In August of 2002, Tony’s company began taking necessary measures to move their headquarters to Charlotte. Debra traveled to Charlotte with him to visit the area. She picked up several real estate publications and toured the area. Tony was right - Debra loved the area and began taking action to move her family to Charlotte.


On January 16th, 2003, Debra told her children that they were moving to Charlotte, North Carolina. The very next day the family headed out to start a new life in Charlotte.


While driving down to show the children their new home, Debra received a call from her brother. He said, ‘If the police call you, you don’t know anything.’He then hung up the phone. Debra was shaken, scared and confused. As they were


pulling up to their new home in Charlotte, Debra received a call from her eldest son telling her that there were three detectives at their New York home. Speaking to them on the phone, Debra learned that her brother was involved in a possible hit and run and the pedestrian had been killed.


The car was registered and insured in Debra’s name at her brother’s request. The license plate to the car was left at the scene, which was traced back to her. The details of the outcome were never disclosed to Debra, even though she made several attempts to communicate with the assigned detective. There were other mitigating issues and the only words received from the detective, were that she had no responsibility or culpability in the case. “In the midst of change,


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