Jennifer Levin, 1986

The body of Levin, the 18-year-old daughter of a real estate broker, was found behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the summer of 1986. The killing inspired widespread attention and a made-for-television movie dramatizing the events, “The Preppie Murder.” Robert Chambers, a one-time altar boy and graduate of York Preparatory School, was convicted of manslaughter in the killing.

Irene Silverman, 1998

An 82-year-old socialite, Irene Silverman was killed in her East 65th Street townhouse, with the courts convicting a mother and son duo of the crime. Sante and Kenneth Kimes, who were sentenced to life in prison in 2000, allegedly sought to take Silverman’s home and steal her identity, leaving behind a trail of notebooks and a forged deed documenting the scheme.

Michael McMorrow, 1997

Two teenagers were convicted of killing a 44-year-old real estate broker, Michael McMorrow, in a brutal stabbing by the Central Park Lake. Christopher Vasquez and Daphne Abdela, both 15 at the time, were convicted of manslaughter charges in the death of McMorrow, who was stabbed more than 34 times in a crime attributed to Vasquez flying into a fit of rage.

Christine Odierno, 2005

A 57-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her husband, Benjamin Odierno, following an argument about a separation agreement presented to her husband, a landlord. Christine Odierno had been exhibiting increasingly psychologically unstable behavior in the years leading up to her death, her husband said. He was found not guilty of second-degree murder after arguing he stabbed his wife in self-defense in their 84th Street home.