NJ Man Sentenced To 23 Years For Role In Comunale Murder
Joseph Comunale of Stamford, Connecticut died in November 2016 at an after-hours party in an Upper East Side apartment.
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Joseph Comunale of Stamford, Connecticut died in November 2016 at an after-hours party in an Upper East Side apartment.
Lawrence Dilione and James Rackover were accused of beating and stabbing Comunale, 26, to death following a night of partying at Rackover's Upper East Side apartment, then burying Comunale's body in New Jersey.
Rackover, 27, was found guilty last month of beating and stabbing Comunale, 26, to death following a night of partying at Rackover's Upper East Side apartment, then burying Comunale's body in New Jersey.
James Rackover and two New Jersey men were charged in the death of Comunale, whose body was found in Oceanport, N.J., buried in a shallow grave within a wooded area behind a flower shop.
Soon a jury must decide just who delivered the killing blow to a 26-year-old man who was last seen alive in 2016 after a night of partying in Manhattan.
A trial got underway Thursday in the death of a 26-year-old Connecticut man who authorities say was stabbed to death following a night of partying in Manhattan.
The father of a man killed in an Upper East Side apartment last year has filed a lawsuit against Jeffrey Rackover, the so-called "jeweler to the stars."
Max Gemma, 29 of Oceanport, New Jersey, is charged with hindering prosecution and tampering with physical evidence in connection with the stabbing death of 26-year-old Joseph Comunale, police said.
Bail was set at $300,000 cash or $3,000,000 bond each for James Rackover of Manhattan and Lawrence Dilione of Jersey City.
James Rackover, 25, of Manhattan, and Lawrence Dilione, 28, of Jersey City, have been charged with concealment of a human corpse, hindering prosecution and tampering with physical evidence.
A mysterious crime now spans three states, after a body believed to be that of a Connecticut man who vanished form a party in Manhattan was found buried in a shallow grave on the Jersey Shore.
Police were investigating Tuesday after a Stamford, Connecticut man headed off to a party in New York City this past weekend and never returned.
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