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Violate the Public Trust in Murder of Sarasota Senior Citizen
Violate the Public Trust in Murder of Sarasota Senior Citizen
Murder victim Murray Cohen with his son and grandson Murder Victim Murray Cohen and his wife of three weeks,
Murray Cohen lived at 4919 Commonwealth Dr. on Siesta Maria Amurrio Cohen
Key, Sarasota, Florida
Murray Cohen lived at 4919 Commonwealth Dr. on Siesta Maria Amurrio Cohen
Key, Sarasota, Florida
This web site was created to obtain justice
On Janurary 13th, 2003 Murray Cohen who lived at 4919 Commonwealth Dr. died a victim of domestic violence. It was committed upon him by his wife of 3 weeks, Maria Amurrio. He was terrorized, tortured, poisoned, and suffocated. Jeb Bush was the Governor of Florida at the time Murray Cohen was murdered. Governor Bush refused all requests for him to appoint a special prosecutor and order FDLE do a full blown investigation into the Sarasota Sheriffs department’s handling of the case of Murray Cohen.
See Sarasota Herald Tribune Article.
See Fox 13's Recommendation For a Special Prosecutor to be Appointed
Instead, Bush ordered a review of the existing law enforcement file. This mistake doomed any chance of uncovering acts of obstruction of justice, destroying evidence and the fact that Murray Cohen was a victim of a cold blooded murder. Bush’s predecessor, governor Charlie Crist and current governor, Rick Scott refuse to fix Bush’s mistake. They have answered pleas for justice to be served with silence. They have left an American family in Florida with immeasurable anguish over justice being denied.
Letters to Governor Rick Scott:
See Letter From September 29th, 2011
See Letter From March 27th, 2012
Letter to Governor Charlie Crist:
See Letter From July 3rd, 2008
Medical examiner's letter ignored by Governor Crist:
See Letter From June 30th, 2009
Probate attorney confirms Sarasota judges systematically denied due process and allowed evidence of murder to be destroyed.
See Letter to Governor Rick Scott
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Report by former head of Jacksonville FBI Headquarters breathes new chance for justice.
January 23, 2013: James Casey, who headed the Jacksonville FBI headquarters retired in 2012 and went into private practice. One of his new cases was the Case of Murray Cohen.
Mr. Casey was in charge of 250 agents and task force members. He also was in charge of all FBI investigations in 40 counties in Northern Florida.
With the help of Jacksonville Attorney, Mark Gelman, Mr. Case was retained to independently investigate the death of Murray Cohen. After a lengthy investigation, Mr. Casey has concluded that there is probable cause that Murray Cohen’s wife of three weeks, Maria Amurrio, aka, Maria Cohen did cause his death. Mr. Casey also concluded that law enforcement blundered their investigation involving the true cause of Murray Cohen’s death.
See Mr. Casey’s summary and credentials: Report
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Amurrio reports Murray Cohen to not be breathing and totally gone. Seconds after she made this statement, Murray Cohen cries out for an ambulance. With her victim still alive, and the paramedics arriving any second, and in fear of getting caught Amurrio drops the phone in the middle of being instructed on how to do CPR and can be heard yelling at Murray Cohen to "give up". Before listening to the complete call, hear the excerpt from the 911 recording where she is yelling at him in a panic to "give up".
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Hear the April 2013 enhancement of Amurrio yelling at Murray Cohen to "give up". You decide if it's "mi amor" or "give up".
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Hear the 2005 enhancement of Amurrio yelling at Murray Cohen to "give up".
Amurrio told law enforcement and the medical examiner's office that Murray Cohen laid down to take a nap at 4:30pm and never spoke another word.
See Police Report
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Listen to the complete 911 call made by Amurrio.
911 Recording Made By Amurrio:
Nation's top audio forensic expert who does work for the CIA, FBI, and DEA hears Maria Amurrio ordering Murray Cohen to "Give Up"
See Paul Ginsberg
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Forensic Audio Expert's Report Of 911 Call
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Meet Murray's Killer, the Wife of Three Weeks
Maria Amurrio, who also goes by the following names: Maria Antonieta Amurrio Fernandez, Maria Antonieta Amurrio, and Maria Cohen. Maria lives in Sarasota, Florida and is an employee of the State of Florida as a Juvenile Probation Officer for Sarasota County and a DEA informant. She was a special narcotics agent for her home country of Bolivia. The poisonous substance called Corazol Solution which was found in Murray's bedroom the day of his death. Corazol is made in Amurrio's home country of Bolivia. Corazol Solution is banned by the FDA for human consumption in the USA. Maria Antonieta Amurrio was born in Cochaboomba, Bolivia on April 7, 1955.
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The most commonly asked question with this evidence is, "Why isn't this person in jail?". After Murray Cohen's son obtained a copy of the 911 recording through a public record's request, and discovered his father's murder, he contacted the Sarasota Sheriff's Department, who classified his father's death as natural, and told them what he heard. Instead of fixing their grave investigative mistake and doing the right thing, the Sarasota Sheriff's Department took the digital version of the recording and transposed it onto an analog cassette tape. This cassette tape was then copied over and over until Murray Cohen's murder in the background could no longer be heard. This deliberately, manufactured version was sent to the F.B.I. and a transcript was requested.
The F.B.I. declared that the voice that can hardly be heard in the background must be coming from a television. To this day, the F.B.I. refuses to listen to the recording which proves that Murray Cohen was a victim of a cold blooded murder committed by his wife of 3 weeks. The F.B.I. transcript made from the poor quality cassette tape is allowing a cold blooded killer to remain free and allowing the Sarasota Sheriff's Deparment to get away with destruction of evidence and obstruction of justice. No governmental authority in Florida will help this family.
