The Novack Murders

In July 2009, Ben Novack—heir to the Fontainebleu hotel chain fortune—was brutally murdered in a suburban New York hotel suite. The gruesome murder drew media attention almost immediately for its sensational and sadistic details. The autopsy showed Ben Novack’s skull was cracked, his nose, arms,...
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In July 2009, Ben Novack—heir to the Fontainebleu hotel chain fortune—was brutally murdered in a suburban New York hotel suite. The gruesome murder drew media attention almost immediately for its sensational and sadistic details. The autopsy showed Ben Novack’s skull was cracked, his nose, arms, and legs were broken. He was tied up and bludgeoned with dumbbells and died of severe blunt force trauma to his head. It appeared he had been beaten into unconsciousness, then released to the floor and kicked repeatedly. Worse yet, his eyes had been gouged out. The prosecution described it as “a diabolical plan by a woman who was intent on eliminating her husband and taking his family fortune for her own.” Narcy Novack and her brother Cristobal Veliz were recently convicted of orchestrating the killings of Ben, and his elderly mother, and the charges include racketeering, domestic violence, staking, money laundering, and witness tampering. Their sentencing will occur in late 2012.

Friends warned Ben about his wife Narcy: “One day she’s going to kill you.” For a time, Ben wore a bulletproof vest to bed. Reporter Julie Brown, expanding on her hard-hitting exposé of this infamous case, takes us on a horrifying journey into the true story of Ben Novack and his cold-blooded killers.