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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Socialite Murder Trial: Mom of 2 Boys Mowed Down by "Drunk" Socialite Runs From Court Sobbing at Sight of Son's Lifeless Body

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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True Crime, News

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In court, mom Nancy Iskander breaks down as photos taken by a witness to the brutal hit and run of her sons are shown in court.  Iskander breaks into tears after calling out her son's name, then runs out of the courtroom.

Just after 7 pm, on a September evening, Jacob and Mark Iskander, their siblings, and parents go for an evening stroll to a nearby lake.   The 6 member family is crossing in a crosswalk at a three-way intersection when mother Nancy hears a speeding car barreling their way.  The mom says her husband and daughter were father away from the street. She tries to signal to the two SUVs to slow down.  She tries to pull the children back, only managing to grab 1 of them and dive out of the way.  Jacob and Mark are hit.   Mark Iskander dies at the scene. Jacob dies later at the hospital. According to police, Mark was thrown 254 feet.  


Nancy Iskander tells police that two SUVs  were  "zig-zagging with each other as if they were playing or racing.”  She says the drivers didn’t stop, at the intersection, not even when the 11-year-old was on the hood of the car. Deputies reportedly catch up with a white Mercedes with significant front-end damage a third of a mile from the scene.  Behind the wheel is Rebecca Grossman.  The Los Angeles County Sheriff's department says they believe that vehicle was traveling over 80 miles an hour. Grossman’s breathalyzer test after the crash showed a blood-alcohol content of 0.076% according to local news reports. The legal limit in California is 0.08%.  A blood sample taken three hours after the crash registered at the 0.08% mark.

Rebecca Grossman is charged with two felony counts each of second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, and one felony count of hit-and-run driving resulting in death. Grossman has pleaded not guilty. 

 Joining Nancy Grace Today:

  • Matthew Mangino - Attorney, Former District Attorney (Lawrence County, PA), Author: "The Executioner's Toll: The Crimes, Arrests, Trials, Appeals, Last Meals, Final Words and Executions of 46 Persons in the United States", Twitter: @MatthewTMangino, MattMangino.com 
  • Caryn L. Stark - Psychologist, renowned TV and Radio trauma expert and consultant, www.carynstark.com, Instagram: carynpsych, FB: Caryn Stark Private Practice
  • Robert Crispin - Private Investigator, Former Federal Task Force Officer for United States Department of Justice, DEA and Miami Field Division, Former Homicide and Crimes Against Children Investigator, “Crispin Special Investigations” CrispinInvestigations.com, Facebook: Crispin Special Investigations, Inc.   
  • Joe Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan", Twitter: @JoScottForensic 
  • Joseph Tremblay - accident reconstructionist, Senior Engineer and Co-Owner of Veritech Consulting Engineering,www.veritecheng.com
  • Stacey D. Stewart - CEO of Mother Against Drunk Driving (MADD), Twitter: @maddnational, madd.org  
  • Eamon Murphy -Staff writer for The Acorn Newspapers, www.theacorn.com, X: @EamonPMurphy 

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0:00.0

Hi, it's your favorite throwback podcast hosts Jessica Bennett and Susie Bannockarum here to announce a new season of our show in retrospect

0:09.2

which means a whole new batch of episodes diving into the pop culture moments we love and love to

0:14.2

pick apart from the dethroning of the first black Miss America to the legacy of a

0:19.2

lesbian joke from four Kaftan loving golden girls Listen to In retrospect on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite

0:27.6

shows. Crime stories with Nancy Grace. Drag racing, really? We see it in movies like Fast and Furious and on other big screen productions, maybe on TV we hear about it.

0:57.0

But a high profile plastic surgeon's wife, a socialite, drag racing with her alleged

1:10.5

lover and mowing down two little boys in the process?

1:17.0

That's what we're talking about. Two little boys dead ages 8 and 11 while this plastic surgeon's socialite wife is

1:29.1

drag racing on the open road after a boosy lunch with her lover?

1:35.0

Uh-uh! No! What's the maximum in this jurisdiction? I need to find that out.

1:41.0

I'm Missy Grace. This is Crime crime stories thanks for being with us here

1:45.0

crime stories and on serious XM 111 let me just take these words and

1:52.0

fitted together in one sentence.

1:54.6

A plastic surgeon's socialite wife mows down two little boys. Wait a minute. Has she been on Bond this whole time?

2:08.0

So many questions. Let's start it off. Listen. Just after 7 p.m. on a September evening,

2:15.0

Jacob and Mark Iskander, their siblings and parents go for an evening stroll

2:19.0

to a nearby lake. The boys enjoy rollerblading and skateboarding.

2:23.0

The six-member family is heading home, crossing in a crosswalk at a three-way intersection

2:27.1

when Mother Nancy heard a speeding car barreling their way.

2:30.6

The mom says her husband and daughter were further away from the street.

2:34.0

She tries to signal to the two SUVs heading their way to slow down.

2:38.0

She tried to pull the children back, only managing to grab one of them, a five-year--old and dive out of the way.

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