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The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

A definitive look at the notorious 1986 murder of Jennifer Levin in Central Park, featuring exclusive interviews and never-before-seen archival material.

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documentary, crime

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Bungalow Media + Entertainment,Break Thru Films

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-Jury selection for the trial
of Robert Chambers - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-Jury selection for the trial of Robert Chambers

-Robert Chambers, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-Robert Chambers,

-A young woman's body
was found in Central Park. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-A young woman's body was found in Central Park.

-Robert Chambers told police
that the victim, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-Robert Chambers told police that the victim,

-She was identified
as Jennifer Levin. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-She was identified as Jennifer Levin.

-This was one of the most high-profile trials

-She was just a bubbly,
outgoing, wonderful kid -- - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-She was just a bubbly, outgoing, wonderful kid --

-My mother said,
"They strangled my baby." - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-My mother said, "They strangled my baby."

-In the coming weeks,
the agony for both families - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-In the coming weeks, the agony for both families

-I wasn't even thinking I could
go to the trial. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-I wasn't even thinking I could go to the trial.

-I put Jennifer's autopsy
photograph down in front of him, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-I put Jennifer's autopsy photograph down in front of h...

-There seemed to be advances, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-There seemed to be advances,

-Jack Litman planted
a seed in the media - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-Jack Litman planted a seed in the media

-Police began to question
friends, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-Police began to question friends,

-Parents were always away
at some country house, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-Parents were always away at some country house,

-Jack Litman was
extremely dangerous. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-Jack Litman was extremely dangerous.

Oh, who's Robert Chambers? - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

Oh, who's Robert Chambers?

He had absolutely no mercy
for Jennifer. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

He had absolutely no mercy for Jennifer.

-We were having
a wonderful time, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-We were having a wonderful time,

-By dragging it out,
the word "sex diary" became - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-By dragging it out, the word "sex diary" became

It was all his client
and his client was innocent. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

It was all his client and his client was innocent.

-She was just having her way.
I was screaming in pain. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-She was just having her way. I was screaming in pain.

-We needed to get past
the veneer of Robert's face - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-We needed to get past the veneer of Robert's face

-He was out free walking
on the streets. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-He was out free walking on the streets.

-Attractive, popular, a week
away from starting college, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-Attractive, popular, a week away from starting college,

-Whatever we came up with - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-Whatever we came up with

-I got a call from a detective. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-I got a call from a detective.

-For us, Jennifer's murder
was almost like a 9/11 moment. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-For us, Jennifer's murder was almost like a 9/11 momen...

He was not the choir boy
that Litman painted him to be. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

He was not the choir boy that Litman painted him to be.

-She was just a bubbly,
outgoing, wonderful kid. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-She was just a bubbly, outgoing, wonderful kid.

-A suspect is under arrest, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-A suspect is under arrest,

19-year-old Robert Chambers,
described as a handsome preppy - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

19-year-old Robert Chambers, described as a handsome preppy

-Robert Chambers was giving
his version - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-Robert Chambers was giving his version

We'd spent the whole weekend
together going to the beach. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

We'd spent the whole weekend together going to the beac...

She was really excited to go
to Boston to college, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

She was really excited to go to Boston to college,

-Before O.J. Simpson,
the preppy killer - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-Before O.J. Simpson, the preppy killer

So, then when
the Preppy Murder trial starts, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

So, then when the Preppy Murder trial starts,

-Uh, last night I was supposed
to meet a girl named Alex Kapp - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-Uh, last night I was supposed to meet a girl named Alex Kap...

I do remember her mentioning
Robert that weekend - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

I do remember her mentioning Robert that weekend

-Lurid press accounts
have suggested Chambers was - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-Lurid press accounts have suggested Chambers was

I got there about 11:30. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

I got there about 11:30.

I didn't use the word sketchy,
but if that word - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

I didn't use the word sketchy, but if that word

He hadn't asked for a lawyer,
he did not seem nervous. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

He hadn't asked for a lawyer, he did not seem nervous.

-There seemed to be advances,
some sexual activity - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-There seemed to be advances, some sexual activity

Her head was right about here
right under the tree trunk here. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

Her head was right about here right under the tree trunk her...

