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Jan 5, 2022 · By Marco Margaritoff | Edited By John Kuroski. Published January 5, 2022. Updated March 13, 2024. In 2000, drug dealers kidnapped Nicholas Markowitz and then partied with him for days before finally killing him outside of Santa Barbara, providing the chilling basis for the film "Alpha Dog."
May 13, 2024 · The gunman in one of Santa Barbara’s most notorious murders — the killing of 15-year-old Nicholas Markowitz — has had his death sentence commuted to life in prison without the possibility of...
Dec 13, 2010 · By Barry Leibowitz. December 13, 2010 / 9:14 AM EST / CBS News. NEW YORK (CBS) In a mother's account of a murder mystery that haunted Southern California, MY STOLEN SON: The Nick Markowitz Story ...
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May 18, 2009 · Nick Markowitz, who was murdered in 2000, shown at age 15. Holding a large photo of Nicholas, Lynn told the jury of nine women and three men the victim was a troubled teen trying to find his...
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Oct 19, 2013 · In August 2000, 15-year-old Nicholas Markowitz was kidnapped because of a drug debt his half brother owed a dealer named Jesse James Hollywood. The innocent teen was held for three days, then...
Nicholas Samuel Markowitz (September 19, 1984 – August 9, 2000) was an American teenager who was kidnapped and murdered at the age of 15 after a feud over drug money between his half-brother Benjamin Markowitz and Jesse James Hollywood . Kidnapping and murder. Markowitz lived in West Hills, Los Angeles, with his parents, Jeff and Susan Markowitz.
Dec 10, 2000 · Today, all three are behind bars, awaiting trial on kidnapping and murder charges in Santa Barbara, where the grand jury returned indictments after the October hearings.
