My heart breaks when I Hungarian couple you know, this yellow Lamborghini found in the "For the first couple weeks, he wasn't even allowed to use the bathroom. "They were Tasing him," the co-conspirator continued. "And the message that he -- he had out there was you can do whatever you want. "Danny was a big muscular guy," said Jimenez. Gym Gang," Jimenez told Roberts as they stood outside the building. I just made a mistake," he told Roberts. Delgado also came to know Lugo's codefendants, Noel Doorbal and John Mese. To them it was just a fun game," he said. In all, was too much. "What was the defense strategy?" [20] He followed the trio of cars, and recognised Daniel Lugo in the Mercedes. A co-conspirator, who "48 Hours" agreed to keep anonymous, worked with the Sun Gym gang to kidnap Schiller. . " in the Everglades, on the Alligator Alley that goes from Ft. Lauderdale to Naples," said Ferrer. It was that car that he lost everything -- his health, his home, his millions. and, strangely, despite his ordeal, Schiller did not report it to . "They handcuffed my hands behind my back.". "Did Marc Schiller "The last day? . And she says, 'Oh, don't you know? Jimenez. The movie captures what Lugo was about in real life: his infatuation "It's a comedy, which is unfortunate, because there was nothing funny that happened to me," he said. times and he stood up not only the prosecutor, but the police, to Garafalo, also retired, worked the case for his boss, Felix Jimenez. [4] When Lugo inspected the wreckage, Schiller was alive but unconscious. The Sun Gym Gang were active in Miami, Florida, during the mid-1990s[1] and were responsible for the murders of Frank Griga and Krisztina Furton along with the kidnapping, extortion, and attempted murder of Marc Schiller. "It boggles the mind that they would return a chain saw that they were going to use to dismember these people," Roberts told the detectives. But the second chain saw jammed in Krisztina Furton's beautiful, thick hair. missing person that we would respond. The Medicare fraud that made Schiller such an easy target for the gang had come back to haunt him. Our combination of high intensity group workouts and functional lifting classes will offer greater results in less time. "And "So here you have these two muscular guys, and on a Saturday morning, during the middle of the day, it looks like they're moving. The prosecution rested. "Did you fear that Delgado and Lugo were going to come to hospital to finish the job?" "While they were beating you?" We're Despite his cooperation, Schiller still remained chained like an animal in the Miami warehouse. Sabina Petrescu, the magazine model-turned stripper, had quite a They were now hungry for another score. nature --just the biggest crimes. "And the doctor said, 'You can't move him. You just don't. The horror was just beginning. Petrescu, told police that Lugo was hiding out in the Bahamas. Schiller and Delgado had been in business. And we were all in a panic," he said. Al Harper phoned Ed Du Bois III and they began to collaborate with the police investigation. want. were going to use to dismember these people," Roberts told the member who had first told Lugo about Schiller and his millions - ended "Marc Schiller was asked to come and give testimony under oath four "They would place a gun to his head, they would take a revolver and "He was a steroid freak. ", "At that point, they dragged me to the van -- a white van," Schiller said. I wasn't involved in that at all.". In my house," Schiller told Troy Roberts. They were now hungry for another score. said Jimenez. "And Doorbal goes and speaks to her and he comes back and says, his exact words were, 'The bitch is cold.' All that changed, though, when a police made a stunning discovery. But detectives had lost their lead suspect, Danny Lugo. would never forget. "That was a little "Of all the cases I've tried this is by far the most fascinating case," said Ferrer. Medicare fraud.". Danny Lugo had convinced her he was a spy on a secret mission. "This case was all over the news," retired homicide detective Felix Jimenez told Troy Roberts. San Francisco Bay Area. "And they were taking some of the furniture they liked and putting it into their own apartments, wearing his jewelry, driving his Dodge Viper, and his Mercedes and just basically living off his money. Having forced him to sign over his assets, the Sun Gym gang, led by "The main guy that we're after, Danny Lugo, is nowhere to be found," said Jimenez. Now, Lugo and Doorbal were front and center of two cases. the reason they weren't home was because they were in the Bahamas," said They are now both CBS News consultants. "I kind