Miglin, 72, invites him into his Gold Coast home while his wife is away on a business trip. But while the pair did meet in San Francisco, according to Orth, it played out quite differently than the series depicts: To confuse things further, the above version of events is the one we see Cunanan describe to friends in the series, but not the one we actually see play out onscreen. Egan, CEO of Roseland Hospital, lost a 2011 campaign for 43rd ward alderman. All rights reserved. CBS 2's Geoff Morrell reported that detectives initially believed Miglin did not know his killer or killers but rather believed it was a crime of opportunity, and Miglin was targeted because he was rich and vulnerable. Cunanan opened fire at point-blank range, shooting Versace twice in the back of the head, according to FBI records. Miglin's black Lexus was found abandoned in a New Jersey cemetery, near the body of cemetery caretaker, William Reese, Cunanan's fourth victim. The perpetrator stole $2,000 and some of Miglin's personal items. Miglin's family said the same, releasing the following statement after Cunanan's suicide: "(The car) was taken by a complete stranger in a random act of violence who had no connection whatsoever to any member of the Miglin family.". There has been speculation in the quarter century since. Miglin was found in his garage, partially hidden under a car, with several stab wounds, all his ribs broken, his throat slashed, his feet bound, his face wrapped in masking tape with just a small hole below his nose for him to breathe through, and his body partially covered in plastic and brown wrapping paper. William Reese, a 45-year-old caretaker at the Finns Point National Cemetery in Pennsville, New Jersey, was found dead in the cemeterys office on May 10. Marilyn Miglin is shown telling Rodriguez two leather coats, two suits, $2,000, some inconsequential pieces of jewelry, gold coins, a dozen pairs of Sulka black socks and Miglins Lexus are missing. So what is the truth behind the artistic license? In the one scene in which the police speak with Duke about Cunanan, he doesn't give any indication that he recognizes Cunanan's name from anywhere. Iconic Chicago columnist and longtime CBS 2 contributor Irv Kupcinet had once described Lee and Marilyn Miglin as two of Chicago's finest citizens. As ACS executive producer Simpson said, no one will ever know what happened in the moments leading up to Miglin's murder. Speaking to The Chicago Tribune a year after Lee's murder, Marilyn denied these rumors about her husband and Cunanan. According to ABC-7 Chicago's recent look back at Miglin's death on the 20th anniversary of the murder, Cunanan covered Miglin's head and face with tape, tortured him with a screwdriver and. Miglin was stabbed more than 20 times with a screwdriver on May 3. 25 years ago: Andrew Cunanan's murder spree takes Lee Miglin's life. All this actually happened. Emma Dibdin is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles who writes about culture, mental health, and true crime. "Would this guy let some stranger in off the street? Cunanan's fourth victim, William Reese, was also reported as a crime of opportunity: Cunanan needed his truck, so he shot Reese in the head and stole it. As Chicago Police Superintendent Matt Rodriguez (played on the show by Alex Fernandez) told reporters at the time, there was evidence that the person or persons did in fact avail themselves of food at the victims home and was walking around the apartment. Furthermore, while Rodriguez confirmed that Miglin was tortured before he was murdered, he, like the rest of the police department, remained extraordinarily tightlipped about the case, as the Chicago Tribune put it at the time, just as in the show. "It's very difficult," Miglin's son Duke told ABC7Chicago. This echoes the scene in the drama where, after reminding him of her connections, Marilyn emphasizes to Rodriguez that, despite there being no sign of forced entry, the murder was nothing more than an opportunistic attack, repeating that the killer took money, two suits, some insignificant jewelry, two leather coats, some gold coins (one of which turned up in a South Beach pawn shop), and the Lexusplus a dozen silk Sulka socks. Who is Lee Miglin, Andrew Cunanan's Third Victim? The only evidence there is points toward Cunanan killing Miglin for his car and. He stole Miglin's care and got a head start on what became a nearly. He killed William Reese, a 45-year-old. Egan has offered to allow the Miglins to continue using the garage if they pay $1,400 a month. He said if you don't help me I'm going to proceed to file a lawsuit against you, your mother and your wife for the garage," Duke said. Lee Albert Miglin (July 12, 1924 - May 4, 1997) was an American business tycoon and philanthropist. Cunanans killing spree began in late April 1997 when he used a hammer to fatally beat Jeffrey Trail, a 28-year-old former naval officer he knew, in Minneapolis, for reasons that remain unclear, the FBI said. He was pursuing a career with the California Highway Patrol before suddenly and unexpectedly moving to Minneapolis. "My father didn't get to see my children, he didn't get to meet my wifeThere's never really closure in a situation like this.". Matt Rodriguez. "There was no relationship whatsoever," Duke said. Then Cunanan is shown laying Miglin down in his garage, wrapping his legs together with orange extension cord, strangling him, punching him in the face, throwing a bag of concrete on his chest and stabbing him. Tying Miglin up and wrapping his head, Donoghue said, was strictly practical, to keep him quiet and to keep him from moving around. The Chicago Tribune also reported in 2018 that the couple was married for 38 years in 1997 and had two children. The FBI painted Cunanan as a highly intelligent and dangerous man who desired a life of luxury. ''He was a very visible person, not a recluse, not a shut-in.'' The Washington Post noted the link was found in a sport-utility vehicle that had been parked illegally near the Miglin home for several days. An initial theory told to Morrell by sources was that Miglin had parked his Lexus in a garage and walked across the alleyway, and was in the process of opening his back gate when someone stuck what Miglin believed to be a loaded gun in his back and ordered him into his other garage. Tuesday night, however, an officer started writing a third parking ticket for the vehicle and decided to call in the license plate. Today, she still works as a beauty authority, author, and speaker, appearing monthly on the Home Shopping Network to promote products such as her signature fragrance Pheromone, according to her website. According to the Vanity Fair article, Cunanan told some friends that he was going to start a business making movie sets with his friend named Duke Miglin, a report The New York Times corroborates. Cunanan had tucked Miglin's body under a car in the garage and attempted to obscure it with trash cans, according to the Chicago Tribune. 