On May 17, 1988, Miami Detective Nelson Andreu, investigating the Panzavecchia murder, got a telephone call from Metro-Dade Detective Mike DeCora, investigating the Aronow murder. Robert S. Young, a self-described mercenary with a fondness for call girls, guns and mean dogs, is the hit man who gunned down Donald Aronow, the legendary speedboat demon, investigators suspect. . Robert Samuel Young, 41, the suspected hit man, is a "soldier of fortune type, " says Fred Haddad, one of his multiple lawyers. He refused to identify his employer. "Unless you could hear that directly from Ben or Don, it's guessing.". It could have been international. Aronow knew a Jerry Jacoby, a racing champion and former partner. He named a Donzi 007. Someone put a small pipe bomb underneath the seat of his maroon Jeep last September. His co-defendant: Ben Kramer, the racer-turned-drug lord, also guilty. Marshall lived. Young's old lawyer, Melvyn Kessler, doesn't represent him anymore because of his own criminal problems. "And Don did buy it back, " Michael Aronow says. Lacy. Young, already serving time for the "Dixie Mafia" murder, didn't respond to a telegrammed request for an interview. . The drug deal went bad. The murder of Aronow, shot to death three years ago, seems to be unraveling as one of the most sensational chapters in the nation's drug story. Someone swiped a gold Rolex watch from the dead man's wrist. It exploded, injuring his legs. UM women play immature first quarter, bounced by Virginia Tech in ACC tournament, Mysterious creature seen hopping along rainforest river for first time in 24 years, 11 sharks wash up on South African beach, researchers say. a perplexed Aronow asked. Their livers were missing, Little dragon found on uninhabited Australian island is a new species. It pulled up to the Mercedes, driver's side to driver's side. Andreu wrote a report: DeCora "stated he had information from a source who was in federal custody in Oklahoma and provided them the name of Robert Young as the shooter in their investigation of millionaire boat builder Aronau, " spelling the name wrong. A shy waitress and a persistent customer put their faith in fortune cookies in this sweet story from the director of Lbs. Once a Boca Raton officer stopped Young's Mercury Marquis and spotted one of the dogs in the back seat. Abruptly, he left the office, just as Aronow announced he had to be on his way. He seemed "agitated, " says Jerry Engelman, Aronow's manager. You can arrest me now if you want to. But he was the wrong one. He didn't want to talk to The Miami Herald. They never found the other one. USA Racing Team's primary mission was its lucrative U.S. Customs contract -- to build "super" anti-smuggling catamarans called Blue Thunder. About two weeks later, Palm Beach SWAT officers coaxed Young out of a five-acre estate. A double-dealing mob tale, it might out-Godfather The Godfather -- if, of course, it's not fiction. No buyer, pal or partner turned out to be quite so volatile as Benjamin Barry Kramer, 35, a brash, impatient boat racer who packed a .357 Magnum and ran a worldwide drug empire complete with a toll-free beeper number. "What they did personally amongst themselves, I have no idea, " says Robert Saccenti, a former pal of both men. Although cons have implicated Young in the Aronow murder, some investigators speculate that more than one man pulled off the crime. It hasn't been easy. His widow, Lillian Aronow, has not spoken publicly about her husband's murder. Even before police crack the case, though, mystery writers and prime-time TV producers have penned scripts for the gangland-style killing on Feb. 3, 1987. Says Michael Aronow, the slain racer's son: "The way my father lived, it (the murder) could have been as casual as a handshake. Cuban authorities said they found almost 300 pounds of marijuana aboard. Conceivably, they could be wrong. Then he counted the rings, Mysterious ball seen beside road was 14-foot invasive snake, New York officials say, Elite gathering of financial titans returns to Miami for annual event, UM, Pitt battle for first place in ACC Saturday in front of sold-out Watsco Center, Philly phenom Carranza back at DRV PNK Stadium to face former Inter Miami teammates, Fourth-quarter burst by LaShae Dwyer propels UM women to ACC tournament quarterfinals, Heat falls to 0-2 on