The Murder Sheet has an exclusive report touching upon an infamous international case.

In 1999, an American nurse named Ted Maher was accused of setting fire to a Monte Carlo penthouse and murdering billionaire Edmond Safra and a colleague named Vivian Torrente.

In 2023, under the new name Jon Green, the same man was charged with criminal solicitation to commit murder.

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Reporting on Edmond Safra:

The Los Angeles Times’s reporting on American Express:

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-28-fi-1108-story.html

Coverage from Forbes on the Russia-related scandal: https://www.forbes.com/2007/05/17/bony-russia-lawsuit-biz-services-cx_lm_0517suit.html?sh=4dcae2bd21c1

The Jewish Week’s feature on Safra: https://www.hsje.org/Whoswho/Edmund_Safra/we_have_lost_our_crown.html

The New York Post’s coverage of Safra’s reputation: https://nypost.com/1999/12/14/safras-sleuth-pi-joe-mullen-saved-the-reputation-of-the-late-edmond-safra-and-has-cracked-many-a-case-for-this-decades-famous-and-infamous/

The Washington Post’s coverage of the American Express incident involving Safra: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1989/07/29/american-express-offers-4-million-and-apology/aafa682c-f909-420a-8cba-64c1171b8754/

Coverage from The Times of Israel on Edmond Safra: https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-biography-probes-into-mysterious-backstory-of-billionaire-banker-edmond-j-safra/

“A Banker's Journey: How Edmond J. Safra Built a Global Financial Empire” by Daniel Gross: https://www.amazon.com/Bankers-Journey-Edmond-Global-Financial/dp/1635767857?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=murdersheet-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=e421f9aad81731bd8c533450c2d33219&camp=1789&creative=9325

"Vendetta: American Express and the Smearing of Edmond Safra" by Bryan Burrough: https://www.amazon.com/Vendetta-American-Express-Smearing-Edmond/dp/0060167599?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=murdersheet-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=daa163a4a68a59e1be75830f6856bef4&camp=1789&creative=9325

“Gilded Lily: Lily Safra: The Making of One of the World's Wealthiest Widows” by Isabel Vincent: https://www.amazon.com/GILDED-LILY-Isabel-Vincent/dp/0061133949?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=murdersheet-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=703a51336f36524e9ccc1178740241e4&camp=1789&creative=9325

Reporting on Ted Maher:

The New York Times’s story on the 1999 nursing strike: https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/05/nyregion/nurses-plan-strike-monday-at-columbia-presbyterian.html

The New York Times’s story on how the 1999 nursing strike was called off: https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/10/nyregion/tentative-deal-averts-strike-by-nurses.html

Time’s reporting on Ted Maher: https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,992877,00.html

Seacoastonline’s report on Heidi Maher: https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/2002/11/21/praying-for-murder-acquittal/51281826007/

Coverage from the New York Post on Ted Maher’s release:

https://nypost.com/2007/08/17/back-from-dead/

The New York Post on Ted Maher’s former wife’s lawsuit against the Safra estate:

https://nypost.com/2003/05/27/60m-safra-suit-killers-wife-hits-widow-over-police-grilling/

The New York Post on Lily Safra’s reaction to Ted Maher’s release: https://nypost.com/2007/08/18/widows-pique-at-killers-release/

The New York Post’s coverage of Ted Maher’s innocence claims: https://nypost.com/2007/10/14/tycoons-killer-my-frame-up/

"Framed in Monte Carlo: How I Was Wrongfully Convicted for a Billionaire's Fiery Death” by Ted Maher, Bill Hayes, and Jennifer Thomas: https://www.amazon.com/Framed-Monte-Carlo-Prison-Murder/dp/1510755861?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=murdersheet-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=fddac60f9dea02c78ede9cf2a644bf01&camp=1789&creative=9325

Coverage of the fire and homicides in Monaco:

The Washington Post’s coverage of the 1999 murders: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/pmextra/dec99/6/safra.htm

The NBC special on the case, with quotes from Torrente’s daughter: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23767683

The Guardian’s report on the 1999 murders: https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2000/oct/29/features.magazine47

Another Guardian report on the 1999 murders:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/dec/07/jonhenley

Yet another Guardian report on the 1999 murders:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/dec/05/paulwebster.theobserver

The New York Post article on the 1999 murders:

https://nypost.com/2002/11/18/safra-choke-twist/

Dominick Dunne for Vanity Fair on the killings: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2000/12/dunne200012

MSNBC on the 1999 murders: https://archive.org/details/MSNBCW_20151213_000000_Mystery_of_the_Billionaire_Banker

CNN on the 1999 murders:

http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/08/12/ctv.monaco.trial/index.html

The Wall Street Journal on the 1999 murders: https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB94441779970529365

Court TV’s timeline of the 1999 murders: https://web.archive.org/web/20080204074511/http://www.courttv.com/trials/monaco/chronology.html

Newsweek’s coverage of the 1999 murders: https://www.newsweek.com/bad-bet-monte-carlo-151519

Coverage from CBS of Ted Maher’s trial: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/part-ii-an-american-on-trial/

Additional coverage from CBS of Ted Maher’s trial: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/murder-in-monaco-an-american-on-trial/

A report from the Times on the trial of Ted Maher: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/monaco-police-in-dock-for-billionaire-s-death-mk7v5nrb8cr

A report from The Telegraph on the trial of Ted Maher: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/monaco/1414023/Gilded-Lily-faces-her-husbands-killer.html

Coverage of the dognapping incident involving Jon Green:

KRQE’s coverage of the dognapping: https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/carlsbad-dognapping-man-with-bizarre-past-accused-of-taking-ex-wifes-dogs/

KRQE on the return of the missing dogs: https://www.krqe.com/news/stolen-search-and-rescue-dogs-reunited-with-carlsbad-woman/

Fox San Antonio’s story on the rescue of the rescue dogs: https://foxsanantonio.com/news/local/dognapping-suspect-wanted-on-multiple-charges-arrested-after-extensive-manhunt

NBC’s coverage of Jon Green’s legal issues: https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/man-mysterious-past-facing-multiple-charges-run-after-dognapping-carlsbad-n1295803

The Carlsbad Current Argus on the missing dogs: https://www.currentargus.com/story/news/crime/2022/06/15/missing-carlsbad-search-and-rescue-dogs-found-safe-in-texas/65361052007/

A feature from the American Veterinary Medical Association mentioning Dr. Kim Lark:

https://www.avma.org/javma-news/2011-09-15/honoring-dogs-911

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