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A Life Mostly Spent in Prison Tears a Family Apart

Ronald Giddens had been out of jail for less than seven months when he was detained on a Brooklyn street on December 2, 2013. He was carrying a revolver. His pants and sneakers were stained with blood.

Two Lives and a Murder in Hollis

At 8:30 p.m. on Friday, March 13, 2011, Rabia Mohammed, 23, and her husband, Shazam Khan, 29, were…

“You Just Had to Know Him”

Youshana Lewis approached the stand wearing dark blue jeans and a pale button-down top. Her hair tied up in a…

Life and Death in Queens

One month into our reporting class on “Life and Death in Queens,” our professor handed us press releases from the office of the Queens County District Attorney. Each announced a local homicide and included a synopsis of the crime and the names of the defendant and the victim.

“Laseam is Gone, But We Still Have To Live Here”

On the morning of Oct. 15, 2010, a 27-year-old man named Laseam Prince Eternal Hogan strolled into his local deli wearing bright blue Nike sneakers and a carefully coordinated baseball cap. His long dreadlocks had recently been cut, his mother…

A Family’s Surprising Response to a Murder

Carl Richardson’s image is everywhere in his parents’ home in Brookville, Queens…

One Man’s Murder, Another’s Mistake

Two families cope after a fatal fight between New York City park employees.

Never Trust a Stranger: a Woodside Murder Story

Ring. Ring. Ring.

It was a Wednesday morning and Wayne Graves, 62, wasn’t picking up his phone. That alarmed Gerard Torre, 61, a sculptor and Graves’ friend of 20 years. The night before, around 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct…

A Night of Partying Ends in Tragedy

When a night of drinking in Richmond Hill, Queens leads to the death of one young man and the manslaughter conviction of another, who’s to blame?