Benji Novack murder: Hiring the hit men | Forensic Files

so what what neighborhood are we at right now this is the old part of downtown and uh it's kind of a a rough
eight neighborhood uh they're supposed to be under Redevelopment but I don't think
they've redeveloped anything now here is where two of the killers were right rcia and Gonzalez they both worked
here washing cars and type of wash they would have a pressure cleaner and wash the cars and dry
so this is where they worked H how did christall recruit these guys from what I understand it was just
like neighborhood guys that they they might have had a beer together they might have uh it's a culture that we
can't understand as as casual as you might say to me um you know uh you want to go to a football game they would say
um you want to make a few extra dollars and beat up or scare an old lady and and
like I said it it goes from scaring the old lady will just hit her one time and if from hit her one time we'll make sure
she can't get up and she's disabled and that's the rationale they used I hid her
until she was disabled and she was alive when I left now I'm sure she died because of me hitting her but I didn't
kill her and that's what they actually said these weren't hardened criminals were
they no but we don't know if they're Harden criminals or not they know they were never arrested for violent crimes
they lived a subculture that you and I aren't used to one guy goes up to another and says
I'll give you $500 to use a monkey wrench on an old lady and beat her until she's
disabled oh okay

Former Miami Beach homicide detective Joe Matthews shows "48 Hours" correspondent Troy Roberts the unique location where the men who killed Benji Novack were hired.

Brief Summary

Two men were recruited for violent crimes in a rough neighborhood.

Key points

Recruitment of Local Criminals. A chilling insight into how casual conversations led to violent acts.
The Impact of Violence. A disturbing account of the aftermath of an attack on an elderly woman.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I hid her until she was disabled and she was alive when I left.

A chilling admission about the consequences of violence.

1:09WatchDec 7, 2014

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