This week, we are discussing the disappearance and assumed murder of New York resident Gail Katz as she attempted to leave her abusive husband. Decades go by before Gail’s family learns the truth about what happened to her from a very unlikely person.

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   The People of the State of New York v. Robert Bierenbaum, 2002


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