important homestand with painful loss to Knicks. Aronow built the dead-end street where he died, known as Thunder Boat Row, and paid his well-tanned laborers for designing and manufacturing his sassy speedboats: Formula, Donzi, Magnum, Squadron. He backed his Mercedes into the street. They looked for the Lincoln. . For years, Young used different dates and places of birth, different names and occupations. What's more, Young's description -- blue eyes, dark-blond hair -- does not match a composite drawing of the Lincoln's driver made from eyewitness accounts: a white man with a tanned complexion, a day or two's growth of whiskers and wavy brown hair. Takeaways and reaction, Miamis falling murder rates show the fallacy of Republicans anti-immigration stance | Opinion. They found the Jerry Jacoby the murdered man knew. Don Aronow was a dead set legend. He was a hero and a genius, a ballbuster and a bully. This time the dispute was over a 40-foot custom-made sailboat, Cat Dancer, named for Young's green-eyed girlfriend, a one-time topless dancer. Some think two cars might have been involved. But Aronow may have possessed a darker side that even he could not outrun. "They were having trouble with a deal.". He sold boats to Christina Onassis and Victor Posner and allegedly was a pal of Meyer Lansky, the financial brains of organized crime. On the course, Aronow horses -- Mike began training horses after his accident -- were the top winners at Gulfstream Park during the 1985 season. And he may or may not be the same Jerry Jacoby who once strayed into Cuban waters during a scuba-diving trip out of Miami. A child of the Depression, Aronow, 59, founded several of the world's hottest speed-boat manufacturing companies. Publicly, the Metro-Dade Police Department, the Dade State Attorney's Office and the FBI refuse to comment on the Aronow investigation -- except to cite substantial progress. The racers, Aronow and Kramer, had much in common. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. ", To another officer, Fort Lauderdale Organized Crime Detective Stephen Robitaille, Young said: "I'm a mercenary.". He was holed up with his green- eyed companion, three Rottweilers and a .22-caliber semi- automatic rifle. He and two pals agreed to cooperate and testified against Young in the federal drug case, according to attorney Anita Sanders in Oklahoma City. An Aronow family lawyer, Murray Weil, won't discuss the racers' financial dealings. Panzavecchia still had on his underwear with the words "Be My Baby, " and his gold panther ring. Panzavecchia ran guns. Others raced in the Kentucky Derby. He announced that he worked for a rich man who wanted Aronow to build him a 60-foot boat. The next day, Young, using the name Bobby Scott, took some shots at Panzavecchia -- four .25-caliber bullets through the skull. We act in a management and/or Agent capacity in any and all aspects of the industry.. Prosecutors said the lawyer helped cycle Kramer's dirty profits through secret bank accounts and phony companies stretching from Colombia and Los Angeles to Miami, London and Lichtenstein. And Benjamin Barry Kramer, the world champion fast-boat millionaire, could have ordered the daytime ambush after he and Aronow squabbled over a shady business deal, some investigators surmise. He boasted to a cop of running guns "south" and bumping off three Cuban military men. Still recovering from the failed breakout, Kramer limped out of court on a wooden crutch. Aronow drove a white Mercedes, Kramer a white Porsche. Panzavecchia took a shot at Young's car. A Lincoln Continental with tinted windows was parked nearby, waiting. But Aronow's son explains: In 1984, his dad sold his USA Racing Team firm to Kramer's Apache company. Aronow drove his Mercedes less than a block, over to Bob Saccenti's boat place. Then Aronow left. Investigators don't have the proof. The Aronow stables at Ocala, Fla., house about 40 2-year-olds in various. Both were hot-tempered. Michael, the oldest of three children from Aronow . Supposedly, he kept a squad of Rottweilers trained to attack on hand command. "That's hearsay, " Michael Aronow says. In the summer of 1987, Fort Lauderdale police arrested Young after he twice shot an Army vet, Craig Marshall. Nobody thought much of the comment at the time. . But this Jerry Jacoby wasn't that Jerry Jacoby. UMs