May 10, 2001
7:27PM EST
JENNIFER STAHL, STEPHEN KING, CHARLES HELLIWELL, III AUTHOR ROBERT BRENNER SAYS THE STRANGEST THING ABOUT THE ROBERY WAS THE TIMING AS THIS KIND OF BRUTAL KILLING IN A BOTCHED MARIJUANA HEIST USE TO HAPPEN IN TIMES SQUARE REGULARLY IN THE 1970'S. BECAUSE TIMES SQUARE HAD BEEN CLEANED UP BY 2001, NEWSPAPER EDITORIALS CLAIMED TIMES SQUARE WAS SLIPPING BACK INTO THE "BAD OLD DAYS".
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