"And they said, 'I think we got another case just like yours could you come down to Miami?' "About three and then I gave up," said Schiller. thousands of dollars on strippers and it was all his money," said Judge "There was never any pretense. At first, the detectives hoped they could find Frank and Krisztina alive. He's in critical condition,'" said Schiller. of Frank Griga into a couch and Krisztina Furton into a large cardboard everything you have we're gonna bring your wife down here and rape boyfriend," Levine explained. "I knew they weren't gonna do anything,"said Schiller. that apartment," said Jimenez. He calls his lawyer," said Ferrer. "They had a dead person and another one, another person near death," said Garafalo. I run into them by accident, I'm dead.". Felix Jimenez, now retired from the Metro-Dade Police homicide department, was the lead detective on the case. I'm grabbed from behind by three guys," said Schiller. January 9, 2021, 7:00 PM ET Murders A-Z The 'Sun Gym Gang' Of Miami 'Meatheads' Murdered A Wealthy Couple In A Botched Theft The so-called Sun Gym Gang first kidnapped and tortured a wealthy man into signing over all his assets to them before they set their sights on Frank Griga and his girlfriend, Krisztina Furton. invited her in and introduced her to two muscle-bound men that were Other times, they played Russian roulette. Delgado exercised at Sun Gym in the Miami area, where Lugo was employed.5 The two became good friends, and at times Lugo would accompany Delgado on visits to Schiller's home. Garafalo, also retired, worked the case for his boss, Felix Jimenez. And it so happened in this case there was.". Please enter valid email address to continue. Jimenez. "It would be funny if it wasn't so tragic because they made these stupid attempts," Ferrer explained. "They just told me, 'We got a matzo ball' " said Schiller. The real-life crooks, nicknamed the Sun Gym Gang for the fitness center they and Schiller used, botched six attempts to abduct the wealthy businessman before successfully kidnapping him outside. All that changed, though, when a police made a stunning discovery. Gym Gang," Jimenez told Roberts as they stood outside the building. She's tried more than 80 cases. Detectives learned Lugo was the leader of a group made up of drifters Where the Real-Life Sun Gym Gang Characters Are Now - Miami New Times This is what we would call the gang headquarters," said Jimenez. "I was in a coma when they picked me up," he told Roberts. Jimenez explained. "Frank was the American success story -- an "Schiller was tied to a pipe in a very small bathroom. Petrescu would play a crucial role as police continued gathering more evidence connecting Lugo and Doorbal to the disappearance of Frank and Krisztina. weeks, he wasn't even allowed to use the bathroom. [4], In a 1994 meeting, Daniel Lugo asked Noel Doorbal and Stevenson Pierre whether they were interested in making $100,000 for two days' work. Doorbal wasn't that stupid. and comic book code names like Batman and Robin and tried to stage an would be an easy mark. been grabbed by a gang. Well, at that point, you can't let the guy live so they decide he's gotta go.". It has to be highly suspicious And they're He also started going to the glitzy Sun Gym to work on his image. "And he would burn me, you know, burn my skin and then he'd do this charges relating to an extensive Medicare scam. "She was a very, very attractive woman," Jimenez said. from the day I met everybody involved, from the relationship that I Schiller and Delgado had been in business. They were now hungry for another score. musclemen were there. Justice was what Marc Schiller got this time. "So you had your .45 with you?" He was on top of the world until May 24, 1995. suffered what do we do to bring justice to the victims of this case, With the help of Jorge Delgado, Doorbal and Lugo stuffed the bodies of Frank Griga into a couch and Krisztina Furton into a large cardboard box. [4] They almost went back to hit Schiller again, but another car approached, causing them to run away. The Bahamas the -- the-- following day. So it's like Gail Levine has continued her career at the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office. Even now, with Prosecutor Levine would eventually lead the investigation and try the detectives. [31] He served only seven years in jail and was released from the Everglades Correctional Institution in West Dade on September27, 2002. But the real plan mirrored the violent abduction of Marc Schiller: kidnap and torture Frank Griga until he signed over every nickel he had and revealed to the gang where his assets were kept.

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