The poor quality 911 recording sent to the FBI was so bad that the FBI analyst says he hears Amurrio yelling the words "mi amor", not "give up".
See FBI Report
Nation's top audio expert, Paul Ginsberg believes that the FBI was given a bad copy of the 911 recording.
See Paul Ginsberg
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Geraldo At Large:
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Why did Sarasota Sheriff's Counsel, Kurt Hoffman obtain an ex parte court order to destroy evidence of a cold blooded murder?
See Letter from Orlando Sentinel
Letter
On December 7th, 2007, Murray Cohen's family hired a certified Dictaphone expert to retrieve the original call directly from the hard drive after a 16 hour examination. The expert discovered all of the 911 calls on the day of Murray Cohen's death were deliberately deleted.
Computer Expert Confirms 911 Calls Deliberately Deleted
Affidavit
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Current Governor of Florida, Rick Scott
As of August 20th, 2012, Governor Rick Scott's office refuses to acknowledge two letters requesting the governor's assistance to obtain justice and closure for Murray Cohen and his family.
Attorney Mark Gelman's September 29, 2011 letter
See Letter
Why did Sarasota Sheriff's Counsel, Kurt Hoffman obtain an ex parte court order to destroy evidence of a cold blooded murder?
The Orlando Sentinel did a public records request for access to the hard drive containing proof that Murray Cohen was murdered. Kurt Hoffman immediately ran to Sarasota Judge Andrew Owens and quickly obtained an order to immediately destroy the hard drive with a public records request pending.
Why did the Attorney General of Florida, Bill McColllum under Governor Charlie Crist refuse to prosecute and enforce the public records request laws of Florida? As of 5/14/12, the Sarasota Sheriff's department has never turned over or allowed access to the original first generation copy which was archived onto a DVD. After denying the existence of the archived DVD, Hoffman changed his story and came up with numerous archived DVDs. Hoffman came up with all the 911 calls for December 2002 through February 2003, accept the 911 calls from January 1, 2003 thru January 15th. What did Hoffman do with those calls?
Why did Florida Department of Law Enforcement allow Hoffman to get away with destruction of evidence and obstruction of justice?
Why did Sarasota State Attorney, Earl Moreland allow Kurt Hoffman and the Sarasota Sheriff's Department to get away with covering up a murder and violating Florida's Public Records Request laws?
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Why did the State of Florida, Governor Charlie Crist and the Attorney General allow Hoffman to get away with obstruction of justice?
Why did the Attorney General of Florida, Bill McColllum under Governor Charlie Crist refuse to prosecute and enforce the public records request laws of Florida? As of 5/14/12, the Sarasota Sheriff's department has never turned over or allowed access to the original first generation copy which was archived onto a DVD. After denying the existence of the archived DVD, Hoffman changed his story and came up with numerous archived DVDs. Hoffman came up with all the 911 calls for December 2002 through February 2003, accept the 911 calls from January 1, 2003 thru January 15th. What did Hoffman do with those calls?
Why did Florida Department of Law Enforcement allow Hoffman to get away with destruction of evidence and obstruction of justice?
Why did Sarasota State Attorney, Earl Moreland allow Kurt Hoffman and the Sarasota Sheriff's Department to get away with covering up a murder and violating Florida's Public Records Request laws?
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Why did the State of Florida, Governor Charlie Crist and the Attorney General allow Hoffman to get away with obstruction of justice?
See Letter from Orlando Sentinel
Letter
On December 7th, 2007, Murray Cohen's family hired a certified Dictaphone expert to retrieve the original call directly from the hard drive after a 16 hour examination. The expert discovered all of the 911 calls on the day of Murray Cohen's death were deliberately deleted.
Computer Expert Confirms 911 Calls Deliberately Deleted
Affidavit
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Fox 13 Tampa, 2005
Gaidecom Transcript
Gaidecom Call Log
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January 13th, 2012:
Today, January 13, 2012, marks the ninth anniversary that a cold blooded killer escaped justice and an American family denied their constitutional rights to equal justice, and the right to life.
This severe case of American injustice started the day Murray Cohen was poisoned, tortured and suffocated by his wife of three weeks, Maria Amurrio Cohen. After murdering Murray Cohen, Amurrio-Cohen was hired as a Juvenile Probation Officer for Sarasota County employed by the State of Florida.
The Sheriff at the time of Murray Cohen's death was William Balkwill, one of the most corrupt Sheriff's the State of Florida ever employed. With the blessing of Balkwill, Murray Cohen's murder was covered up and obstruction of justice was committed.
Balkwill announced he would not run for another term as Sheriff. Eventually, Balkwill was exposed for what he really stood for and was charged with stealing public property and was found guilty of destroying evidence in a civil case in which he was the defendant. (link to News article)
Sarasota Sheriff's detective, Chris Hallisey, who was assigned to look into the Cohen case falsified witness statements and with the help of Detective Dave Scott and Sergeant Paul Richards, altered evidence of murder. Eventually, Detective Chris Hallisey was arrested for felony doctor shopping and possession of a large quantity of the pain killer, Oxycodone. See News Article. In the ultimate move to obstruct justice and make sure that the true cause of Murray Cohen's death would never be known, Hallisey, Scott and Richard altered the 911 recording in which Murray could be heard being murdered in the back ground . They deliberately took the crystal clear digital recording of the 911 call and transferred it on to a cassette tape. They then made multiple generations of the cassette tape until Murray's voice could hardly be heard. This poor quality version was sent to the FBI requesting an analysis. Hallisey, Scott and Richard knew that the FBI would not be able to clearly hear Murray's voice or be able to determine if the voice in the background was coming from inside his house. See letter. The FBI report which was used to neutralize any attempt to prove murder: See FBI Report. Unfortunately for Hallisey, Scott and Richards, they made their deliberately poor quality version after Murray Cohen's son obtained a clear version through a public records request shortly after his death.
