Beach Road

In the summer of 2003 there were three brutal and tragic murders in East Hampton, a wealthy beach community on Long Island, and two related murders in New York City. These were the subject of countless news stories the following year, both in New York and nationally.

But the horror of the murders paled in comparison to the tension and social upheaval in the Hamptons leading up to and during the murder trial.

This is the story of what happened, and it is told from several points of view. Keep in mind that people often lie, especially in the current age, and that the full extent of their lies can be almost beyond our comprehension.

The players, in order of appearance:

Nikki Robinson, a seventeen-year-old part-time housemaid in East Hampton, Long Island

Tom Dunleavy, a former professional athlete, now a defense attorney in the Hamptons

Dante Halleyville, accused of four of the murders, one of the most talented schoolboy athletes in the country

Katherine Costello, another important defense lawyer in the murder trial

Loco, a drug dealer who supplied the Hamptons

Detective Connie P. Raiborne, a streetwise Brooklyn detective

Marie Scott, Dante’s grandmother and his mentor in all ways

This is their story.