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  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:

  Pirro attacked by, 205–7

  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

  Traystman, Kathy, 63, 81, 87–88, 95

  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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