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''Halpern, 28, was found tied up, beaten and with his throat slashed inside his Miramar townhome.
At a news conference Wednesday, Miramar Police officials said detectives believe a group of people knocked on his door and that he let them inside.
"We know that Billy was safety conscious, we know that he would not have opened the door to anyone he either didn't know or didn't like," Det. Danny Smith said. "There was no forced entry at this house so our working theory is we had multiple people in broad daylight who went to Billy's townhome, knocked on the door, Billy allowed them into the house because he probably knew one or more of the people that were in this group. They pushed their way in. Once inside, Billy was bound, beaten and ultimately killed, his throat was slashed from ear to ear. This was done in broad daylight."
Halpern had been a former firefighter and bodybuilder who worked out at the Apollo gym in Hollywood, and his killing has been tied to a string of other murders back in the '80s that have been linked with the gym.
The gym's owner, Hubert "Bert" Christie, and a former Miami-Dade Police Officer, Gilbert Fernandez, were arrested and later convicted in the murders of three other people.''
''At a news conference Wednesday, police said they now believe Halpern was killed over something he heard or saw, in an attempt to keep him quiet.''
New developments, DNA evidence have police a step closer to solving Miramar man's 1986 murder
New developments and DNA evidence in a man’s brutal 1986 murder in Miramar have police one step closer to closing the cold case.
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By Lena Salzbank and Brian Hamacher • Published 58 mins ago''
''Halpern, 28, was found tied up, beaten and with his throat slashed inside his Miramar townhome.
At a news conference Wednesday, Miramar Police officials said detectives believe a group of people knocked on his door and that he let them inside.
"We know that Billy was safety conscious, we know that he would not have opened the door to anyone he either didn't know or didn't like," Det. Danny Smith said. "There was no forced entry at this house so our working theory is we had multiple people in broad daylight who went to Billy's townhome, knocked on the door, Billy allowed them into the house because he probably knew one or more of the people that were in this group. They pushed their way in. Once inside, Billy was bound, beaten and ultimately killed, his throat was slashed from ear to ear. This was done in broad daylight."
Halpern had been a former firefighter and bodybuilder who worked out at the Apollo gym in Hollywood, and his killing has been tied to a string of other murders back in the '80s that have been linked with the gym.
The gym's owner, Hubert "Bert" Christie, and a former Miami-Dade Police Officer, Gilbert Fernandez, were arrested and later convicted in the murders of three other people.''
''At a news conference Wednesday, police said they now believe Halpern was killed over something he heard or saw, in an attempt to keep him quiet.''
