True Crime NYC

Someone tried to kill mob associate Sylvester Zottola not just once or twice, but at least six different times. Almost all of the vicious attempts were captured on camera. He survived a beating, a shooting and a throat slashing, only to be murdered doing something he did every day. To his dying day, the father of three never suspected who was trying to kill him all along.

Investigators unravel a murder-for-hire plot to kill a well-known mob associate in New York City. They found a key piece of evidence under the hood of Sylvester Zottola’s car. That piece of evidence, along with cell-phone text messages, led them to the killer – and the astonishing motive.

An 83-year-old was caught on camera shopping in a motorized scooter with something unusual – the severed leg of a woman. He’s accused of killing her, cutting her up, and dropping off her body parts across New York City. But it’s not the first time Harvey Marcelin has been accused of murder. Marcelin was convicted of killing his girlfriend in 1963, served prison time and was released only to kill a second girlfriend in 1985. After getting released from prison yet again, the senior citizen is now accused of striking a third time.