Interesting Info On Missing/Dead Couple, Chris Benedetto And Janette Piro' Case.....
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Sister of missing Singer Island man sues suspect over unpaid loan
By KEVIN KRAUSE Sun-Sentinel
The sister of a Singer Island man missing and presumed dead for two years
has sued a suspect in his disappearance, demanding he repay money her
brother lent him.
Chris Benedetto's sister, Nancy Benedetto, filed the lawsuit in U.S.
District Court in New Jersey on Monday against her brother-in-law, Mike
Koblan, claiming that he has not paid back the $165,000 loan.
Chris Benedetto lent the money to Koblan's New Jersey-based trucking
business, Mark Transport, in the form of several payments from 1996 through
1998, according to family members.
Chris Benedetto was reported missing in November 1998 after he and his
wife, Janette Piro, missed a dinner date with neighbors. Piro, 45, was later
found strangled and stuffed in a bait freezer in the couple's garage.
Chris Benedetto, 42, remains missing and is thought by police to be dead.
He and his wife moved from New York to Florida to retire in 1996 after
he was awarded more than $1 million in a worker's compensation settlement
related to a construction accident.
They paid cash for their $151,000 Singer Island home.
During the early stages of the investigation, Riviera Beach police
learned that a witness had seen Koblan return alone on Chris Benedetto's
boat after they had left together for a fishing trip that day.
Koblan is married to Piro's sister.
Police said they then learned that Chris Benedetto had invested part of
his multimillion-dollar worker's compensation settlement in Koblan's
trucking business.
No arrests have been made in the case.
Benedetto's family successfully petitioned a Palm Beach County judge in
August to allow them to post a $100,000 reward using money from Chris
Benedetto's estate.
The judge granted their request over an objection filed by Koblan's
wife, Regina Koblan, who said in court papers that using the money for a
reward would affect them financially.
No public records trace Mark Transport's investments or exact financial
situation. But the business had financial difficulties in the summer of
1998, court records showed.
In July 1998, the trucking business stopped making monthly payments to a
New Hampshire credit company that was financing its insurance premiums,
records show.
Kevin Krause can be reached at kkr...@sun-sentinel.com or 561-243-6604.
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Lady Taker
>has sued a suspect in his disappearance, demanding he repay money her
>brother lent him.
Wow. Pretty stupi...er... BRAVE of her.
Volfie (stupid, brave -- they can be so close sometimes)