The Murders of Benji and Bernice Novack

This week we are discussing the story of a woman who nearly got away with murder, until she committed a second murder just three months later. 

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1. https://people.com/crime/ben-novack-jr-murder-wife-on-trial/
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4. https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyork/press-releases/2012/narcisa-veliz-novack-and-cristobal-veliz-sentenced-in-white-plains-federal-court-to-life-in-prison-for-the-beating-deaths-of-ben-and-bernice-novack
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