Robert Mladinich
Retired NYPD Detective Robert Mladinich, who
worked in, among other places, Manhattan North
Narcotics, the 66 Squad, and as a writer and editor
for “Spring 3100,” published his third true crime
book in July 2007. “Hooked Up for Murder,”
(Pinnacle), which he co-wrote with Michael Benson,
chronicles the senseless shooting death of a clean-
cut college student named Michael Fisher in the 70
Precinct in October 2003.
After meeting a young woman at a Manhattan bar,
Fisher accompanied her to a late night house
Brooklyn party which the prosecution stated was
hosted and attended by members of a gang called
the Ghetto Mafia. Two men were convicted of the
killing, which the prosecution said was done for
street credibility.
Mladinich’s second book, “Lethal Embrace,” which
he also co-wrote with Michael Benson, was
published in January 2007 by Pinnacle. It chronicled
the notorious January 2001 Dolphin Fitness Club
murder in Amityville, Long Island. In that case a
woman hired a hit man to kill her husband, who was
the proprietor of a popular gym. After getting
pregnant by the hit man, she fooled her husband into
thinking that the baby in her belly was his.
worked in, among other places, Manhattan North
Narcotics, the 66 Squad, and as a writer and editor
for “Spring 3100,” published his third true crime
book in July 2007. “Hooked Up for Murder,”
(Pinnacle), which he co-wrote with Michael Benson,
chronicles the senseless shooting death of a clean-
cut college student named Michael Fisher in the 70
Precinct in October 2003.
After meeting a young woman at a Manhattan bar,
Fisher accompanied her to a late night house
Brooklyn party which the prosecution stated was
hosted and attended by members of a gang called
the Ghetto Mafia. Two men were convicted of the
killing, which the prosecution said was done for
street credibility.
Mladinich’s second book, “Lethal Embrace,” which
he also co-wrote with Michael Benson, was
published in January 2007 by Pinnacle. It chronicled
the notorious January 2001 Dolphin Fitness Club
murder in Amityville, Long Island. In that case a
woman hired a hit man to kill her husband, who was
the proprietor of a popular gym. After getting
pregnant by the hit man, she fooled her husband into
thinking that the baby in her belly was his.
Then, in a tragic case of mistaken identity, the hit man
killed the intended victim’s business partner by mistake.
Mladinich’s first book, “From the Mouth of the Monster:
The Joel Rifkin Story,” (Pocket, 2001) chronicled the life
and misdeeds of New York State’s most notorious serial
killer, with whom Mladinich attended college in the late
1970s.
killed the intended victim’s business partner by mistake.
Mladinich’s first book, “From the Mouth of the Monster:
The Joel Rifkin Story,” (Pocket, 2001) chronicled the life
and misdeeds of New York State’s most notorious serial
killer, with whom Mladinich attended college in the late
1970s.
Books by the Author:
Hooked Up For Murder
Lethal Embrace
From the Mouth of the Monster
Hooked Up For Murder
Lethal Embrace
From the Mouth of the Monster