On December 7th, 2005, Murray Cohen’s son hired computer expert, William Tidwell to retrieve the pristine crystal clear 911 call directly from the hard drive of the system in place the day Murray Cohen was murdered. In spite of a court order to retain and protect the hard drive containing the call, Mr. Tidwell discovered that all the 911 calls for January 13, 2003 were deliberately deleted from the main hard drive and the back up auxiliary recorder. See Tidwell Affidavit. Sheriff’s Counsel/ Major, Kurt Hoffman was present for the examination. Hoffman was shown what Mr. Tidwell discovered. Murray Cohen’s son demanded an investigation of the deleted calls. Hoffman refused. Murray Cohen’s son contacted the Orlando Sentinel newspaper to tell his story, because the Sarasota Herald Tribune newspaper had no interest. The day the Orlando Sentinel did a public records request for access to the hard drive, Sheriff’s Counsel Kurt Hoffman ran to Circuit Court Judge, Andrew Owens and obtained an ex-parte Court order allowing Hoffman to have the hard drive destroyed.
Murray Cohen died an unattended death with a lethal poison found near his body. In spite of Florida law requiring an autopsy, and his family requesting one, no autopsy was performed.
The Governor at the time of Murray Cohen’s death was Jeb Bush. Jeb Bush ordered a review of the Sarasota Sheriffs case file regarding the death of Murray Cohen. See Article. Investigative reporter Doug Smith, of Fox 13 Tampa investigated the death of Murray Cohen and uncovered a wealth of irrefutable evidence which pointed to murder and obstruction of justice. Investigative reporter Doug Smith, recommended to Murray Cohen's family that they contact Governor Bush's office and request that he appoint a special prosecutor and order FDLE to do a full blown investigation. See Letter. Murray Cohen's family's request was denied. After Bush's second term, Charlie Crist became the next governor of Florida. During his four years in office, pleas for assistance to obtain justice fell on deaf ears. See Letter. Murray Cohen’s Family’s pro bono Attorney, Mark Gelman of Jacksonville, requested a meeting with Crist and it was denied.
On September 29, 2011, attorney Mark Gelman sent a letter to the current Governor of Florida, Rick Scott requesting his assistance as the chief executive of Florida to help facilitate justice being served and allowing Murray' family closure. See Letter. To this day, Attorney Gelman’s letter and request for a meeting has been met with silence.
The state of Florida refuses to admit that their classification of Murray Cohen's death as natural is a mistake and false. The state of Florida refuses to prosecute Murray’s killer and hold the people accountable who have committed obstruction of justice in the Case of Murray Cohen. The state of Florida is making sure that they never have to admit or face liability for the malicious attacks that have been done to a murder victim's family and the pillaging of his $1.3million dollar estate. See Letter.
Only assistance from out side the state of Florida and public exposure will correct the denial of justice, and bring a cold blooded killer to justice. The media who covered the death of Murray Cohen have done a great disservice to the American justice system, the people of Sarasota and Murray Cohen's family when they gave up their integrity as journalists and catered to the wishes of the powerful politicians in the State of Florida who wanted the story stopped. These news outlets that covered this story failed everyone in the State of Florida when they accepted no answers to legitimate questions raised during their investigation into the death of Murray Cohen.
This severe case of American injustice started the day Murray Cohen was poisoned, tortured and suffocated by his wife of three weeks, Maria Amurrio Cohen. After murdering Murray Cohen, Amurrio-Cohen was hired as a Juvenile Probation Officer for Sarasota County employed by the State of Florida.
The Sheriff at the time of Murray Cohen's death was William Balkwill, one of the most corrupt Sheriff's the State of Florida ever employed. With the blessing of Balkwill, Murray Cohen's murder was covered up and obstruction of justice was committed.
Balkwill announced he would not run for another term as Sheriff. Eventually, Balkwill was exposed for what he really stood for and was charged with stealing public property and was found guilty of destroying evidence in a civil case in which he was the defendant. (link to News article)
Sarasota Sheriff's detective, Chris Hallisey, who was assigned to look into the Cohen case falsified witness statements and with the help of Detective Dave Scott and Sergeant Paul Richards, altered evidence of murder. Eventually, Detective Chris Hallisey was arrested for felony doctor shopping and possession of a large quantity of the pain killer, Oxycodone. See News Article. In the ultimate move to obstruct justice and make sure that the true cause of Murray Cohen's death would never be known, Hallisey, Scott and Richard altered the 911 recording in which Murray could be heard being murdered in the back ground . They deliberately took the crystal clear digital recording of the 911 call and transferred it on to a cassette tape. They then made multiple generations of the cassette tape until Murray's voice could hardly be heard. This poor quality version was sent to the FBI requesting an analysis. Hallisey, Scott and Richard knew that the FBI would not be able to clearly hear Murray's voice or be able to determine if the voice in the background was coming from inside his house. See letter. The FBI report which was used to neutralize any attempt to prove murder: See FBI Report. Unfortunately for Hallisey, Scott and Richards, they made their deliberately poor quality version after Murray Cohen's son obtained a clear version through a public records request shortly after his death.
