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In Beloved Son of Holocaust Survivors, 49-year-old George Kogan grew up in Puerto Rico

before making his way to New York City, where he enjoyed great successes and antiques and art dealer.

Until one morning in 1990, when George was approached on the street by an unidentified gunman

and was killed in cold blood.

Before the shooting, George had been on his way to his girlfriend's apartment.

Mary Louise Hawkins was 28 years old, and at once worked as George publicist.

But ever since they became lovers, George's estranged wife, Barbara, was consumed with bitterness.

As she and George hashed out the divorce, Barbara fueled her anger into greed,

especially after a judge turned down her request for $5,000 a week in alimony.

Barbara, who stood to collect $4.3 million in life insurance, was immediately suspected in George's death.

But it would take authorities almost 20 years to uncover a link between her lawyer,

Manuel Martinez, and the hitmen who killed George.

In 2010, Martinez agreed to testify against his client, and Barbara eventually pled guilty to charge

of the Grand Larceny conspiracy to commit murder and murder in the first degree.

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