Ten years ago today, Camden Sylvia and Michael Sullivan left their rent-stabilized loft in downtown Manhattan, went for a jog, rented a video and were never seen again. Today, the Daily News revisits the mystery and speaks to Sylvia's mother. Laurie Sylvia says, "I want to know what happened. Each year that goes by I think, maybe this year. I never imagined I would be doing that for 10 years." more ›

A few strange deaths have been in the local news lately. For instance, more body parts of a Bronx woman have been found, a Harlem pastor found a nude woman was found dead, hanging upside from a pipe (her foot got stuck when she was trying to sneak into Mount Olive Church) and neighbors in Midwood are waiting to hear what the police have to say about the body of a woman found in a yard. And police have found blood in the cabin of the Connecticut man who went missing during his honeymoon cruise. The NY Press details a motley of lesser crimes, from bank robberies to neighborly disputes involving hammers. And this week's Village Voice Shelter column was a spooky reminder for Gothamist: Toni Schlesinger visited the Patrick O'Rourke's downtown loft - the loft that Camden Sylvia and Michael Sullivan disappeared from mysteriously in 1997. For a while, it was thought that their landlord had killed them for the $304 a month 1400-square foot apartment (the place is now rented out for $3200) but there was never enough evidence to charge him. The NYPD's still have missing persons information for Sylvia and Sullivan. more ›

There's a whole genre of New York City Crime where landlords try to kill or maim their tenants to get them out of rent stabalized apartments. Landlord Hired 2 Assailants, Authorities Say... Growing up my dad used to tell me about all sorts of cases like this- he's a lawyer who specializes in defending the tenants. more ›