On December 7th, 2005, Murray Cohen’s son hired computer expert, William Tidwell to retrieve the pristine crystal clear 911 call directly from the hard drive of the system in place the day Murray Cohen was murdered. In spite of a court order to retain and protect the hard drive containing the call, Mr. Tidwell discovered that all the 911 calls for January 13, 2003 were deliberately deleted from the main hard drive and the back up auxiliary recorder. See Tidwell Affidavit. Sheriff’s Counsel/ Major, Kurt Hoffman was present for the examination. Hoffman was shown what Mr. Tidwell discovered. Murray Cohen’s son demanded an investigation of the deleted calls. Hoffman refused. Murray Cohen’s son contacted the Orlando Sentinel newspaper to tell his story, because the Sarasota Herald Tribune newspaper had no interest. The day the Orlando Sentinel did a public records request for access to the hard drive, Sheriff’s Counsel Kurt Hoffman ran to Circuit Court Judge, Andrew Owens and obtained an ex-parte Court order allowing Hoffman to have the hard drive destroyed.
Murray Cohen died an unattended death with a lethal poison found near his body. In spite of Florida law requiring an autopsy, and his family requesting one, no autopsy was performed.
The Governor at the time of Murray Cohen’s death was Jeb Bush. Jeb Bush ordered a review of the Sarasota Sheriffs case file regarding the death of Murray Cohen. See Article. Investigative reporter Doug Smith, of Fox 13 Tampa investigated the death of Murray Cohen and uncovered a wealth of irrefutable evidence which pointed to murder and obstruction of justice. Investigative reporter Doug Smith, recommended to Murray Cohen's family that they contact Governor Bush's office and request that he appoint a special prosecutor and order FDLE to do a full blown investigation. See Letter. Murray Cohen's family's request was denied. After Bush's second term, Charlie Crist became the next governor of Florida. During his four years in office, pleas for assistance to obtain justice fell on deaf ears. See Letter. Murray Cohen’s Family’s pro bono Attorney, Mark Gelman of Jacksonville, requested a meeting with Crist and it was denied.
On September 29, 2011, attorney Mark Gelman sent a letter to the current Governor of Florida, Rick Scott requesting his assistance as the chief executive of Florida to help facilitate justice being served and allowing Murray' family closure. See Letter. To this day, Attorney Gelman’s letter and request for a meeting has been met with silence.
The state of Florida refuses to admit that their classification of Murray Cohen's death as natural is a mistake and false. The state of Florida refuses to prosecute Murray’s killer and hold the people accountable who have committed obstruction of justice in the Case of Murray Cohen. The state of Florida is making sure that they never have to admit or face liability for the malicious attacks that have been done to a murder victim's family and the pillaging of his $1.3million dollar estate. See Letter.
Only assistance from out side the state of Florida and public exposure will correct the denial of justice, and bring a cold blooded killer to justice. The media who covered the death of Murray Cohen have done a great disservice to the American justice system, the people of Sarasota and Murray Cohen's family when they gave up their integrity as journalists and catered to the wishes of the powerful politicians in the State of Florida who wanted the story stopped. These news outlets that covered this story failed everyone in the State of Florida when they accepted no answers to legitimate questions raised during their investigation into the death of Murray Cohen.
See Sarasota Herald Tribune's 4th article regarding the case of Murray Cohen. Florida Department of Law Enforcement confirms their inquiry into the death of Murray Cohen is not an investigation, only a review.
Article
Why did Sarasota Herald Tribune and investigative reporter Matthew Doig deliberately and falsely call Florida Department of Law Enforcement's review "an investigation"in their last article to deceive the public and allow these agencies to get away with not answering the questions that point to a cold blooded murder?
Article
Article
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Is this Amurrio?
Governor Charlie Crist refused to help Murray Cohen's family obtain justice and closure
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Fox 13 Newscast:
Fox 13 Newscast:
Stephen Beninati was Murray Cohen's stock broker in New York City. As fate has it, Mr. Beninati had a pre-arranged appointment on January 13, 2003. Mr. Beninati called during Murray Cohen's murder. Please see sworn statement made by Beninati six months after Murray Cohen's death. Statement <=== Click Here
The video sworn Deposition of Stephen Beninati speaks for itself. Mr. Beninati called Murray Cohen’s house on January 13, 2003. Mr. Beninati’s recollection of what he heard in the background and his description of Amurrio’s disposition proves he is an ear witness to a murder. Mr. Beninati also confirms that Sarasota Sheriff’s Detective Chris Hallisey was not interested in discovering evidence which proved that Murray Cohen was murdered. Why would detective Hallisey ignore evidence of murder? Why would Detective Chris Hallisey create a falsified time line to change the series of events which Mr. Beninati was a witness to?
Nationally Known Audio Expert Paul Ginsberg Confirms FBI Was Given A Bad Copy Of The 911 Call
FBI Report
Click Here
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Murderer Amurrio admitted to signing and destroying a prenuptual agreement she did with Murray Cohen:
Prenuptual
Amurrio's Signed Page
Murray's Signed Page
Amurrio Depo Excerpt
Murray Cohen's Best Friend Confirms He Did A Pre-nupt
Amurrio testified under oath that after Murray died, the only part of the pre-nupt she found in an envelope was her schedule of assets and his. Amurrio was asked under oath where the envelope for the pre-nupt was. She stated that she might have thrown it out. Stealing Murray's assets was her motive for murder.
