Nicholas Markowitz

[Jason]

Nicholas Samuel Markowitz (September 19, 1984 - August 9, 2000) was an American teenager who, in the year 2000 was kidnapped and murdered at the age of 15 after a feud over drug money between his half-brother Benjamin Markowitz and Jesse James Hollywood. Nicholas Markowitz lived in the West Hills, Los Angeles, California area with his mother, Susan, and father, Jeff.

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I found this case very tragic and sad. If you dig around the internet you will find websites in his honor and I even came across his Bar Mitzvah video that was only 2 years prior to his death.

<The Movie Alpha Dog was based on this case>

[Kathyf]

I just taped Alpha Dog. I can't wait to watch it now. What a terrible story.

[KCBee]

How awful. I doubt the debt was even repaid. Was there even an attempt to pay the ransom?

From the Wiki page, it looks like everyone involved is/did serve jail time.