Most Wanted For Murder - 2 Thais

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Tuesday, December 13, 2005

'78 Slaying On Li to Be Staged On TV Tonight

Show hopes to find 2 suspects at large

Nassau and Suffolk edition, Newsday, Melville, NY

November 1, 1991

Susan Forrest, Staff Writer

On Dec. 4, 1978, multimillionaire developer Lawrence Lever walked into the master bedroom of his Old Brookville mansion and found two ski-masked men ransacking it. As he tried to reach a shotgun hidden in the closet, the intruders drew guns and one shot him in the chest. Meanwhile, in the kitchen, a third intruder had cornered his wife, Carol, and, at knifepoint, forced her to remove the six-carat diamond and platinum ring on her finger. Amid her screams, the three intruders then fled into the night. Although the mastermind of the crime was later convicted of murder in the case, his two accomplices, including the triggerman in Lever's death, remain at large. Tonight, in a segment filmed last month at the former Lever mansion and other Long Island locations, the television show "America's Most Wanted" will re-enact the murder in the hopes of bringing the killers to justice.

"This was a very brutal and senseless murder of a man whose family was targeted because of their wealth," said Jack Breslin, a former Wantagh resident and publicity director of the program, which claims a 43 percent success rate in locating felons.

Wanted are two Thai nationals indicted in the murder but never caught: Boonlert (Jeff) Thanarakol, now 35, the alleged triggerman, and Sae Sow Surajit, 37, whose nickname is Adam. The third intruder, master jewel thief Alan Golder, now 36, is serving 15 years to life for the murder in a federal prison, under an alias. In exchange for a reduced sentence, Golder, formerly of Island Park and Rocky Point, not only fingered his two accomplices, he provided Nassau police with details about a nationwide burglary ring that resulted in 24 arrests. The ring targeted wealthy homes, including the Kennedy family's Palm Beach estate, the Beverly Hills home "Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson and the Texas home of former U.S. Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon, said retired Nassau homicide Det. Al Vincinere, who worked on the Lever case and is interviewed in the program. Golder told police he gave Thanarakol and Surajit each $2,000 and kept $20,000 for himself for the sale of Carol Lever's ring, valued at $40,000 in 1978. He told authorities Lever, 53, was not supposed to be killed. "As far as I'm concerned, it may be a solved case but it's an unresolved case," said Vincinere, who said investigators believe Thanarokol and Surajit fled underground to Thailand after their 1981 indictments. Viewers can call "America's Most Wanted" after the show to report tips on the whereabouts of Jeff and Adam at 1-800-CRIME91. Breslin said AT&T language lines will also be available to people in Thai communities who need a translator.

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