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Murderer Amurrio admitted to signing and destroying a prenuptual agreement she did with Murray Cohen:
Prenuptual
Amurrio's Signed Page
Murray's Signed Page
Amurrio Depo Excerpt
Murray Cohen's Best Friend Confirms He Did A Pre-nupt
Amurrio testified under oath that after Murray died, the only part of the pre-nupt she found in an envelope was her schedule of assets and his. Amurrio was asked under oath where the envelope for the pre-nupt was. She stated that she might have thrown it out. Stealing Murray's assets was her motive for murder.
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Killer’s hand picked Judge, Thomas M. Gallen deals final injustice to Murray Cohen and his family
On January 27, 2011, after taking Murray’s life, stealing his grandson’s college fund, Murray’s $269,000 retirement account, all his other bank accounts, a 1936 antique truck Murray bequest to his grandson which was to be handed down from generation to generation, all his family heirlooms, filing a false accounting of Murray’s assets, committing perjury numerous times under oath, the murderer’s hand picked judge, twelfth judicial circuit court, Thomas Gallen who for four years dismissed motions with no hearings and refused to hear evidence of murder and theft, discharged Amurrio as personal representative of her victim’s estate.
Amurrio’s hand picked Judge, Thomas Gallen trashed and disrespected Murray Cohen’s Will and murderer Amurrio, who was the personal representative of Murray’s estate, left Murray’s only grandson who was the major beneficiary of Murray’s Will not one penny. Amurrio admitted under oath and in a video deposition that shortly after Murray’s death she transferred all of Murray’s assets into her own personal account. Documents show after stealing Murray’s assets, she put the money in trust for her own son Boris Arias, who resides in the state of New Jersey.
What other murder suspects are allowed to call the agency investigating them for an update?
Killer's Special Request
Murray's last wishes and prenupt were trashed by the judges of the 12th circuit court of Sarasota. The killer was allowed to steal her victim's estate.
Murray's Will
Killer's Special Request
Murray's last wishes and prenupt were trashed by the judges of the 12th circuit court of Sarasota. The killer was allowed to steal her victim's estate.
Murray's Will
Judge Finds Sheriff Balkwill Deliberately Deleted 11,000 Files From His Laptop
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Lead Detective In Cohen Case Arrested For Doctor Shopping
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Judge Orders Sanctions Against Balkwill For Destruction Of Evidence
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Murder victim Murray Cohen with his son and grandson Murder Victim Murray Cohen and his wife of three weeks,
Murray Cohen lived at 4919 Commonwealth Dr. on Siesta Maria Amurrio Cohen
Key, Sarasota, Florida
Murray Cohen lived at 4919 Commonwealth Dr. on Siesta Maria Amurrio Cohen
Key, Sarasota, Florida
This web site was created to obtain justice
On Janurary 13th, 2003 Murray Cohen who lived at 4919 Commonwealth Dr. died a victim of domestic violence. It was committed upon him by his wife of 3 weeks, Maria Amurrio. He was terrorized, tortured, poisoned, and suffocated. Jeb Bush was the Governor of Florida at the time Murray Cohen was murdered. Governor Bush refused all requests for him to appoint a special prosecutor and order FDLE do a full blown investigation into the Sarasota Sheriffs department’s handling of the case of Murray Cohen.
See Sarasota Herald Tribune Article.
See Fox 13's Recommendation For a Special Prosecutor to be Appointed
Instead, Bush ordered a review of the existing law enforcement file. This mistake doomed any chance of uncovering acts of obstruction of justice, destroying evidence and the fact that Murray Cohen was a victim of a cold blooded murder. Bush’s predecessor, governor Charlie Crist and current governor, Rick Scott refuse to fix Bush’s mistake. They have answered pleas for justice to be served with silence. They have left an American family in Florida with immeasurable anguish over justice being denied.
Letters to Governor Rick Scott:
See Letter From September 29th, 2011
See Letter From March 27th, 2012
Letter to Governor Charlie Crist:
See Letter From July 3rd, 2008
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Report by former head of Jacksonville FBI Headquarters breathes new chance for justice.
January 23, 2013: James Casey, who headed the Jacksonville FBI headquarters retired in 2012 and went into private practice. One of his new cases was the Case of Murray Cohen.
Mr. Casey was in charge of 250 agents and task force members. He also was in charge of all FBI investigations in 40 counties in Northern Florida.
With the help of Jacksonville Attorney, Mark Gelman, Mr. Case was retained to independently investigate the death of Murray Cohen. After a lengthy investigation, Mr. Casey has concluded that there is probable cause that Murray Cohen’s wife of three weeks, Maria Amurrio, aka, Maria Cohen did cause his death. Mr. Casey also concluded that law enforcement blundered their investigation involving the true cause of Murray Cohen’s death.
See Mr. Casey’s summary and credentials: Report
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Amurrio reports Murray Cohen to not be breathing and totally gone. Seconds after she made this statement, Murray Cohen cries out for an ambulance. With her victim still alive, and the paramedics arriving any second, and in fear of getting caught Amurrio drops the phone in the middle of being instructed on how to do CPR and can be heard yelling at Murray Cohen to "give up". Before listening to the complete call, hear the excerpt from the 911 recording where she is yelling at him in a panic to "give up".
Excerpt from recording of Amurrio yelling at Murray Cohen to "give up".
