The film, released by Paramount Pictures, is part of Viacom, a company affiliated with CBS. Tags: Crime, Jacksonville, Gov. ", "The subject is so dark and people die so you don't want to laugh. "They just told me, 'We got a matzo ball' " said Schiller. Ron DeSantis, Florida, President Joe Biden, Politics Police say Yery Medina-Ulloa, 24, lied about his age, claimed to be 17 when he was found covered in blood and . They found their next victims in 1995 when they came across a photograph of Griga's yellow Lamborghini. The Sun Gym gang left a massive, bloody trail of evidence. "I knew they weren't gonna do anything,"said Schiller. When they try to do it again, it doesn't go quite so well. "Lugo and Doorbal, on the other hand, they wanted to live that life," Ferrer continued. 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A U.S. Army veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder allegedly murdered his mother and wrote in an apology that he "gave into the Devil" on the night of the killing, TCPalm.com reports. Oxygen's true crime series Florida Man Murders returns on July 11 with a new crop of crime sprees to investigate, from double homicides to a mysterious severed human head. The prosecution rested. She knew all the gang's secrets and details of their plots, though she believed they were undercover CIA agents. Marc Schiller managed to escape the capture and torture by the Sun Gym Gang and later testified against them in their trial for the Griga and Furton murders. "And they drove the car into a light pole. At daybreak on Oct. 25, 1967, Annie Mae Richardson, of Arcadia, Fla., got up to prepare the day's meals for her husband and seven children. Schiller's nightmare started just as he was about to head for home after work. 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Film is a modern and popular art form created for business and entertainment purposes. (CBS News) MIAMI -- Zsuzsanna Griga will never forget the kidnapping of her brother, Frank, and his girlfriend, Krisztina Furton in 1995. It's a moment Judge Ferrer will never forget. I can only imagine what the victims' families are going through. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER. The ringleader seemed to be Daniel "Danny" Lugo, a 32-year-old bodybuilder and convicted felon who had defrauded elderly people out of millions in a twisted insurance scheme. "How did this all go down?" "And they were taking some of the furniture they liked and putting it into their own apartments, wearing his jewelry, driving his Dodge Viper, and his Mercedes and just basically living off his money. Roberts asked Schiller. He agreed, and in November of 1994, brought his gun. "They were living in the house. "He was treated like a prisoner of war or actually worse. In 1988, Bernard Williams beat state representative William Telek to death with a hammer, stealing $100 in cash and Telek's car. "In no way am I justifying these horrible events," Raimondo, who was released early in 2002, when the movie came out. That's where he spent the next 30 days, was handcuffed to that pipe," former homicide Felix Jimenez explained. "She was very beautiful. "I dont want the American public to be sympathetic to the killers.". Despite Schiller's testimony in the Griga and Furton murder trials -- whichlasted over four months and became the longest in Florida history --according to Ferrer, Schiller would later be arrested by federal agents on fraud charges outside the courtroom mere seconds after providing his damning witness testament against his captors. Schiller would eventually tell police a wild story -- that five months before the murders of Frank and Krisztina, Schiller himself had been grabbed by a gang. When the authorities delved into the investigation of Frank Black's disappearance, they unraveled a heinous plot of murder and betrayal. "What happened was terrible. Sabina Petrescu, the magazine model-turned stripper, had quite a story to tell. (Courtesy of Oxygen), "It's a comedy of errors their attempts to kidnap him because they were going to take Schiller to a warehouse, terrorize him and get him to sign over this money and they felt he wouldn't go to the cops," Ferrer continued, noting that he disagreed with the victims' portrayals in the movie. Police would soon learn that Lugo was a burley ex-convict who had served time for running a phony loan scam operation. Doorbal was also found guilty and both men were sentenced to death. She said her boyfriend wasn't a criminal. Even now, with a big Hollywood movie, he won't get a dime. We have the next door neighbor. The surprised Sun Gym gang moved in to finish off Marc Schiller. Ferrer said he knew from the jump that the case involving the Sun Gym cohort --in which another member, Jorge Delgado, would eventually flip on 32-year-oldLugo and 24-year-old Doorbal, allegedly fearing for his safety --would one day become a Hollywood production. "Why didn't either of you go to the police at that point?" The case is now being re-visited forOxygen's upcoming two-night special, "Florida Man Murders" from BlumhouseTelevision. The purported headline ran alongside an image of a glossy-eyed man, furrowing his eyebrows and . "I think what's difficult to understand is why you did not go to the police sooner," Roberts commented to Schiller. (Courtesy of Oxygen). "So you