I remember her saying, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

I remember her saying,

-The Robert Chambers murder
trial officially began today. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-The Robert Chambers murder trial officially began today.

He was telling a story,
and he was sticking to it. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

He was telling a story, and he was sticking to it.

-It was all choreographed
to denigrate my daughter. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-It was all choreographed to denigrate my daughter.

It's been a number of years - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

It's been a number of years

-According to him, she's the one
who suggests going to the park. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-According to him, she's the one who suggests going to ...

-Hey, hey, hey!
[Indistinct talking] - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-Hey, hey, hey! [Indistinct talking]

-I couldn't believe
the amount of press - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-I couldn't believe the amount of press

-Robert was a symbol of white
male beauty, power, and money. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-Robert was a symbol of white male beauty, power, and money.

I was going to college,
she was going to college, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

I was going to college, she was going to college,

-She started to play with me.
She started jerking me off. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-She started to play with me. She started jerking me off.

[Camera shutters click] - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

[Camera shutters click]

You know, I started to say,
"Stop it, stop it. It hurts." - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

You know, I started to say, "Stop it, stop it. It hurts...

It's maybe 32 years ago,
but let me tell you, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

It's maybe 32 years ago, but let me tell you,

But she went to New York, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

But she went to New York,

Present in the courtroom
were his parents - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

Present in the courtroom were his parents

-This was a dissolute,
sociopathic, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-This was a dissolute, sociopathic,

-There's been some question of
how the Chambers family afforded - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-There's been some question of how the Chambers family ...

-This narrative has become
something - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-This narrative has become something

My understanding is that
whatever the Chambers family - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

My understanding is that whatever the Chambers family

I answered it,
and a friend said, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

I answered it, and a friend said,

[Groans] - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

This story has never been told. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

This story has never been told.

The question was whether
the killing - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

The question was whether the killing

-...okay, on my back,
and I couldn't move, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-...okay, on my back, and I couldn't move,

This was a challenging, fascinating, high-profile case,

-Now awaiting trial, Chambers
has been released on bond. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-Now awaiting trial, Chambers has been released on bond.

-Through much of today,
Ellen Levin, Jennifer's mother, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-Through much of today, Ellen Levin, Jennifer's mother,

So I reached up like this
and grabbed, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

So I reached up like this and grabbed,

I was a kid,
and I just remember weeping. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

I was a kid, and I just remember weeping.

Linda and I now have to
put our heads together. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

Linda and I now have to put our heads together.

-It was an amazingly
tense time for us. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-It was an amazingly tense time for us.

She came over this way
and landed right there, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

She came over this way and landed right there,

It's bad enough to lose somebody
to a violent crime, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

It's bad enough to lose somebody to a violent crime,

Everything kind of changed
then. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

Everything kind of changed then.

Let's get out of here now,"
and she didn't move. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

Let's get out of here now," and she didn't mo...

It really shattered my vision of
the world and life and safety. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

It really shattered my vision of the world and life and safe...

So I went over
and I shook the body, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

So I went over and I shook the body,

There's the father!
There's the sister!" - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

There's the father! There's the sister!"

It was a felony burglary
and larceny - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

It was a felony burglary and larceny

-Jennifer's father, Steve, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-Jennifer's father, Steve,

I was an equity trader
on Wall Street. - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

I was an equity trader on Wall Street.

I would ride my bike at hours
when the only people up - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

I would ride my bike at hours when the only people up

-I wouldn't say he was arrogant, - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-I wouldn't say he was arrogant,

-I was keenly aware
that this was the biggest case - The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

-I was keenly aware that this was the biggest case

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A definitive look at the notorious 1986 murder of Jennifer Levin in Central Park, featuring exclusive interviews and never-before-seen archival material.

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Director: N/A

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Production: Bungalow Media + Entertainment,Break Thru Films

Genre: documentary, crime

Year: 2019

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ImdbRating: 6.9

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Released: 13 Nov 2019

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Homepage: https://www.sundancetv.com/shows/the-preppy-murder-death-in-central-park