Amurrio told law enforcement and the medical examiner's office that Murray Cohen laid down to take a nap at 4:30pm and never spoke another word.
See Police Report
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Listen to the complete 911 call made by Amurrio.
911 Recording Made By Amurrio:
Nation's top audio forensic expert who does work for the CIA, FBI, and DEA hears Maria Amurrio ordering Murray Cohen to "Give Up"
See Paul Ginsberg
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Forensic Audio Expert's Report Of 911 Call
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The most commonly asked question with this evidence is, "Why isn't this person in jail?". After Murray Cohen's son obtained a copy of the 911 recording through a public record's request, and discovered his father's murder, he contacted the Sarasota Sheriff's Department, who classified his father's death as natural, and told them what he heard. Instead of fixing their grave investigative mistake and doing the right thing, the Sarasota Sheriff's Department took the digital version of the recording and transposed it onto an analog cassette tape. This cassette tape was then copied over and over until Murray Cohen's murder in the background could no longer be heard. This deliberately, manufactured version was sent to the F.B.I. and a transcript was requested.
The F.B.I. declared that the voice that can hardly be heard in the background must be coming from a television. To this day, the F.B.I. refuses to listen to the recording which proves that Murray Cohen was a victim of a cold blooded murder committed by his wife of 3 weeks. The F.B.I. transcript made from the poor quality cassette tape is allowing a cold blooded killer to remain free and allowing the Sarasota Sheriff's Deparment to get away with destruction of evidence and obstruction of justice. No governmental authority in Florida will help this family.
The poor quality 911 recording sent to the FBI was so bad that the FBI analyst says he hears Amurrio yelling the words "mi amor", not "give up".
See FBI Report
Nation's top audio expert, Paul Ginsberg believes that the FBI was given a bad copy of the 911 recording.
See Paul Ginsberg
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Geraldo At Large:
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Why did Sarasota Sheriff's Counsel, Kurt Hoffman obtain an ex parte court order to destroy evidence of a cold blooded murder?
See Letter from Orlando Sentinel
Letter
Computer Expert Confirms 911 Calls Deliberately Deleted
Affidavit
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Current Governor of Florida, Rick Scott
As of August 20th, 2012, Governor Rick Scott's office refuses to acknowledge two letters requesting the governor's assistance to obtain justice and closure for Murray Cohen and his family.
Attorney Mark Gelman's September 29, 2011 letter
See Letter
Why did Sarasota Sheriff's Counsel, Kurt Hoffman obtain an ex parte court order to destroy evidence of a cold blooded murder?
The Orlando Sentinel did a public records request for access to the hard drive containing proof that Murray Cohen was murdered. Kurt Hoffman immediately ran to Sarasota Judge Andrew Owens and quickly obtained an order to immediately destroy the hard drive with a public records request pending.
Why did the Attorney General of Florida, Bill McColllum under Governor Charlie Crist refuse to prosecute and enforce the public records request laws of Florida? As of 5/14/12, the Sarasota Sheriff's department has never turned over or allowed access to the original first generation copy which was archived onto a DVD. After denying the existence of the archived DVD, Hoffman changed his story and came up with numerous archived DVDs. Hoffman came up with all the 911 calls for December 2002 through February 2003, accept the 911 calls from January 1, 2003 thru January 15th. What did Hoffman do with those calls?
Why did Florida Department of Law Enforcement allow Hoffman to get away with destruction of evidence and obstruction of justice?
Why did Sarasota State Attorney, Earl Moreland allow Kurt Hoffman and the Sarasota Sheriff's Department to get away with covering up a murder and violating Florida's Public Records Request laws?
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Why did the State of Florida, Governor Charlie Crist and the Attorney General allow Hoffman to get away with obstruction of justice?
Why did the Attorney General of Florida, Bill McColllum under Governor Charlie Crist refuse to prosecute and enforce the public records request laws of Florida? As of 5/14/12, the Sarasota Sheriff's department has never turned over or allowed access to the original first generation copy which was archived onto a DVD. After denying the existence of the archived DVD, Hoffman changed his story and came up with numerous archived DVDs. Hoffman came up with all the 911 calls for December 2002 through February 2003, accept the 911 calls from January 1, 2003 thru January 15th. What did Hoffman do with those calls?
Why did Florida Department of Law Enforcement allow Hoffman to get away with destruction of evidence and obstruction of justice?
Why did Sarasota State Attorney, Earl Moreland allow Kurt Hoffman and the Sarasota Sheriff's Department to get away with covering up a murder and violating Florida's Public Records Request laws?
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Why did the State of Florida, Governor Charlie Crist and the Attorney General allow Hoffman to get away with obstruction of justice?
See Letter from Orlando Sentinel
Letter
Computer Expert Confirms 911 Calls Deliberately Deleted
Affidavit
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Fox 13 Tampa, 2005
Gaidecom Transcript
Gaidecom Call Log
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January 13th, 2012:
Today, January 13, 2012, marks the ninth anniversary that a cold blooded killer escaped justice and an American family denied their constitutional rights to equal justice, and the right to life.
This severe case of American injustice started the day Murray Cohen was poisoned, tortured and suffocated by his wife of three weeks, Maria Amurrio Cohen. After murdering Murray Cohen, Amurrio-Cohen was hired as a Juvenile Probation Officer for Sarasota County employed by the State of Florida.
The Sheriff at the time of Murray Cohen's death was William Balkwill, one of the most corrupt Sheriff's the State of Florida ever employed. With the blessing of Balkwill, Murray Cohen's murder was covered up and obstruction of justice was committed.
