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Robert Bierenbaum is an American plastic surgeon who was convicted in October 2000 of murder in the strangulation death of his wife, Gail Katz-Bierenbaum. The death occurred in their Manhattan apartment on July 7, 1985. Bierenbaum, a licensed pilot, took a two-hour flight in a Cessna 172 from Essex County, New Jersey over the Atlantic Ocean on the day that Gail had vanished. He failed to mention this fact to authorities during their initial questioning. The prosecution stated that Bierenbaum discarded his wife's dismembered body in the ocean. The victim's body has never been recovered. Despite a witness testimony for the defense who stated that he saw the victim in a Manhattan bagel shop during the time that Bierenbaum took his airplane flight,〔()〕 Bierenbaum was sentenced to twenty years to life in prison in New York. He appealed, but the conviction was upheld in the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division in 2002.〔()〕 ==Notoriety== The Bierenbaum case was the subject of the 2001 ''New York Times'' non-fiction bestseller book ''The Surgeon's Wife''.〔()〕 It was also one of the stories in the television show ''Dominick Dunne: Power, Privilege, & Justice'' on Court TV. In the ISBN database (isbndb.com - free books & ISBN database ), the summary of the book includes:〔''The Surgeon's Wife'', by Kiernan Crowley, published by St. Martin's True Crime Library, Paperback; 2001-09-17, ISBN 978-0-312-97641-5.〕 :"...Robert Bierenbaum, a prominent surgeon and certified genius... Gail's parents had been thrilled to learn she was marrying Robert Bierenbaum. He seemed to be the perfect match for their daughter. he was from a well-to-do family, a medical student who spoke five languages fluently, a skier, and he even flew an airplane." :"...Robert had tried to choke Gail because he caught her smoking, she filed a police report. She also alleged that he tried to kill her cat because he was jealous of it." Bierenbaum has been referred to as ''The Lady Killer''. It has been said in ''Vanity Fair'' and ''New York'' magazine that women still find him attractive, even though he has been convicted of murdering his first wife.〔()〕 See also The New Yorker, July 31, 2000,pps 36-43, Letter from Las Vegas, "The Harriet-the-Spy Club" by Tad Friend, for an earlier accounting. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Bierenbaum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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