A day after revealing that he would be hit with a wrongful death suit, now it's believed that Rod Covlin may face murder charges from the Manhattan DA's office for the death of his estranged wife. Sources tell the Daily News "the Manhattan district attorney's office will seek murder charges against him before the spring." more ›

The estranged husband of an Upper West Side wealth manager who was found strangled to death on New Year's Eve 2009 has never been formally charged in her death—but he has now been hit with a wrongful-death suit by her estate. Roderick Covlin, a former trader who founded the U.S. Backgammon Federation, has been accused in the suit of murdering Shele Danishefsky Covlin. Public Administrator Ethel Griffin, who handles estate complications, alleges Covlin “intentionally, deliberately, willfully, wantonly, maliciously, brutally and without provocation or just cause did strangle, choke, strike, injure, assault, abuse, beat and murder” his wife. more ›

Police are planning to arrest Rod Covlin for the death of his estranged wife, Shele Danishefsky Covlin. They lived across from each other in an UWS building and a law-enforcement source told the Post that hours after Danishefsky Covlin died, Covlin left the building and his actions "were inconsistent" with his usual behavior: "He stopped and talked to the doorman and offered him coffee. And the doorman said he never did that before." Another source said Covlin was "arrogant" to the doorman while a third person said, "He was roaming the lobby at 4 in the morning, he hadn’t changed his clothes in days, and he looked whacked." It was initially believed Danishefsky Covlin died from an accidental bathtub slip but recently the ME's office found she was strangled. Danishefsky Covlin was allegedly planning on removing Covlin from her will as a beneficiary. more ›