Old Cases. New Perspective.

     After attending a movie earlier in the night to escape the heat, the warm September evening still made sleep elusive. The usual cool breeze from the Atlantic Ocean was missing, leaving the air hot and sticky; the curtains over the open windows hung limply. The man sat apart from the woman and her two children, who were watching television when, around midnight, a loud pounding at the door jolted them to their feet. The kids, who had moments earlier been close to sleep, now clutched their mother, their eyes wide with fear. No one spoke; they all knew it was George Brennan, her insanely jealous ex-husband and the children’s father.      Enraged and towering at 6-foot-4, Brennan chased the fleeing Collabolletta, who had sought refuge in the kitchen at the back of the house. Brennan cornered the 110-pound man and then proceeded to relentlessly pummel him with his fists until he fell unconscious, ignoring the desperate pleas of Mrs. Brennan and the...