453: New York Homicide: Broken Pride (S1E5)

453: New York Homicide: Broken Pride (S1E5)

Author: True Crime Obsessed September 11, 2025 Duration: 46:21
A Brooklyn lesbian couple faces a nightmare after an intruder enters their home and attacks them on the Fourth of July weekend in 1995.  Sylvia Lugo is shot twice, and later dies.  As the police investigate, suspicion falls on her partner - until the real perpetrator is shockingly discovered.

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