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Which had my name, as well as my other co-defendants, but one name stood out, it was an individual i found out was part of a gang called sex, money, murder. >> eric was on to an important lead. sex, money, murder. even veteran cops knew those three words meant danger. a notorious gang from the soundview section of the bronx. >> 1997, october, sex, money, murder became my assignment. >> pete forcelli was an nypd detective assigned to take down the gang. >> this was all sex, money, murder territory? >> yeah. we're in the heart of it. >> while forcelli was investigating the gang, an informant tol...

Detective assigned to take down the gang. >> this was all sex, money, murder territory? >> yeah. we're in the heart of it. >> while forcelli was investigating the gang, an informant told him details of a crime the gang members had committed. >> there was a cab driver who had been killed in the vicinity of soundview. >> so forcelli went to the 43rd precinct in the south bronx, to see if there was any truth to the story. >> early 1998, walked in the precinct. went upstairs, walked into the detective squad room. >> so, you go in there and say what about this murder, what do you know about a murde...

Trip to the 43rd precinct? >> made two. again, came out saying we have nothing that fits that description. >> is there any conceivable reason why the police department wouldn't tell you the truth? >> well, i thought about that. >> forcelli says the answer might be simple. as far as the nypd was concerned, this homicide was solved. closed. >> the detective may have looked only in the open homicide drawer and never bothered to even look to see if there was anything other than an unsolved homicide that fit that description. >> as far as you know, that was the end of it. >> right. like i said, i'd...

She didn't testify against eric, her claims all these years later wouldn't help him. to have any chance at having another day in court eric knew he'd need powerful evidence. evidence of actual innocence. he started thinking, if he and the other five co-defendants had nothing to do with the two murders, then who did? after more than a decade of trying finally some of eric's requests for documents in his case began trickling in. >> i came across one document which had my name, as well as my other co-defendants, but one name stood out, it was an individual i found out was part of a gang called se...

Investigating the gang an informant told him details of a crime the gang members had committed. >> there was a cab driver who had been killed in the vicinity of soundview. >> so forcelli went to the 43rd precinct in the south bronx to see if there was any truth to the story. >> early 1998, walked in the precinct. went upstairs, walked into the detective squad room. >> you go in there and say what about this murder, what do you know about a murder? >> yeah, i wanted to know about a cab driver murder in soundview or the area around soundview. >> and the response? >> they had nothing that fit tha...