2 tree trimmers held in beheading on the Alley

2 tree trimmers held in beheading on the Alley

By Juan Ortega and Sallie James
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
August 21, 2007 12:00 AM

Her head was found with a grocery bag, pulled from an Everglades canal
nearly four months ago.

Now she has a name ? Lorraine Hatzakorzian, 41, of Long Island.

Broward County sheriff’s detectives have in custody two suspects, Paul
Bryan Trucchio, 33, and Robert Mackey, 39, of Port Orange. The two tree
trimmers are charged with felony first-degree murder.

Detectives from three agencies, two in Florida and one in New York,
weaved together the case against Trucchio and Mackey using DNA, a
missing persons report, witness accounts and the suspects’ own boasts,
officials said.

"The family was devastated to learn what happened, and they’re hopefully
going to have some type of psychological closure," said Lt. Bob O’Neil
with the Broward Sheriff’s Office. "We’re very happy that it was
resolved."

Hatzakorzian lived with her mother in Mastic, N.Y., and the mother
reported her disappearance April 21, the Sheriff’s Office said.

The head was discovered a week later, on April 28, in a canal near Mile
Marker 35.7 along the Alligator Alley section of Interstate 75.