 54, 55, 59, 64, 69, 70, 77, 82, 89, 90, 91, 110, 119, 122, 135, 143, 145, 150, 172, 176, 186, 187, 188, 192, 206, 222, 225, 231, 232, 244, 250, 256, 259, 261, 265, 267, 286
Riverside Drive in, 56, 57, 58, 59–60, 70, 71–73, 75, 231
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in, 121–25
Times Square in, 33, 77, 78, 148, 222
New York, 56, 109–10
New York City Police Department (NYPD), 69, 72, 73, 76, 79, 83, 94, 106, 107, 123, 143, 200, 212, 220, 228, 229, 230, 255, 266
domestic violence and, 41–42
Kathie Durst investigation of, 35, 36–38, 54, 55, 56–61, 62, 63–67
Twentieth Precinct of, 56, 64, 70, 91
New York Daily News, 96–97, 98, 144, 172, 173, 187, 290
New York Organized Crime Task Force, 273
New York Post, 58, 118, 173, 185, 205
New York State, 34, 39, 40, 41, 105, 118, 140, 144, 167, 170, 176, 177, 183, 217, 219, 222, 230, 241, 242, 277, 284, 289
Commission on Domestic Violence Fatality Review of, 41
New York State legislature, 50
New York State Police, 54, 55, 160
New York Times, 19, 26, 85, 96, 97, 98, 117, 118, 183, 187, 220–21, 230, 232, 251, 268, 278, 289–90
Nichols, Mike, 19
Nightline (TV show), 187
NOLA (restaurant), 283
Northampton County Prison, 169
Northampton County, Pa., 160, 171, 174
Northeast News, 83
Occicone, Mike, 78, 90
O’Donnell, James, 121, 122, 145, 146, 158, 225, 226, 229
O’Donnell, John, 35, 54, 64, 69–70, 71, 72, 74, 78, 79–81, 90, 107, 108, 114, 116, 117, 118, 120, 127, 129–31, 135, 138, 141, 143–44, 145, 158, 159, 174, 177, 188, 189, 268, 289, 313
O’Donnell, Rosie, 19–20, 23–24, 25, 35
Offerman, Nick, 249
Office of Public Affairs (Westchester), 124
O’Hearn, Investigator, 289–90
Orfei, John, 121–22
Orleans Parish Prison, 14
Palm Springs, Calif., 270
Paniccia, Roseanne “Ro,” 30, 33, 69, 75, 86, 95, 100, 127, 129–30, 143, 158, 185, 224
Park East Synagogue Chronicle, 261
Pataki, George, 41, 123
Pataki, Libby, 123
Patti, Clement “Clem,” 30–31, 35, 69, 75, 90, 94, 95, 108, 114, 125–26, 127, 158, 188–89, 269
Pennsylvania, 1, 128, 158, 159, 160, 161, 165, 166, 167, 169, 182, 206, 207, 221, 226, 261, 284, 287
Pentagon, 122
People, 66, 97, 98, 187, 290
Peterson, Drew, 285
Peyser, Andrea, 183
Phelps Dunbar (law firm), 294
Phi Beta Kappa, 43
Philbin, Regis and Joy, 259
Phillips, Ron, 116–17
Pileggi, Nicholas, 56
Pine Barrens, 77, 90, 164
Pirro, Al, 127, 129, 146–47, 152, 164, 218, 242, 244, 248
Pirro, Alex, 96, 247–48, 250, 255
Pirro, Cristine “Kiki,” 96, 122, 261
Pirro, Jeanine:
background of, 43–45
Black murder case and, 126–42, 169–74, 185–91, 205–7, 254–55, 256, 270, 288, 293
Charatan interview by, 146–48, 150–54
Douglas Durst’s meeting with, 223–29, 230, 268
and Durst’s New Orleans hearing, 284–97
grandstanding accusations against, 9, 10, 17–18, 110, 111–12, 171, 172, 206, 241, 311
The Jinx and, 7–8, 11–12, 15, 17–28, 253–62, 275–76, 285, 312
as portrayed in All Good Things, 247–49, 255
TV shows of, 7, 18, 25, 238, 242–43, 249, 253
as Westchester ADA, 39–42, 43, 45–50, 60
as Westchester County judge, 50–52
as Westchester DA, 52, 239–41; see also Durst, Kathleen, disappearance of, Pirro’s reinvestigation of
Popovic, Antoine, 71
Port Authority (New York City), 123
Practical Homicide Investigation: Tactics, Procedures and Forensic Techniques (Geberth), 212
primal scream therapy, 182, 303–4
Primetime Live (TV show), 73
Quinn, Casey, 143–44, 246
Rabinowitz, Steve, 151, 152, 153, 251
Ragus, Dale, 59, 75, 83, 90
Rainbow Room (restaurant), 149
Ramsey, Michael:
as Durst’s lawyer, 168, 169, 184, 194, 195, 196, 204–5, 270–71, 273
Ramundo, Peggy, 163
Reisman, Phil, 111
Rent-A-Wreck, 160
Residence Inn (Mobile, Ala.), 157
Ridgefield, Conn., 158
Ritz Carlton (White Plains, N.Y.), 242, 301
Rockland County, N.Y., 55
Rogovin, Ronda, 149
Roman, Stan, 71
