PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release on September 20, 2005

Contact: William J. Smith (718) 556-7150
William.Smith@rcda.nyc.gov

D.A. Donovan Announces Arrest of Victim's Half-Brother in August Murder of 18 Year-Old S.I. Woman

***** Raviv Gabbay, 27, Arrested For Murder of Half-Sister, Aliza Parsy *****

STATEN ISLAND, NY - Richmond County District Attorney Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. today announced the arrest of Raviv Gabbay (DOB: 7/19/1978), of East 12th Street, Brooklyn, for the murder of his half-sister, Aliza Parsy, 18, of Staten Island on August 10, 2005.

Gabbay, was placed under arrest Monday evening on charges of 2nd degree Murder, and Burglary in the 1st and 2nd degrees, within the confines of the 122nd Pct. on Staten Island and while in custody made a statement that implicated himself in the death of his half-sister within her home on Rupert Avenue in the Sea View section of the borough. The murder followed Gabbay entering the home shared by the victim and her mother, who is also the defendant’s mother.

District Attorney Donovan stated, “I am grateful to the men and women of my office, the NYPD and the Medical Examiner’s office for their dedication to an exhaustive investigation and seeing an arrest made in the brutal ending of a young life, so full of promise. The people of this community can rest a little bit easier knowing that the man who we believe perpetrated this crime has been taken into custody and will now face prosecution.”

The investigation of the case was conducted by Assistant District Attorney Wanda DeOliveira, Deputy Chief of the District Attorney’s Sex Crimes/Special Victims Bureau, and Assistant District Attorney Duncan Brown, who are prosecuting the case under the supervision of Assistant District Attorney Yolanda L. Rudich, Bureau Chief.

They were assisted in their investigation by Assistant District Attorneys Thomas Reilly and David Frey, of the Computer Crimes Unit, Detective Investigator Robert Keating, and Maria Scarna, Domestic Violence Case Coordinator and Andrew Scudera, Director of Video and Photography.

From the NYPD, the investigation was conducted by Lt. Richie Lamb and Det. Michael Kenny of the 122 Precinct, Det. Sgt. Frances “Buddy” Murname, Det. Thomas Byrnes of the Major Case Unit, Det. James McCafferty of the Brooklyn South Homicide Unit, Det. Pete Cassidy and Det. Chris Wachholtz of the Computer Crime Squad, as well as personnel from the NYPD’s Auto Crime Division. The investigation was also assisted by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner’s DNA Unit.

The defendant will be arraigned this afternoon, on murder and related charges, before Judge Alan J. Meyer at Richmond County Criminal Court, 67 Targee Street. He faces a maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison if convicted of the charge of Murder in the 2nd degree.

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