had your .45 with you?" The illusion of a Movie of images produces continuous motion in the form of video. "He was screaming 'What do you want, what do you want with me, what are you doin? ", "And then eventually, against all odds, this guy escapes," added Ferrer. "Sorry. "They chose to portray me as a bad person and my assailants as nice guys who were just bumbling fools,Schiller told the New York Post at the time. But they went missing even before they could go on that trip. They are now both CBS News consultants. "He was a steroid freak. Daniel Lugo was given two death sentences for his role in the murders of Frank Griga and Krisztina Furton. They were living there and partying in his home," Ferrer explained. They all dressed in black and had face makeup and they had headsets like they were some kind of SWAT team so they could communicate with a guy in the van so that when they grabbed him, he could pull up and they could throw him in the car," he recalled of the details divulged in court. In the end, the Sun Gym Gang stuffed the torsos of Grida and Furton into 55-gallon drums and attempted to burn them. They were convicted oftorturingand killingFrank Griga, a 33-year-old Hungarian immigrant and businessman who built his fortune by operating a 1-900 phone sex empire, and Griga's girlfriend Krisztina Furton, a 23-year-old exotic dancer at Solid Gold in Miami. Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. Roberts asked Levine. Justice was what Marc Schiller got this time. Within hours, they reached their verdict: Daniel Lugo was found guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of Krisztina Furton and Frank Griga. Whap!". "Money was there for him to make other people happy and to play, to buy toys," she said. This series zeroes in on America's most notorious and outrageous killers from the Sunshine State. A Florida family allegedly beat a homosexual man so severely that he was left blinded because they believed he "turned" their son gay, according to reports. In February 1998, almost three years after the gruesome murders of Frank Griga and Krisztina Furton, Danny Lugo and Adrian Doorbal were set to go on trial. His phone sex hotline business picked up steam in the 90s and ended up making millions. "At your peak you could bench 475 pounds?" "This is where the Sun Gym was located. They're few and far between when there's actually a missing person that we would respond. Get the best of Fox News' entertainment coverage, right in your inbox. "I was in a coma when they picked me up," he told Roberts. Danny H. Rolling, 52, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. at Florida State Prison in Starke, about 30 miles northeast of Gainesville. Weeks would pass, and, strangely, despite his ordeal, Schiller did not report it to police. "The victim comes from Colombia. "This is a warehouse that was rented by one of the members of the Sun Gym Gang," Jimenez told Roberts as they stood outside the building. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. When they arrived at the restaurant, they suggested heading to Doorbal's nearby townhouse instead. ", Adrian Doorbal is seen in a booking photo. However, the story of the ragtag Sun Gym Gang --which inspired the 2013 Michael Bay film "Pain & Gain" that starred Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub, Ed Harris and Rebel Wilson-- doesnt start with the murders and dismemberment of Griga and Furton in 1995. Du Bois stole the papers, which turned out to be incriminating evidence that exposed a network of 11 men involved in the kidnapping plot. But the homicide captain on Griga and Furton's case realizes the possible similarities. "It was a sham," Ed Du Bois said. Soon, Frank's big sister was on a flight to Miami. "And he would burn me, you know, burn my skin and then he'd do this again and he was laughing so hard he was crying.". CNN . John abandoned the car, where it was eventually found. (Photo by Jason Merritt/WireImage), "They almost literally got away with murder and then it just spirals out of control," said Ferrer. he was reaching for the skies, " Griga continued. Lugo and Doorbal, posing as businessmen, lured Frank and Krisztina back to Doorbal's apartment. by | Nov 19, 2021 | pharmacy and pharmacology international journal indexing | Nov 19, 2021 | pharmacy and pharmacology international journal indexing A search of the house and the car yielded no clues. "It was $1.2 million in cash and assets and a $2 million life insurance policy. I wasn't involved in that at all.". "They put him in his Toyota 4Runner, his SUV," said Ferrer. ", Judge Alex Ferrer presided over the Sun Gym Gang case in Miami that inspired the Michael Bay film 'Pain & Gain.' "And the message that he -- he had out there was you can do whatever you want. They did interview Griga's ex-girlfriend, Beatriz, who was also a stripper at Solid Gold, which Griga and Furton still frequented. Lugo and Doorbal's attorneys chose not to put on a case. They were now hungry for another score. Investigators looked into friends and acquaintances, but no real red flags were apparent. However, he was too scared and didnt report it until months later, and the police didnt initially believe him. I think at that point, it was prudent not to.". "I kind of knew that something really bad happened then". Frank was completely legal.".