“Absolutely,” agreed Matthews. Yet Matthews says there were no quality photos showing where her mouth hit that counter. Novack Jr.’s wife, Narcy, who stood to inherit millions from her husband, was charged with plotting his death last week. Narcy Novack, the prime suspect in the death of her husband, Fontainebleau heir Ben Novack Jr. talks with investigators in never-before-seen tapes. Bliss said what began as a sexual tryst grew into a serious ongoing relationship of almost two years. In the hours after the murder of Ben Novack, detectives were talking to as many people as they could. Her death was initially ruled to be the result of an accidental fall while trying to get out of her car in her garage, but after her son's murder three months later, a subsequent police investigation revealed that her death was a homicide. But Fort Lauderdale police continue to maintain their position on Bernice Novack's death. He said the fact that blood was splattered in several rooms can sometimes happen in an accidental death, so that did not sway him. It turns out to be a very painful death, however. Ben Novack Jr. was found bludgeoned to death last month in Room 453 of the Hilton Rye Brook Hotel in Rye Brook, N.Y., where he had organized a weekend convention for Amway, the direct-selling company. I loved my husband. His mutilated body was discovered in a hotel room in Rye Brook in the early morning hours of July 12, 2009. “She called me, screaming at me. Oxygen describes the show as: Narcy Novack is accused of orchestrating the April 2009 murder of her mother in law and husband Ben Novack Jr. to end his multiple affairs with women in July and inherit a life … Allison Carpentier said they had never witnessed a crime scene as gruesome as the one they described. On July 12, 2009, three months after Bernice's death, Ben Novack Jr., 53, Bernice's only child, and heir to the hotel fortune, was slain execution-style at … Narcy Novack claimed she found her husband, Ben Novack Jr, 52, beaten to death in their New York hotel room last July. Now Ben Jr… “Narcy always suspected Ben of cheating. No one questioned the “accidental death” conclusion until Novack’s son, Ben Novack Jr., was found bludgeoned to death in a hotel room near New York just three months later. Matthews also criticized detectives for failing to interview more people in a thorough manner, rather than simply taking statements. Correspondent Troy Roberts of “48 Hours” talked to police about the twisted trail of evidence. Jan. 19, 1956: Ben Novack Jr. is born to Bernice and Ben Novack Sr., founder of one of the most lavish hotels in the world, the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach. “He would tell me he loved me every day.”. Rye Brook Police Det. But as investigators would soon uncover, Ben Novack had an appetite for other women. Bernice Novack was reported to have several injuries including broken teeth from hitting the kitchen counter. “I think she … she knew she was gonna be replaced,” Carpentier added. Sgt. "As an experienced supervisor of homicide investigations, I would've been very upset.”. He said police usually shoot 300-400 photos of a crime scene even if there are no suspicious circumstances. Ben Novack had become very serious with one woman in particular. It was the blood splatter on the rear view mirror that did. Lowe … When Bernice Novack was killed in April 2009, her estate, valued at about $2 million, went to Novack … Novack's husband was Ben Novack Jr., son of the man who built the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami Beach. “If I had been a, God forbid, a family member, I would've been very disappointed," Matthews said Wednesday. An indictment unsealed in White Plains said Narcisa Veliz Novack of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., conspired with her brother and three other men to murder Ben Novack Jr. … She was a very jealous woman,” a family friend said. "Viewer discretion is advised," reminds the Lifetime TV channel after several commercial breaks. Well-known South Florida homicide investigator Joe Matthews is criticizing Fort Lauderdale detectives for concluding that the death of Bernice Novack, the matriarch of the family that built the famed Fontainebleau hotel, was an accidental death. Ben Novack … The victim, 53-year-old Ben Novack Jr., was a multi-millionaire Florida businessman. 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When investigators discovered Novack on the morning of July 9, 2012, his limbs were bound with duct tape, and his eyes were completely … The first episode of Deadly Rich dives into the murders of Miami Fontainebleau Hotel heir Ben Novack Jr. and his mother Bernice Novack. In this case, crime scene technicians took only a few dozen photos of very poor quality and range. Matthews has more than 30 years experience as a homicide investigator and supervisor for Miami Beach police and now for “America’s Most Wanted” television show. “She admits being a prostitute, [acting in] pornographic movies,” Carpentier said. “The only one else that had access to that room was Narcy,” Carpentier said. Her son, Ben Novack Jr., at the time filed a lawsuit against Bank of America claiming a fall at a branch's parking lot led to her death.Then Ben turned up dead three months later. As police began their investigation, they soon learned their victim came from a fascinating background — his parents once owned the famous Fontainebleau Hotel, once the hottest spot on Miami Beach in the swinging 1960s. Matthews said he came to that conclusion after he was given access to the entire case file, including crime scene photos, in the April 2009 death of Bernice Novack. He grew up in the hotel, which was a celebrity playpen in the 1950s and '60s and appeared in the movies "Scarface" and "Goldfinger." “Maybe now if they look at it they may come up with a different opinion.”, 6 Things to Know: Vaccine Appointments Resume at Supermarket Giant, Flag Flap After Death of Rush Limbaugh, Ex-South Florida Congressman Ordered to Pay $456k for Election Violations, Copyright © 2021 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Terry Wilson and Det. Police learned from Ben Novack’s wife, Narcy Novack, that she and her husband were at the hotel all weekend, running a large Amway convention. “It was a brutal scene. The story of Narcy Novack and her mother in law, Bernice Novack and husband Ben Novack Jr is the subject of Oxygen's Snapped show, season 10, episode 15. Narcy Novack was sentenced Monday in a federal court in White Plains, N.Y., in the deaths of Ben Novack Jr. and Bernice Novack. In April 2009, Garcia beat Bernice Novack to death with a monkey wrench at her Fort Lauderdale home, Garcia said. Novack, who had his own successful travel company, was at the Hilton hotel in Rye Brook, N.Y., at an Amway convention he'd … Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, entertaining gifs, … She said if she couldn’t have him no one will,” Bliss said. (CBS4) (CBS4) All rights reserved. Rebecca Bliss, formerly known as Mona Love, was all over the Internet. “You have to investigate it as though it’s a homicide,” he said. And if you stick with that theory, the truth usually comes out.”, Matthews said that when he heard Novack Jr. had been murdered in New York last July, he began to have suspicions about Bernice Novack's death. And I questioned that,” he said, adding that there’s no explanation why a woman who accidentally fell inside her home would leave blood in her car. Former stripper Narcy Novack (pictured) spoke out from her New York jail in the week before she stands trial accused of hiring hitmen to kill her husband, Ben Novack Jr… Although he's dead, Mr. Lowe sounds good-natured about his unfortunate end. “He was sort of looking for a bad girl,” Bliss said. Ben and Joseph Novack were brothers, Joseph was Andrea's grandfather, making Ben Sr her granduncle. “I can't believe they could investigate any kind of death, and only take 30-40 photos,” he said. ©2021 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. JULIE K. BROWN Thursday Mar 15, 2012 at 12:01 AM Mar 31, 2012 at 8:15 PM. In federal court in Fort Lauderdale Wednesday, prosecutors accused Narcy of also plotting the murder of Bernice, implying by definition that Fort Lauderdale detectives are wrong. “This, I feel, was not investigated as a homicide. The victim, 53-year-old Ben Novack Jr., was a multi-millionaire Florida businessman. His eyes had both been cut out,” Carpentier said. No one questioned the “accidental death” conclusion until Novack’s son, Ben Novack Jr ., was found bludgeoned to death in a hotel room near New York just three months later.