of knew that something really bad happened then". "The main guy that we're after, Danny Lugo, is nowhere to be found," said Jimenez. [4] Jorge Delgado worked with Daniel Lugo as his personal trainer at the Sun Gym. women I have ever met in my life. "When we got to the warehouse," said Schiller, "they called the boss.". "I'm a good hearted person. Schiller would eventually tell police a wild story -- that five months before the murders of Frank and Krisztina, Schiller himself had been grabbed by a gang. "Sorry. (CBS News) MIAMI -- Zsuzsanna Griga will never forget the kidnapping of her brother, Frank, and his girlfriend, Krisztina Furton in 1995. point, you can't let the guy live so they decide he's gotta go.". "This case was what made me who I am today, a career prosecutor," said Levine. Gail Levine has continued her career at the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office. "The bodies were found that day," Zsuzsanna Griga told Roberts of the Jorge Delgado seems to have a lot to look forward to these days at Gulfstream Park, where he is scheduled to saddle Hy Kodiak Warrior for Saturday's $75,000 Sea of Tranquility Stakes. "The plan was actually very simple: kidnap Marc Schiller, have him write his own ransom and then kill him," she replied. With his family safely out Please enter valid email address to continue. "Yeah, I told 'em I was kidnapped, and they go, 'No no, you were in a feature, "Pain and Gain", Mark Wahlberg's character depicts the Miami,'" said Schiller. My heart breaks when I think of what she went through.". ", "At that point, they dragged me to the van -- a white van," Schiller said. "So we got a call that there was a missing -- a wealthy couple that Jorge Delgado snitched on Lugo and Doorbal. We have the next door neighbor. Posted: (7 days ago) WebSUN GYM, INC. SUN GYM, INC. is a Florida Domestic Profit Corporation filed on June 18, 1986. Roberts asked Levine. Doorbal was driving," Jimenez explained. "Sergeant Jimenez and Sgt. Episode 486: Sun Gym Gang: Bungling Murder - Sofa King Podcast "They turned the car off and as he's driving by they're side of the road and they yell, 'Run him over, run him over,'" said of the muscle heads would be busted when Danny Lugo's girlfriend, Sabina First published on February 22, 2014 / 10:59 PM. and petty thieves who hung out at the Sun Gym. "At this point, we realized that something bad -- something bad had happened to this couple," said Sam Garafalo. It was that car that caught the eye of Adrian Doorbal. And she just keeps going, 'No you weren't kidnapped, you were drunk, you hit a pole," said Ferrer. dangerous to this country," said Jimenez. "Schiller was tied to a pipe in a very small bathroom. "But this case really got to me.". They moved into his house, they changed the pool contract to their name. They took the bodies to an empty warehouse. Noel [Adrian] Doorbal, on the other hand, he was joking. "Sabina Petrescu's probably one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen in my life," Levine said, "but she was also one of the most naive women I have ever met in my life. Determination, Hard Work Fueling Trainer Jorge Delgado's American Dream "This case was what made me who I am today, a career prosecutor," said Levine. They were living there and partying in his home," Ferrer explained. Police would soon learn that Lugo was a burley ex-convict who had It's been 18 long years since the gang tortured and killed their way through Miami. Sometimes, it was with fire. "That was a little strange because in homicide we need a crime scene. I hadn't eaten for like three making faces like a goofball," said Ferrer. "They would place a gun to his head, they would take a revolver and spin it and pull the trigger," Jimenez explained. "I signed. "They, I mean this whole time they were laughing uncontrollably. She was in love with Danny Lugo and she thought he was her CIA agent.". He gave up, giving the gang everything. [19] At 7:30 am, on May 31, 1995, Lloyd Alvarez, a friend of Griga's, spotted Griga's yellow Lamborghini travelling in a convoy between two other cars. "At this point they told me, 'Well if you don't give us a list of everything you have we're gonna bring your wife down here and rape her in front of you," said Schiller. When this didn't work out, he remained at the gym first as the back-office manager in the weight room before ending up as a desk clerk. Roberts asked. to Frank and Krisztina, there was the kidnap kit -- a case with duct deserve to go to prison? The life Frank Griga had built on those dial tones of his sex phone empire. "They just kept punching me and they had a Taser and they kept Tasering [sic] me," said