Scarsdale NY – Husband Charged With Wife’s Slaying In Affluent NYC Suburb

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    Family members gather at the rear of a hearse carrying the casket during the funeral for Dr. Robin Goldman, a 58-year-old pediatrician found slain inside her multimillion-dollar Scarsdale, N.Y., home Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, in New Rochelle, N.Y.  Goldman's husband Jules Reich, 61, a New York-based tax specialist, has been charged with second degree murder in connection with the case, according to local police.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)Scarsdale NY – The husband of a pediatrician at a New York City children’s hospital was charged with murder after she was found stabbed in a shower at their multimillion-dollar suburban home, authorities said Thursday.

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    Jules Reich, a tax specialist at a New York City firm, was arraigned Wednesday night in Scarsdale village court on a second-degree murder charge, according to the Westchester County district attorney’s office.

    His 58-year-old wife, Dr. Robin Goldman, was found dead on Wednesday. Police responded after receiving a 911 call of a woman seriously injured at the five-bedroom, four-bath property, which sits on 1.29 acres. An autopsy was planned, but she suffered multiple stab wounds, the prosecutor’s office said.

    Public records show that Reich had petitioned for divorce in August.

    Goldman was a pediatrician affiliated with the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and a faculty member at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

    “Robin was a dedicated physician cherished by her colleagues as a positive and compassionate presence,” Montefiore hospital said. “Her passion for medicine was an inspiration to those who worked with her. Her passing is a great loss for all of us, and we extend our heartfelt sympathy to her family, friends, patients, colleagues and students.”

    Reich’s attorney, Kerry Lawrence, said a bail hearing had been scheduled for Friday, but he declined additional comment.

    According to his LinkedIn page, Reich was a partner at the Manhattan accounting firm of WeiserMazars LLP, which he joined in August 2014.

    The company released a statement Thursday expressing “heartfelt sympathy” to the family. It said it had no information about the accusations or the circumstances of Goldman’s death.

    Previously, Reich spent 20 years at the accounting and consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He graduated from New York University law school and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

    “As a community, we are grief stricken and our hearts are filled with pain to know that Robin, who was so good, so sweet and so pious has so suddenly been taken from us,” said a statement from the Modern Orthodox Young Israel of Scarsdale, the synagogue Goldman attended.

    “This is very sad,” Martin Molot, 85, a Scarsdale neighbor, told the Daily News. Reich “is a nice guy. He seemed so level-headed.”

    It’s the first homicide in Scarsdale in nearly four decades.

    The last killing was in 1977 when Yale senior Bonnie Garland was bludgeoned to death in her home. Her ex-boyfriend, Yale graduate Richard Herrin, was convicted of manslaughter.

    Two police cars stand outside the home belonging to Dr. Robin Goldman, a pediatrician, who was found slain inside her multimillion-dollar home Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, in Scarsdale, N.Y.  Goldman's husband Jules Reich, a tax specialist at a New York City firm, was arrested and charged Thursday with her murder inside their multimillion-dollar home in the affluent suburb.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
    This photo shows the home of Dr. Robin Goldman, a pediatrician at a New York City children's hospital and her husband tax specialist  Jules Reich Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, in Scarsdale, N.Y. Reich was arrested and charged Thursday with Goldman's murder inside their multimillion-dollar home in the affluent suburb.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
    This photo shows the home of Dr. Robin Goldman, a pediatrician at a New York City children's hospital and her husband tax specialist  Jules Reich Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, in Scarsdale, N.Y. Reich was arrested and charged Thursday with Goldman's murder inside their multimillion-dollar home in the affluent suburb.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)


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    sane
    sane
    8 years ago

    Looks are deceiving. Many would undoubtedly have been jealous of their lives. Be happy with your lot.

    bennyt
    bennyt
    8 years ago

    Every Jewish mother’s dream – a doctor and a lawyer. The only ones missing are the accountant and the dentist. Proof that “success” doesn’t equal happiness.

    8 years ago

    Let’s hear it how he’s innocent and could not have possibly done this because he is Frum.

    kenyaninwhitehouse
    kenyaninwhitehouse
    8 years ago

    I guess this lawyer never studied the law on homicides, there is more to this story.

    8 years ago

    Nebech, nebech, This is the SECOND case of a Young Israel Congregant member killing his wife in cold blood. What is going on here? The leadership of the Young Israel movement should take a very close look at what is going on in Young Israel shuls. If this offends anyone, perhaps it will save a life!

    8 years ago

    Hey how come the headline of this article didn’t say “Reform Jew doctor etc”? Why is it only if a frum Jew would have done this would this it would have said “Orthodox Jew etc”? Hm VIN?

    Mike27428
    Mike27428
    8 years ago

    This was probably a set up.

    stamm
    stamm
    8 years ago

    no 3s comment is as ordinary as it can get, why the big deal? why the analyzing?

    nebach nebach- very sad indeed.

    J-R-S
    J-R-S
    8 years ago

    Whenever there is a tragedy reported in the news, one can find a few insensitive, hateful, ignorant & inappropriate comments among the hundreds expressing sadness, sympathy and support for the families involved.

    Unfortunately, on sites like this, among the ‘frum’ commenters, the ratio—of stupid, judgmental comments from people who know nothing about the case, and apparently less-than-nothing about the world in general—is much, much higher (see above: 3, 6, 10, 11, 17, 24, 25, 26)
    It’s disturbing & embarrassing, not that these shoitahs even get how very idiotic their comments would appear to any normal person)

    Now that’s a phenomenon the ‘leaders of the frum world’ should take a look at…
    (and not just Young Israel rabbis, Moronic Commenter # 6)

    DanielBarbaz
    DanielBarbaz
    8 years ago

    This is a story of a senseless murder. I assume that most people who read and comment here are Frum. Yet look at the discourse: so much anger and rancor. WHY.?? And we wonder what is holding up Moshiach. We need to strive to be Chareidim regarding the laws of “ben adam le-chaveiro” and not just “Ben adam le-Makom.”

    lazerx
    lazerx
    8 years ago

    very sad. it is impossible to know what happened between them and we don’t know if he did kill her, but still it is very sad….