An attorney for a Manhattan tax law firm was charged with murder yesterday after his wife, a prominent Westchester pediatrician, died in their Scarsdale home.
Scarsdale Police Capt. Thomas Altizio told the Journal News that officers were called to the home, located at 50 Lincoln Road, after receiving a 911 call "reporting a woman seriously injured there." Police believe the call came from a 61-year-old male but would not further elaborate on who made the call.
First responders arrived at the residence to find Dr. Robin Goldman, 58, dead, apparently from stab wounds. Her husband, Jules Reich, 61, was arrested and charged with second degree murder.
Reich is a partner at Weiser Mazars, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, while Goldman was a pediatrician associated with Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and was a professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Neighbors told WCBS 2 that "the couple was estranged and Reich had not been around much lately." The house, which local news describes as a "mansion" worth $3.4 million, had reportedly been their home since 1997. Reich reportedly filed for divorce from Goldman last summer, soon after their daughter's wedding.
A security guard at Montefiore Medical Center told the NY Post, "Dr. Goldman was murdered? Oh, my God, this is horrible! I’m completely shocked. She was a very pleasant lady. She always smiled and said hello to everyone. Nobody ever said or felt anything bad about her. Not with that smile.. A lady of that stature? Who would want to do that to her?"
"This is very sad... [Reich] is a nice guy. He seemed so level-headed," a neighbor said to the Daily News
The couple's son Adam Reich also told the Post that his mother "was great, a great person, amazing."
Reich is currently being held without bail.
