Beautiful & Twisted

Following the murder of hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., police focus their investigation on his wife, Narcy. - Based on a the following real life events.

Detective Sergeant Terry Wilson of the Rye Brook, New York, Police Department and Detective Alison Carpentier of Westchester County, had never witnessed a crime scene this gruesome. "My God, I can't believe this. It was horrific," Det. Wilson said as he showed "48 Hours" correspondent Troy Roberts photos of the crime scene. "He's on the ground. He's basically hogtied." "It was a brutal scene. His eyes had both been cut out," said Det. Carpentier. 

The victim, 53-year-old Benji Novack, was a multimillionaire Florida businessman. His mutilated body was discovered in the early morning hours of July 12, 2009, in a hotel room in Rye Brook, a suburb 40 minutes north of New York City. 

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"Duct tape ... was placed on his legs, his arms and around his mouth...when they put it, they did it -- really tight," Det. Wilson continued. Police believed there was more than one killer. "Was there any sign of a struggle?" Roberts asked Det. Wilson. "He was in the bed, they came up on him," he replied. "They hit him multiple times, maybe a dozen times or so." 

Police learned from Benji's wife, Narcy Novack, that she and her husband were from South Florida. They were at the Rye Brook, N.Y. hotel all weekend, running a large Amway convention. As police in New York began their investigation, they soon learned their victim came from a fascinating background: Benji Novack's parents once owned the famous Fontainebleau Hotel, once the hottest spot on Miami Beach in the swinging '60s. "It was absolutely magnificent ... the glamour, the people that were there from all over the world... it was just incredible," said Michael Aller, a director of tourism for Miami Beach who knows everybody. "I lived at the Fontainebleau hotel ... It was just the place to be and to be seen."