Destiny Harden was ill and almost didnt play against Virginia Tech. Ben Kramer, the fast-life desperado, is also adjusting to life in prison. . And in the end, he wound up as nothing more than a target for an assassin's bullet. The street talk is a bit different: Aronow returned the land, the equipment and the chopper to Kramer -- and kept the under-the-table money. He designed, built and raced the famous Magnum Marine, Cary, Cigarette, Donzi and Formula speedboats. Then he stopped talking upon the advice of his lawyer. He got himself into Cuba -- for smuggling. The locals also found out that the FBI was interested in "a case of murder on the high seas involving the killing and discarding of a body from Robert Young's boat.". Call girls got him into Leavenworth. Michael Aronow Inc. 1988 - Present35 years Port Washington, New York Thoroughbred and Equine Consultants. An old Bell chopper plucked him from the prison's athletic field -- only to snag on a barbed wire fence and crash. "But Kramer took a big loss. A tall stranger walked in, introducing himself as Jerry Jacoby. And they looked for Jerry Jacoby. By the 1980s, the two men were in the boat business together. He is Paul K. Silverman, also convicted on a drug charge, also serving time in Oklahoma. He shot Aronow in the chest, blasting his way down to the groin. Young's latest lawyer, Virgil C. Black, says his client is simply a convenient police target. Not to worry, he explained. But when the Feds found out they were buying the boats from Kramer, a drug suspect himself, they cringed. He is in jail in Oklahoma City, awaiting sentencing on the federal drug charge. About 2 p.m. the day of the murder, Don Aronow arrived on Thunder Boat Row. A fisherman found his body in a canal in Broward County. Kramer turned over land, assets and a Bell helicopter. His technique was to establish a company's reputation by winning races (the world. In the 1970s, police said, he ran a "floating prostitution" enterprise in St. Louis; Columbia, S.C.; Wheeling, W.Va.; and Las Vegas. Even the Rev. He kept newspaper clippings about unsolved murders in his house. Another possible government witness is William George Walton, also serving time. "Bobby is one of those guys you should be afraid of, " the detective says. But his gold Rolex was missing from his wrist. This story was originally published April 1, 2009, 10:21 AM. "What do you do for your boss?" Young skipped out on his $120,000 bond. Or it could have had something to do with Ben Kramer, he says. "I'd do anything for him, " an Aronow employee, Patty Lezaca, quoted Jacoby. Saccenti says they didn't talk about Kramer or bad business blood. Bush named a Cigarette Fidelity. And the street talk is that he also gave Aronow cash -- under the table. In 1985, Kramer and a car-racing pal paid $50,000 to have a 36-year-old Fort Lauderdale man killed, witnesses told federal agents. "He just stopped by to see how I was doing, to find out what was going on in the neighborhood, " he says. At least one he had committed. Aronow, afraid of nothing, also moved in corporate circles. Aronow built the dead-end street where he died, known as Thunder Boat Row, and paid his well-tanned laborers for designing and manufacturing his sassy speedboats: Formula, Donzi, Magnum, Squadron XII and the needle-nosed Cigarette. They were Communists. Just last Friday, he was sentenced in a daredevil escape from Metropolitan Correctional Center April 17, 1989. No one has been charged. Donald Aronow, a bored millionaire at 28 and a dead man 26 days before his 60th birthday, used to move briskly through Miami's shadowy world where dopers, government spies and mobsters commingle. He might or might not be the Jerry Jacoby who has a chauffeur's license from Seminole County. Aronow's last boat venture, USA Team Racing, was sold in November. Maybe they never will. With him on the ill-fated scuba trip was Robert Young, also jailed. Both liked money, winning, fast toys and the color white. "I can't confirm or deny anything that's not public record, " says Walton's lawyer, Paul A. The cast of characters -- two behind bars, one the victim of a mysterious bomb explosion, and one unaccounted for -- all have connections to a trans-Atlantic network of shell companies and secret bank accounts.
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