He was convicted in October 2000 of having murdered his estranged wife, Gail Katz-Bierenbaum 15 years earlier in their Manhattan apartment on July 7, 1985. 93 N.Y.2d 946, 694 N.Y.S.2d 337, 716 N.E.2d 172 [prior assault admissible]; People v. Jones, 289 A.D.2d 1010, 735 N.Y.S.2d 276, lv. He thus claims that those cases do not apply to permit such evidence under these facts because this case involves evidence of only one prior assault. Dr. Robert Bierenbaum, a trained pilot serving 20 years to life in prison, admitted to the crime at a parole hearing for the first time since his wife, Gail Katz, 29, Bierenbaum, a former plastic surgeon, was convicted of killing his first wife, Gail Katz, in 1985. Dalsass that he and his wife had argued that Sunday morning. Finally, this evidence shows that this defendant was motivated and had an intent to harm this victim. And if shes not alive, theres only one person who is a likely suspect to murder her, and its Bob. Robert Bierenbaum Admits To Murdering Wife, Gail Katz: He didnt understand how to deal with his anger, Bierenbaum said, according to the transcript. On the other hand, by concomitantly excluding the letter itself, suppressing its factual content and prohibiting the proffered testimony of defendant's three treating mental health professionals whom the People had intended to call as witnesses, these rulings protected the remaining, essential aspects of defendant's statutory privilege under CPLR 4504(a). We also reject defendant's claims in their entirety that the prosecutor's summation exacerbated the error which he says occurred by dint of the court's decision to admit evidence of the 1983 choking incident; and that the court's charge did not, nor could it, adequately safeguard defendant's right to a fair trial. He thus argues that her ruling necessarily extends to preclude the People from also proving the existence and nature of the Tarasoff letter. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Second, he admitted that their marriage was unhappy and virtually over, and that his own anger had reached a level tempting him toward violence against her because he was so frustrated by the strife between them. Inmate Search | Washington State Department of Corrections As for now, Robert was sent back to prison. However, the proof here evinces defendant's intent to focus his aggression on one person, namely, his wife-his victim. There was no foregone conclusion to this case, by any stretch of the imagination.. At a parole hearing in December 2020, he confessed to killing his wife and dumping her body from a plane, according to the New York Daily News. According to the Times, she had talked Bierenbaum into seeking psychiatric help for his violent streak. It is clear to us that a finding other than guilt would not have been reasonable. Accordingly, there can be no holding that this verdict is against the weight of the evidence. 2023 Cox Media Group. A King County Superior Court jury today found Robert Parker guilty of two counts of aggravated murder in the stabbing and strangulation of two Shoreline-area Katz-Bierenbaums family requested that the remains be reexamined in 1997 when DNA testing became available, according to The Charley Project. denied 80 N.Y.2d 905, 588 N.Y.S.2d 831, 602 N.E.2d 239; People v. Shorey, 172 A.D.2d 634, 568 N.Y.S.2d 436, lv. Ive waited a very,very long time for this day.