Rosato, Peter, 51
Roth, Rennie, 145
Roundabout Theater Company, 232
Roy, Mary Ellen, 292, 294, 295
Rye, N.Y., 41, 218
Rye Country Day, 122
Saint (boutique hotel; New Orleans), 285
St. Charles Parish’s Nelson Coleman Correctional Center, 1, 297
St. Regis hotel (New York), 254
San Francisco, Calif., 116, 158, 176
San Luis Resort (Galveston), 158
Sapolsky, Robert, 301
Sawyer, Diane, 19, 24, 25, 259
Scarsdale, N.Y., 41
Schwank, Eleanor, 87, 264, 266
Schwartz, Peter, 81, 162
Scoppetta, Nicholas, 60–61, 85–87, 219–20, 228, 232, 273–74
Scotto, Rosanna, 259
Senate, U.S., 50
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks of, 121–25, 126, 127, 138, 197
Sharp, John, on Durst’s mental health and behavior, 299–309
Shine, Bill, 291
Ship Bottom, N.J., 76, 77, 90, 136, 164, 213, 269
Shreveport, La., 177
Shushan, Sally, 297
Siegel, Bugsy, 105
Simon & Schuster, 233
Simpson, O. J., 3, 178, 213–14, 256
Sinatra, Frank, 81
Sir Lancelot “Lance” (dog), 7, 262
Sistrunk, Kurt, 172, 188, 189, 199, 210, 212, 213
60 Minutes (TV show), 187
Smerling, Marc, 8, 9, 10, 12, 20, 21, 27, 178, 256, 257, 258, 262, 277–78, 280, 284
see also Jinx, The
Smith, Julie, 117
Sopranos, The (TV show), 77
South Brooklyn Legal Services Family Law Unit, 41
South Salem, N.Y., 4, 20, 31, 32, 36, 42, 54, 55, 56, 61, 62, 63, 66, 70–71, 90, 96, 120, 134, 244, 265, 266, 267
spousal privilege, 152–53
Stratford, Conn., 162
Strauss, Ellen, 111–15, 241, 266, 269
Struk, Michael, 69, 72, 76, 79, 87, 91, 96, 200, 219, 220, 267, 273, 274, 275
in The Jinx, 264–66
Kathie Durst disappearance investigated by, 36–38, 56–61, 63–67, 73, 264–66
Studio 54, 36, 79, 105
Sturino, Pat, 145
Summers, Robert I., 147–48
Supreme Court, Westchester, 144
Surrogate’s Court, 73, 83
Tappan Zee Bridge, 52, 54
Texaco station, 245, 246, 247
Texas, 3, 4, 16, 19, 102, 128, 130, 131, 138, 140, 141, 143, 150, 152, 154, 157, 160, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176, 183, 184, 188, 189, 190, 197, 200, 208, 213, 230, 237, 238, 239, 244, 256, 261, 284, 288, 313
Texas A&M, 237
Times Square, N.Y., 33, 77, 78, 148, 222
Time Warner Center Theater, 259
Today (TV show), 7, 12, 187, 209
Town Road (New Jersey), 78–79
Trinidad, Calif., 106
Trump, Donald, 85
Twentieth Precinct (NYPD), 56, 64, 70, 91
United Airlines, 176
Vanished (ABC special), 84, 158, 162
Venora, Diane, 248
Vergari, Carl, 48–49, 52
Vermont, 192, 247, 264
Viagra, 213, 300
Vietnam War, 80
Vignoni, Emilio, 162, 163, 201, 283
Virginia, 77
Visa, 162
Waco, Tex., 168
Walsh, Mary Ann, 124–25
Walters, Barbara, 259
Warner Bros. Productions, 242, 243, 253
Warren, Deborah, 184, 208, 209, 210
Washington, D.C., 122, 158
Washington State, 109
Wegmans, 12, 159, 160, 174
Weill, Rich, 72, 172, 291
Westchester County, N.Y., 2, 7, 9, 12, 29, 31, 35, 39, 59, 90, 110, 114, 116, 121, 123, 124, 126, 167, 170, 186, 191, 205, 218, 228, 237, 242, 244, 245, 256, 267, 275, 286, 289
Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, 239–41
Appeals Bureau of, 43, 46, 47–48, 52
Domestic Violence Unit of, 40–41, 49, 50, 60
Westchester Law Journal, 144
Western Connecticut State College, 112
West Hollywood, Calif., 106
West Los Angeles Homicide Unit, 116–17
White Plains, N.Y., 43, 46, 122, 123, 176, 242, 247, 301
White Plains police department, 45
Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers (Sapolsky), 301
Wiesel, Elie, 45
World Trade Center, 121, 123
World War II, 44
Wright, Ed, 219–20, 232, 273–74
Writers’ Guild, 119
Xexon (club), 36
Yale–New Haven Hospital, 112
Yonkers, N.Y., 41, 124
Yorktown, N.Y., 47
You Mean I’m Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?! (Kelly and Ramundo), 163
Zimmerman, Dan, 292
Zimmerman, George, 285
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