Two Brothers, Two Murders Slideshow
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Posted 29 Jan 2009 Multi-millionaire businessmen and brothers Andrew and Robert Kissel had it all... beautiful families, mansions, country clubs, and fast cars. They appeared to live charmed lives. But the Kissel brothers' good fortune ran out and ended in murder. Who would want them dead?"American Greed: Two Brothers, Two Murders" re-airs Monday, February 16th at 5p ET. |
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Andrew was a New England Real Estate mogul. A multi-millionaire with a beautiful family, cars a yacht and an $18 million dollar estate. But, Andrew's had secrets, about his life, his marriage and his business dealings. |
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Andrew Kissel bilked his co-op building of nearly $4 million dollars by falsifying the amounts paid for repairs and maintenance and pocketing the difference. |
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Source: Keith Bedford/The New York Times/Redux Pictures At the time of his death, Andrew Kissel was under house arrest and facing state and federal charges for swindling more than $40 million dollars in bogus mortgages and other scams. |
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Andrew Kissel’s body was found in the basement of his home in Greenwich, CT, less than three years after his brother Robert was murdered in Hong Kong. |
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Source: Kevin McMurray (for Carlos) & Greenwich Police Department (for Lenny) Carlos Trujillo was Andrew Kissel's chauffeur and personal assistant for six years before he was accused of murdering Andrew. Leonard Trujillo was charged with the murder of Andrew Kissel, along with his cousin Carlos. Currently they are in prison awaiting trial. |
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Rob became a successful investment banker eventually running the Hong Kong office of Merrill Lynch. With a million dollar salary and bonuses, he had a luxurious life abroad with wife Nancy and the kids. But, underneath Rob’s perfect veneer was a crumbling marriage and infidelity. |
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Source: Bryna O'Shea Robert married Nancy Keeshin who at the time was an art student and restaurant manager living in New York City. Nancy told friends she’d met "the one" and they married on September 10, 1989. |
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Source: Kevin McMurray Rob and Nancy lived in Hong Kong. But, when SARS hit Asia, Nancy Kissel fled to the couple’s home in Vermont with their children where she met Michael Del Priore, a television repairman whom she subsequently had an affair with. |
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Source: Kevin McMurray Frank Shea, Robert Kissel's friend and private investigator, testified about Nancy Kissel's affair with Michael Del Priore'. |
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Source: Kurtis Productions Michael Del Priore, Nancy Kissel’s lover, received lavish gifts from her over the course of their affair and spoke with her several times immediately before and after Robert Kissel’s murder. |
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Source: Hong Kong police file photo Nancy Kissel savagely bludgeoned her husband Rob Kissel to death, wrapped his body in an oriental carpet and then stored it in the building’s storage room before Hong Kong police discovered it. |
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Source: AP Images Nancy Kissel altered her appearance significantly during trial to appeal to the mostly male all Chinese jury. |
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Source: Kevin McMurray Just one month before Nancy murdered Rob, they both appeared together at a banquet honoring former president George H.W. Bush. |
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Source: Kurtis Productions Kevin McMurray is the author of "A Family Cursed", a book on the Kissel brothers’ lives and deaths."American Greed: Two Brothers, Two Murders" re-airs Monday, February 16th at 5p ET.Find out more...Replay SlideshowReview the "Two Brothers, Two Murders" case file.Visit the American Greed website. |
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