Balkwill announced he would not run for another term as Sheriff. Eventually, Balkwill was exposed for what he really stood for and was charged with stealing public property and was found guilty of destroying evidence in a civil case in which he was the defendant. (link to News article)
Sarasota Sheriff's detective, Chris Hallisey, who was assigned to look into the Cohen case falsified witness statements and with the help of Detective Dave Scott and Sergeant Paul Richards, altered evidence of murder. Eventually, Detective Chris Hallisey was arrested for felony doctor shopping and possession of a large quantity of the pain killer, Oxycodone. See News Article. In the ultimate move to obstruct justice and make sure that the true cause of Murray Cohen's death would never be known, Hallisey, Scott and Richard altered the 911 recording in which Murray could be heard being murdered in the back ground . They deliberately took the crystal clear digital recording of the 911 call and transferred it on to a cassette tape. They then made multiple generations of the cassette tape until Murray's voice could hardly be heard. This poor quality version was sent to the FBI requesting an analysis. Hallisey, Scott and Richard knew that the FBI would not be able to clearly hear Murray's voice or be able to determine if the voice in the background was coming from inside his house. See letter. The FBI report which was used to neutralize any attempt to prove murder: See FBI Report. Unfortunately for Hallisey, Scott and Richards, they made their deliberately poor quality version after Murray Cohen's son obtained a clear version through a public records request shortly after his death.
On December 7th, 2005, Murray Cohen’s son hired computer expert, William Tidwell to retrieve the pristine crystal clear 911 call directly from the hard drive of the system in place the day Murray Cohen was murdered. In spite of a court order to retain and protect the hard drive containing the call, Mr. Tidwell discovered that all the 911 calls for January 13, 2003 were deliberately deleted from the main hard drive and the back up auxiliary recorder. See Tidwell Affidavit. Sheriff’s Counsel/ Major, Kurt Hoffman was present for the examination. Hoffman was shown what Mr. Tidwell discovered. Murray Cohen’s son demanded an investigation of the deleted calls. Hoffman refused. Murray Cohen’s son contacted the Orlando Sentinel newspaper to tell his story, because the Sarasota Herald Tribune newspaper had no interest. The day the Orlando Sentinel did a public records request for access to the hard drive, Sheriff’s Counsel Kurt Hoffman ran to Circuit Court Judge, Andrew Owens and obtained an ex-parte Court order allowing Hoffman to have the hard drive destroyed.
Murray Cohen died an unattended death with a lethal poison found near his body. In spite of Florida law requiring an autopsy, and his family requesting one, no autopsy was performed.
The Governor at the time of Murray Cohen’s death was Jeb Bush. Jeb Bush ordered a review of the Sarasota Sheriffs case file regarding the death of Murray Cohen. See Article. Investigative reporter Doug Smith, of Fox 13 Tampa investigated the death of Murray Cohen and uncovered a wealth of irrefutable evidence which pointed to murder and obstruction of justice. Investigative reporter Doug Smith, recommended to Murray Cohen's family that they contact Governor Bush's office and request that he appoint a special prosecutor and order FDLE to do a full blown investigation. See Letter. Murray Cohen's family's request was denied. After Bush's second term, Charlie Crist became the next governor of Florida. During his four years in office, pleas for assistance to obtain justice fell on deaf ears. See Letter. Murray Cohen’s Family’s pro bono Attorney, Mark Gelman of Jacksonville, requested a meeting with Crist and it was denied.
On September 29, 2011, attorney Mark Gelman sent a letter to the current Governor of Florida, Rick Scott requesting his assistance as the chief executive of Florida to help facilitate justice being served and allowing Murray' family closure. See Letter. To this day, Attorney Gelman’s letter and request for a meeting has been met with silence.
The state of Florida refuses to admit that their classification of Murray Cohen's death as natural is a mistake and false. The state of Florida refuses to prosecute Murray’s killer and hold the people accountable who have committed obstruction of justice in the Case of Murray Cohen. The state of Florida is making sure that they never have to admit or face liability for the malicious attacks that have been done to a murder victim's family and the pillaging of his $1.3million dollar estate. See Letter.
Only assistance from out side the state of Florida and public exposure will correct the denial of justice, and bring a cold blooded killer to justice. The media who covered the death of Murray Cohen have done a great disservice to the American justice system, the people of Sarasota and Murray Cohen's family when they gave up their integrity as journalists and catered to the wishes of the powerful politicians in the State of Florida who wanted the story stopped. These news outlets that covered this story failed everyone in the State of Florida when they accepted no answers to legitimate questions raised during their investigation into the death of Murray Cohen.
This severe case of American injustice started the day Murray Cohen was poisoned, tortured and suffocated by his wife of three weeks, Maria Amurrio Cohen. After murdering Murray Cohen, Amurrio-Cohen was hired as a Juvenile Probation Officer for Sarasota County employed by the State of Florida.
The Sheriff at the time of Murray Cohen's death was William Balkwill, one of the most corrupt Sheriff's the State of Florida ever employed. With the blessing of Balkwill, Murray Cohen's murder was covered up and obstruction of justice was committed.
