S.I. Suspect Eric Bellucci Told Friend He Was With Mossad Before Slayings of His Parents

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NY Daily News- A mentally ill Staten Island man's behavior grew increasingly bizarre in the weeks leading up to the bloody slaying of his parents, a friend and police sources said.

Eric Bellucci, 30, called an old friend from Stuyvesant High School in the month before his parents' bodies were found on Wednesday night and said he was working with Israeli intelligence.

"He seemed a little paranoid," the friend told the Daily News. "He told me that he was working with the Mossad."

The friend, who asked to remain anonymous, said his former football teammate was worried about terrorism and cited the attempted Times Square bombing.

Scores of mourners paid their respects to Arthur Bellucci, 61, and Marian Bellucci, 56, at their wake yesterday, surrounded by bright flowers and collages of family photos.

"There's a lot of rage right now - it's the way he killed them," one mourner said.

Harry Ritt, 64, of Staten Island, said he had been friends with "Artie" since they worked together at a Wall Street brokerage firm in 1981.


"He was a great guy - very well liked," he said.

A law enforcement source said Bellucci's dad was killed in bed and suffered wounds that led cops to believe he raised his arms in defense.

His mother was stabbed in the throat and tried to make a run for the telephone, leaving blood spatters down the steps, the source said.

Cops believe Bellucci showered, changed clothes and wrapped up any cuts he suffered in the bloodbath, the source said.

Cops said Bellucci ditched his SUV near Newark Airport and caught a flight to Israel.

He was in Israel trying to buy a ticket to China when he was nabbed on Friday. The NYPD was expecting him to be extradited this morning.

A law enforcement source said that after his capture, Bellucci bizarrely told authorities that he was there to avenge his parents and find the Mossad agent who killed them.

Less than a week before the killing, Bellucci sent an email to an ex-girlfriend offering her $500 for the name of each person who caused their breakup, a police source said.

His sister, Vanessa Bellucci, 25, told cops her brother was furious because she and her parents were trying to get him help, a police source said.

She went to the home on Wednesday because her mom and dad weren't answering the phone. She opened the door, saw blood and ran out to call 911.

Since then, former classmates from high school and Williams College, his alma mater, have been calling the NYPD to report his troubling behavior, police sources said.tmoore@nydailynews.com

Police Search for Son of Murdered S.I. Couple

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STATEN ISLAND (WABC) -- A Staten Island couple was killed in their home, and the ensuing search for their troubled son led police to his car, parked at Newark Airport.

The victims, 61-year-old Arthur Bellucci and 56-year-old Marian Bellucci, were found in their home on Poillon Avenue by their daughter just after 8 p.m. Wednesday night.

Crime scene investigators carried bags of evidence out of the house on Thursday. Authorities say it was a blood bath.

The family lived in the house over two decades, according to neighbors.

The couple's daughter, Venessa, came to the house and saw blood in the foyer before calling police. She was too terrified to go into the house. Neighbors said she had moved out because she was threatened by her brother, who was mentally ill.

A massive search was launched for the victims' 30-year-old son, and police quickly found his 2007 silver Honda Ridgeline parked at Newark Airport.

Investigators say the son, Eric Bellucci, boarded a flight to Israel on Wednesday afternoon. He is believed to have gone to Tel Aviv.

After finding the dead bodies, police went to check on the well being of other relatives, including several living in the West Village.

The son was described as troubled man who had been hospitalized in the past for mental illness, authorities said.

Bullucci was once a star athlete and academic all-star, but his life spiraled downhill, they said.

He was also a gun collector, who had at least three shotguns and a rifle in his parents' house, where he frequently stayed.

Police were called to the house at least once last month.

Students Discover Classmate's Brain In Jar On Field Trip

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A Staten Island couple who had just buried their 17-year-old son after a car accident were horrified to learn the medical examiner held onto his brain.

And the way they found out was even more gut-wrenching:The teen's schoolmates - including his girlfriend - spotted the organ floating in a jar during a field trip to the mortuary.

Now Andre and Korisha Shipley have gotten the go-ahead to sue the city - which is still claiming it did nothing wrong.

"It turns out to be this horrible, horrible situation," the Shipleys' lawyer, Marvin Ben-Aron, said after the appeals court ruling Friday.

Jesse Shipley, a student at Port Richmond High School, was killed in a car crash Jan. 9, 2005 - and his dad gave permission for an autopsy the next day.

The family had no idea that Dr. Stephen de Roux at the Richmond County Mortuary removed Jesse's brain for further study before releasing his body later that day, Ben-Aron said.

Almost three months after the funeral, the Port Richmond Forensics Club took a field trip to the mortuary.

In what the court called a "surreal coincidence," the students saw a brain in formaldehyde labeled with Jesse's name.

"There was a case that you could see through, and there were brains in jars and names on the jars. One said 'head trauma, Shipley, J,'" said Samantha Feldman, 22, one of the students.

Jesse's girlfriend and her best friend were there.

"The best friend went outside and was flipping out," Feldman said. "She started crying and called her mom and said, 'Mom, Jesse's brain is here! I can't be here.'"

Some students who didn't know Jesse took out their cell phones and took pictures, while others cried, Ben-Aron said.

The teacher cut the visit short, but back at school, the students told the story to Jesse's younger sister, Shannon, who had survived the car crash that killed her brother. She started screaming, and her parents had to come pick her up, the lawyer said.

The family went to court to get their son's brain - which wasn't even dissected until after the field trip - returned to them.

In a deposition, de Roux explained it was his practice to have several brains tested at once because it's more efficient.

"I wait months, until I have six brains, and then it's kind of worth while to make the trip to Staten Island to examine six brains," he said. "It doesn't make sense for him to come and do one."

The Shipleys' priest told them the first burial - without the brain - wasn't proper so they had to endure an exhumation and second funeral, Ben-Aron said.

They sued the city, which tried to get the case tossed. An appeals court ruled this week that the suit can proceed because there's a "question of fact" about whether the medical examiner had the right to hold back the brain.

The Shipleys' suit also alleged that the jar containing the brain was labeled: "This is what happens when you drink and drive."

The appeals panel decided there was no proof that was true or that the mortuary "mishandled" the brain. Ben-Aron said alcohol was not involved in the accident, and Jesse Shipley was a passenger, not the driver.

It's unclear if the city will try to settle the suit or go to trial. "We are evaluating our legal options," said city lawyer Ronald Sternberg.

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