Schiller. Asked is she's gotten justice, Zsuzsanna Griga told Roberts, "What sort of justice can be done, OK? exact words were, 'The bitch is cold.' matter of time. But it would be just a "And I go, 'No, no, no, no. "I think what's difficult to understand is why you did not go to the police sooner," Roberts commented to Schiller. "Doorbal, not knowing his own steroid strength, either broke his neck or suffocated him," said Levine. Search warrants were executed for the homes of Lugo and Doorbal and their associates. But even Ed Du Bois, with 50 years of experience as a private investigator, had never heard anything quite like Schiller's story. seen in my life," Levine said, "but she was also one of the most naive spin it and pull the trigger," Jimenez explained. Marc Schiller. "I was starved. murder in the deaths of Krisztina Furton and Frank Griga. "He's just vanished. he became the manager of a suburban Miami health club called Sun Gym. " and then douse the car with gasoline and set it What Is The Sun Gym Now? - thefitnessfaq.com With the help of Jorge Delgado, Doorbal and Lugo stuffed the bodies of Frank Griga into a couch and Krisztina Furton into a large cardboard box. day she arrived. Where is Sun Gym Gang's Survivor Marc Schiller Now? So it's like But it would be just a matter of time. wasn't involved in that at all.". Roberts asked Levine. but real sick," Schiller said. His name was Marcelo Schiller, and he was known to have a number of expensive homes and money in offshore accounts. weeks, he wasn't even allowed to use the bathroom. Schiller was admitted into the hospital on December 16, 1994, being treated as a John Doe and possible DUI case. Lugo's girlfriend, Sabina Petrescu, was granted immunity in exchange for her testimony. We need a dead body He was turning around to his girlfriend, and While there, Lugo looked for victims and found others who he'd trust to help with his upcoming crimes. But the chain saw doesn't have enough power. "I thought they were gonna take me and kill me," he said. "They would hide in his yard under blankets like they were some kind of ninja waiting for him to come out and get the paper at five in the morning and they were gonna kidnap him only to be surprised that cars were coming down the street and lighting them up with their headlights "So then they're running through yards, screaming 'abort, abort like they're on some secret mission for the government," he continued. 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Detectives learned Lugo was the leader of a group made up of drifters " told him, 'The eagle has landed.' Home Depot and return it," said Ferrer. "We had his girlfriend, Sabina Petrescu," said Jimenez. "Lugo's gone, we have a warrant for his arrest," Jimenez said. "They handcuffed my hands behind my back.". actually been to the house the last time they were seen alive and they Hollywood could not resist this crazy scene. "It was a sham," Ed Du Bois said. was missing out of Golden Beach," he explained. We got our next victim.". For hours," said Levine. "They turned the car off and as he's driving by they're cranking it and the car won't start and he goes driving by. The last money transfer was made on December 10. Lugo and Doorbal have appealed their convictions multiple times over the past 15 years. Schiller can't forget the sick soundtrack that came with his daily beatings. "I knew they weren't gonna do anything,"said Schiller. So all their friends assumed that He told residents of the neighborhood that his name was Tom and that he and the other gang members were members of the US Security Forces. now, she wouldn't tell detectives where Lugo was. In the frenetic haze of the intensive care unit -- burned and saw him so they said 'There he is, there he is'". "They plied you with alcohol for three straight days" Roberts noted to Schiller. You can't "Think my final words were, probably, 'May God have mercy on your soul,'" said Ferrer. Trump motion to declare mistrial in E. 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It was Delgado's relationship with Lugo that caused a rift between Delgado and the Sun Gym Gang's first victim: Marc Schiller. kidnapped, you were drunk, you hit a pole," said Ferrer. [30] He was convicted to one count of kidnapping and was sentenced to 8 years[30] He was released in 2002. So it's like the Keystone Cops gone bad.". Short of bringing him back? [25], The trials of Daniel Lugo, Noel "Adrian" Doorbal and John Mese occurred simultaneously with two juries picked - one listening to the evidence against Lugo and a second to listen to the evidence against Doorbal and Mese.

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