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Boyfriend convicted of swimsuit designer's murder

By Rande Iaboni, CNN
updated 7:35 PM EDT, Thu July 11, 2013


Designer Sylvie Cachay on the runway at Syla by Sylvie Cachay 2009 collection fashion show.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Nicholas Brooks is convicted of killing Sylvie Cachay in December 2010
• Her bruised body was found in a bathtub in Manhattan's Soho House
• Cachay's luxury line of swimwear was a celebrity favorite
• Brooks faces up to 25 years in prison

New York (CNN) -- The boyfriend of a swimsuit designer found dead in a bathtub at a chic New York hotel was convicted of her murder Thursday and faces up to 25 years in prison, the Manhattan District Attorney's office said.
A jury convicted Nicholas Brooks, son of "You Light Up My Life" composer Joseph Brooks, in New York Supreme Court for strangling and drowning Sylvie Cachay in December 2010, the office said in a statement.
"Domestic violence victims all too frequently become homicide victims," District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said. "Sylvie Cachay suffered a terrible death at the hands of a man who claimed to love her."
Cachay's bruised body was found submerged in water in an overflowing bathtub at the Soho House club and hotel on December 9, 2010, police said.
A guest staying on a lower floor of the hotel reported to hotel management that water was leaking through the ceiling of that guest's room, according to court documents.
A hotel employee investigating the source of the leak entered Cachay's room and discovered her body, the documents say.
Her death was later ruled a homicide.
Authorities said they relied on interviews with hotel employees and surveillance videos from the location to charge Brooks.
Cachay's body had bruising on the neck and bite marks, police said. An autopsy indicated the designer suffered injuries consistent with neck compression, court records show.
Cachay had internal hemorrhaging, injuries to her scalp and cuts to her lips and mouth, the documents say.
Brooks is expected to be sentenced in court July 26 and could face up to 25 years to life in prison.
Calls to his attorney, Jeffrey Hoffman, were not immediately returned Thursday.
"Sylvie Cachay was one of those rare individuals who truly sparkled when she spoke," said publicist Kate Godici. "She will be deeply and painfully missed, yet celebrated, honored and never forgotten."
After heading the swimwear team at Victoria's Secret, Cachay debuted her own luxury line of swimwear in 2006 to rave reviews. The collection became a celebrity favorite.
Brooks' father, Joseph Brooks, 73, committed suicide in May 2011, New York police said. The Oscar-winning songwriter was facing 11 rape and sexual assault charges, New York Police Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne told CNN.

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Hacker who made ATMs spit out cash dies in Calif.

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Last modified: 2013-07-26T19:17:16Z
Published: Friday, Jul. 26, 2013 - 11:15 am
Last Modified: Friday, Jul. 26, 2013 - 12:17 pm

SAN FRANCISCO -- A prominent hacker who discovered a way to have ATM machines spit out cash and was set to deliver a talk about hacking pacemakers and other wireless implantable medical devices died in San Francisco, authorities and his employer said.

Barnaby Jack died on Thursday, although the cause of death is still under investigation, San Francisco Deputy Coroner Kris Barbrich said. Craig Brophy, a spokesman for computer security firm IOActive, Inc., where Jack worked, confirmed his death and said the company would be issuing a statement.

Jack, who was in his mid-30s, was scheduled to speak on Aug. 1 at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. The headline of his talk was, "Implantable Medical Devices: Hacking Humans," according to a synopsis on the Black Hat conference website.

Jack planned to reveal software that uses a common transmitter to scan for and "interrogate" individual medical implants, the website said.

He made headlines at the conference in 2010 when he demonstrated his ability to hack stand-alone ATMs. He was able to hack them in two ways — remotely and using physical keys that come with the machines.

He had spent years tinkering with ATM machines and found that the keys that came with his machines were the same for all ATMs of that type made by that manufacturer. He used his key to unlock a compartment in the ATM, and then used a USB slot to insert a program that commanded the ATM to dump its vaults.

In the second method, he exploited weaknesses in the way ATM makers communicate with the machines over the Internet.

"Barnaby had the ability to take complex technology and intricate research and make it tangible and accessible for everyone to learn and grow from," Black Hat said in a statement.

The conference said it will not replace Jack's talk, but instead leave the slot open so people can commemorate his life and work.

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Radio host Kidd Kraddick dies suddenly at 53

[Updated at 11:20 a.m. CT] DALLAS – Popular national morning radio personality David “Kidd” Kraddick died Saturday near New Orleans, where he was hosting a golf tournament to raise money for children. He was 53. “He died doing what he loved, and his final day was spent selflessly focused on those…

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Soccer star Christian Benitez dead at age 27

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Father of 24 children found dead inside Detroit building

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