Balkwill announced he would not run for another term as Sheriff. Eventually, Balkwill was exposed for what he really stood for and was charged with stealing public property and was found guilty of destroying evidence in a civil case in which he was the defendant. (link to News article)
Sarasota Sheriff's detective, Chris Hallisey, who was assigned to look into the Cohen case falsified witness statements and with the help of Detective Dave Scott and Sergeant Paul Richards, altered evidence of murder. Eventually, Detective Chris Hallisey was arrested for felony doctor shopping and possession of a large quantity of the pain killer, Oxycodone. See News Article. In the ultimate move to obstruct justice and make sure that the true cause of Murray Cohen's death would never be known, Hallisey, Scott and Richard altered the 911 recording in which Murray could be heard being murdered in the back ground . They deliberately took the crystal clear digital recording of the 911 call and transferred it on to a cassette tape. They then made multiple generations of the cassette tape until Murray's voice could hardly be heard. This poor quality version was sent to the FBI requesting an analysis. Hallisey, Scott and Richard knew that the FBI would not be able to clearly hear Murray's voice or be able to determine if the voice in the background was coming from inside his house. See letter. The FBI report which was used to neutralize any attempt to prove murder: See FBI Report. Unfortunately for Hallisey, Scott and Richards, they made their deliberately poor quality version after Murray Cohen's son obtained a clear version through a public records request shortly after his death.
On December 7th, 2005, Murray Cohen’s son hired computer expert, William Tidwell to retrieve the pristine crystal clear 911 call directly from the hard drive of the system in place the day Murray Cohen was murdered. In spite of a court order to retain and protect the hard drive containing the call, Mr. Tidwell discovered that all the 911 calls for January 13, 2003 were deliberately deleted from the main hard drive and the back up auxiliary recorder. See Tidwell Affidavit. Sheriff’s Counsel/ Major, Kurt Hoffman was present for the examination. Hoffman was shown what Mr. Tidwell discovered. Murray Cohen’s son demanded an investigation of the deleted calls. Hoffman refused. Murray Cohen’s son contacted the Orlando Sentinel newspaper to tell his story, because the Sarasota Herald Tribune newspaper had no interest. The day the Orlando Sentinel did a public records request for access to the hard drive, Sheriff’s Counsel Kurt Hoffman ran to Circuit Court Judge, Andrew Owens and obtained an ex-parte Court order allowing Hoffman to have the hard drive destroyed.
Murray Cohen died an unattended death with a lethal poison found near his body. In spite of Florida law requiring an autopsy, and his family requesting one, no autopsy was performed.
The Governor at the time of Murray Cohen’s death was Jeb Bush. Jeb Bush ordered a review of the Sarasota Sheriffs case file regarding the death of Murray Cohen. See Article. Investigative reporter Doug Smith, of Fox 13 Tampa investigated the death of Murray Cohen and uncovered a wealth of irrefutable evidence which pointed to murder and obstruction of justice. Investigative reporter Doug Smith, recommended to Murray Cohen's family that they contact Governor Bush's office and request that he appoint a special prosecutor and order FDLE to do a full blown investigation. See Letter. Murray Cohen's family's request was denied. After Bush's second term, Charlie Crist became the next governor of Florida. During his four years in office, pleas for assistance to obtain justice fell on deaf ears. See Letter. Murray Cohen’s Family’s pro bono Attorney, Mark Gelman of Jacksonville, requested a meeting with Crist and it was denied.
On September 29, 2011, attorney Mark Gelman sent a letter to the current Governor of Florida, Rick Scott requesting his assistance as the chief executive of Florida to help facilitate justice being served and allowing Murray' family closure. See Letter. To this day, Attorney Gelman’s letter and request for a meeting has been met with silence.
The state of Florida refuses to admit that their classification of Murray Cohen's death as natural is a mistake and false. The state of Florida refuses to prosecute Murray’s killer and hold the people accountable who have committed obstruction of justice in the Case of Murray Cohen. The state of Florida is making sure that they never have to admit or face liability for the malicious attacks that have been done to a murder victim's family and the pillaging of his $1.3million dollar estate. See Letter.
Only assistance from out side the state of Florida and public exposure will correct the denial of justice, and bring a cold blooded killer to justice. The media who covered the death of Murray Cohen have done a great disservice to the American justice system, the people of Sarasota and Murray Cohen's family when they gave up their integrity as journalists and catered to the wishes of the powerful politicians in the State of Florida who wanted the story stopped. These news outlets that covered this story failed everyone in the State of Florida when they accepted no answers to legitimate questions raised during their investigation into the death of Murray Cohen.
See Sarasota Herald Tribune's 4th article regarding the case of Murray Cohen. Florida Department of Law Enforcement confirms their inquiry into the death of Murray Cohen is not an investigation, only a review.
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Why did Sarasota Herald Tribune and investigative reporter Matthew Doig deliberately and falsely call Florida Department of Law Enforcement's review "an investigation"in their last article to deceive the public and allow these agencies to get away with not answering the questions that point to a cold blooded murder?
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Meet Murray's Killer, the Wife of Three Weeks
Maria Amurrio, who also goes by the following names: Maria Antonieta Amurrio Fernandez, Maria Antonieta Amurrio, and Maria Cohen. Maria lives in Sarasota, Florida and is an employee of the State of Florida as a Juvenile Probation Officer for Sarasota County and a DEA informant. She was a special narcotics agent for her home country of Bolivia. The poisonous substance called Corazol Solution which was found in Murray's bedroom the day of his death. Corazol is made in Amurrio's home country of Bolivia. Corazol Solution is banned by the FDA for human consumption in the USA. Maria Antonieta Amurrio was born in Cochaboomba, Bolivia on April 7, 1955.
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Is this Amurrio?
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Governor Charlie Crist refused to help Murray Cohen's family obtain justice and closure
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