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It is Thursday, May 21st, and what a story?

A murder for hire, a millionaire, art dealer, and a husband on trial for murder.

And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J.

No, this is not Amy and T.J. It's Amy and T.J. Presents. Get it right.

Yeah, we're presenting. We're presenting today. And this is a hell of a case to present

robes as true crime goes. This is intriguing, shall we say? Yes. And all the dramatic details are playing out in a Manhattan courtroom.

We are wrapping up week two of a murder for higher trial here in Manhattan.

And it's a murder that truly rocked the art world.

Folks and reporters who were there in the courtroom each day say one side

is for the defense. The other side is basically the who's who in the art world. They want to see

this, they want to see justice for their friend and someone who they looked up to in the art world.

We're talking about a renowned

gallerous, 75-year-old Brent Sykema. And he was brutally murdered while traveling to Brazil.

They have a town home. He and his estranged husband, who is Brazilian. But he was found stabbed 18 times in his Rio townhome on January 14th,

2024. Now, do I have right? He's being stabbed and killed there. The husband, meanwhile, is here in the

U.S. in New York City with their son. Yes. So basically, how could 55-year-old

Daniel Sykema, who was on trial right now for his life, how could he have brutally murdered

his husband if his husband was in Brazil and he was here in New York? Well, he is charged with

first-degree murder for arranging the murder of his

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