The Return of Ted Maher: Billionaire Edmond Safra’s Killer Accused of Plotting Yet Another Murder

The Murder Sheet has an exclusive report touching upon an infamous international case.In 1999, an American nurse named Ted Maher was accused of setting fire to a Monte Carlo penthouse and murdering billionaire Edmond Safra and a colleague named Vivian Torrente.In 2023, under the new name Jon Green, the same man was charged with criminal solicitation to commit murder.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Murder Sheet participates in the Amazon Associate program and earns money from qualifying purchases.Reporting on Edmond Safra:The Los Angeles Times’s reporting on American Express:https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-28-fi-1108-story.htmlCoverage from Forbes on the Russia-related scandal: https://www.forbes.com/2007/05/17/bony-russia-lawsuit-biz-services-cx_lm_0517suit.html?sh=4dcae2bd21c1The Jewish Week’s feature on Safra: https://www.hsje.org/Whoswho/Edmund_Safra/we_have_lost_our_crown.htmlThe New York Post’s coverage of Safra’s reputation: https://nypost.com/1999/12/14/safras-sleuth-pi-joe-mullen-saved-the-reputation-of-the-late-edmond-safra-and-has-cracked-many-a-case-for-this-decades-famous-and-infamous/The Washington Post’s coverage of the American Express incident involving Safra: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1989/07/29/american-express-offers-4-million-and-apology/aafa682c-f909-420a-8cba-64c1171b8754/Coverage from The Times of Israel on Edmond Safra: https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-biography-probes-into-mysterious-backstory-of-billionaire-banker-edmond-j-safra/“A Banker's Journey: How Edmond J. Safra Built a Global Financial Empire” by Daniel Gross: https://www.amazon.com/Bankers-Journey-Edmond-Global-Financial/dp/1635767857?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=murdersheet-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=e421f9aad81731bd8c533450c2d33219&camp=1789&creative=9325"Vendetta: American Express and the Smearing of Edmond Safra" by Bryan Burrough: https://www.amazon.com/Vendetta-American-Express-Smearing-Edmond/dp/0060167599?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=murdersheet-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=daa163a4a68a59e1be75830f6856bef4&camp=1789&creative=9325“Gilded Lily: Lily Safra: The Making of One of the World's Wealthiest Widows” by Isabel Vincent: https://www.amazon.com/GILDED-LILY-Isabel-Vincent/dp/0061133949?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=murdersheet-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=703a51336f36524e9ccc1178740241e4&camp=1789&creative=9325Reporting on Ted Maher:The New York Times’s story on the 1999 nursing strike: https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/05/nyregion/nurses-plan-strike-monday-at-columbia-presbyterian.htmlThe New York Times’s story on how the 1999 nursing strike was called off: https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/10/nyregion/tentative-deal-averts-strike-by-nurses.htmlTime’s reporting on Ted Maher: https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,992877,00.htmlSeacoastonline’s report on Heidi Maher: https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/2002/11/21/praying-for-murder-acquittal/51281826007/Coverage from the New York Post on Ted Maher’s release:https://nypost.com/2007/08/17/back-from-dead/The New York Post on Ted Maher’s former wife’s lawsuit against the Safra estate:https://nypost.com/2003/05/27/60m-safra-suit-killers-wife-hits-widow-over-police-grilling/The New York Post on Lily Safra’s reaction to Ted Maher’s release: https://nypost.com/2007/08/18/widows-pique-at-killers-release/The New York Post’s coverage of Ted Maher’s innocence claims: https://nypost.com/2007/10/14/tycoons-killer-my-frame-up/"Framed in Monte Carlo: How I Was Wrongfully Convicted for a Billionaire's Fiery Death” by Ted Maher, Bill Hayes, and Jennifer Thomas: https://www.amazon.com/Framed-Monte-Carlo-Prison-Murder/dp/1510755861?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=murdersheet-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=fddac60f9dea02c78ede9cf2a644bf01&camp=1789&creative=9325Coverage of the fire and homicides in Monaco:The Washington Post’s coverage of the 1999 murders: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/pmextra/dec99/6/safra.htmThe NBC special on the case, with quotes from Torrente’s daughter: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23767683The Guardian’s report on the 1999 murders: https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2000/oct/29/features.magazine47Another Guardian report on the 1999 murders:https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/dec/07/jonhenleyYet another Guardian report on the 1999 murders:https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/dec/05/paulwebster.theobserverThe New York Post article on the 1999 murders:https://nypost.com/2002/11/18/safra-choke-twist/Dominick Dunne for Vanity Fair on the killings: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2000/12/dunne200012MSNBC on the 1999 murders: https://archive.org/details/MSNBCW_20151213_000000_Mystery_of_the_Billionaire_BankerCNN on the 1999 murders:http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/08/12/ctv.monaco.trial/index.htmlThe Wall Street Journal on the 1999 murders: https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB94441779970529365Court TV’s timeline of the 1999 murders: https://web.archive.org/web/20080204074511/http://www.courttv.com/trials/monaco/chronology.htmlNewsweek’s coverage of the 1999 murders: https://www.newsweek.com/bad-bet-monte-carlo-151519Coverage from CBS of Ted Maher’s trial: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/part-ii-an-american-on-trial/Additional coverage from CBS of Ted Maher’s trial: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/murder-in-monaco-an-american-on-trial/A report from the Times on the trial of Ted Maher: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/monaco-police-in-dock-for-billionaire-s-death-mk7v5nrb8crA report from The Telegraph on the trial of Ted Maher: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/monaco/1414023/Gilded-Lily-faces-her-husbands-killer.htmlCoverage of the dognapping incident involving Jon Green:KRQE’s coverage of the dognapping: https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/carlsbad-dognapping-man-with-bizarre-past-accused-of-taking-ex-wifes-dogs/KRQE on the return of the missing dogs: https://www.krqe.com/news/stolen-search-and-rescue-dogs-reunited-with-carlsbad-woman/Fox San Antonio’s story on the rescue of the rescue dogs: https://foxsanantonio.com/news/local/dognapping-suspect-wanted-on-multiple-charges-arrested-after-extensive-manhuntNBC’s coverage of Jon Green’s legal issues: https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/man-mysterious-past-facing-multiple-charges-run-after-dognapping-carlsbad-n1295803The Carlsbad Current Argus on the missing dogs: https://www.currentargus.com/story/news/crime/2022/06/15/missing-carlsbad-search-and-rescue-dogs-found-safe-in-texas/65361052007/A feature from the American Veterinary Medical Association mentioning Dr. Kim Lark:https://www.avma.org/javma-news/2011-09-15/honoring-dogs-911Send tips to [email protected] Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC .See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.