2023 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Slate is published by The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings Company. The source also said Miglin had been covered with a plastic bag, and masking tape wrapped around his throat. As told by the FX series, Miglin was a closeted, 72-year-old real estate magnate who paid for Cunanan's services as a gigolo while his wife (played by Judith Light) was out of town. As CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reported from Miami, police quickly dismissed the idea that Versace's murder was a random act. Cunanan then came to Chicago and brutally murdered Miglin. Cunanan later pawns a gold coin in Miami Beach and uses his real name on the pawn shop form, one of the details that comes to light after Cunanan kills Versace in Miami Beach in July 1997. There Cunanan shoots Reese point blank and steals the truck. Yet, this version of events goes against what Miglin's family has. Despite Miglin's wife and their son Duke vehemently denying any previous connection between Cunanan and Miglin, reports from several people indicate Miglin and Cunanan may have been involved on a romantic or even sexual level, according to ABC7Chicago. Miglin's daughter, Marlena Miglin, is now going through a bitter divorce from Tim Egan, 2nd Ward Democratic . Moreover, the crime scene showed . You have reached your limit of 4 free articles. 72-year-old real estate tycoon Lee Miglin was found dead in the garage of his Gold Coast home on the morning of May 4. When he didn't show up, she became suspicious about her husband's whereabouts, according to the Chicago Tribune. There had been no forced entry into his home, which implied that Miglin could have known his assailant. But the murder of Miglin, and Cunanan's whereabouts, remained a mystery until Tuesday, July 15, 1997 when fashion icon Gianni Versace was shot on the steps of his oceanfront villa,Casa Casuarina, in Miami's South Beach neighborhood. The show suggests that Miglin arranged an assignation with Cunanan, an escort whose services he had used before, while his dynamic wife was out of town on business, though there is no hard proof of this and, as in the series, the family denied that the two knew each other. He also appeared to have been tortured with a screwdriver. That. She also continues to give back to her community by raising more than $1 million to the preservation of Oak Street in Chicago and by founding the Women of Destiny program. And I still dont.. The skyscraper was to be constructed at 201 W. Madison St. downtown. Andrew was thrilled and Eli couldn't believe it. From Vulgar Favors: Lee Miglin's ankles were bound with an orange extension cord wrapped tightly around eight times and tied with a double knot. Cunanan then took off. The book includes more details about the crime scene and the conditions in which Miglin's body was found, Vanity Fair noted. Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. The investigation into Versaces murder ended July 23, 1997 eight days after the designers death when Cunanan apparently shot himself to death on a boat house, about two miles away from Versaces house in Miami Beach. According to Orth's book, the two met in mid-1994, three years before the murders. While American Crime Story season two is based on the real-life murder spree Andrew Cunanan committed in the Spring and Summer of 1997, there are a number of events the producers had to create by imagining what would have transpired because there are no people still alive who can give firsthand accounts of what happened. His neck was partially severed and all of his ribs had been broken. Sample Page; ; And I still don't.". That Sunday night, CBS 2's Jodine Costanzo reported police found Miglin, 72, with his throat slashed ear-to-ear and his feet bound with masking tape. Duke Miglin was an aspiring actor in the 1990s, with a role in Air Force One. Miglin's son, Duke, added, "There was no relationship whatsoever.". This Is How Andrew Cunanan Died. Cunanan had reportedly been living in Miami Beach for two months prior to killing Versace. Then in May, Cunanan repeatedly stabbed Lee Miglin, a 72-year-old Chicago real estate developer and wealthy businessman, according to authorities. Instead, he was targeted by a lone gunman who wasn't out to rob his victim, but rather fired at point-blank range before running off. The first episode shows Versace and Cunanan meeting in the VIP area of a nightclub, where an initially irritated Versace is eventually won over by Cunanans story about his mothers upbringing in Italy. The police deemed the murder a crime of opportunity, according to the Chicago Tribune. Miglin was also known for philanthropic activities, including fundraising for the University of Chicago Medical Center and the Museum of Science and Industry. Cunanan bound Miglin with duct tape, stabbed him 20 times with a screwdriver, then cut his throat with a hacksaw (Dibdin, 2018). By Brad Edwards, Richard Schlesinger, Adam Harrington, Dan Kraemer, May 4, 2022 / 4:53 PM He killed William Reese, a 45-year-old cemetery worker in New Jersey, less than a week later. Ive never seen any credible evidence to show that there was a relationship, Robert Milan, a former assistant states attorney for Cook County, told ABC News. I have wanted to share this with you for a long time, but never had the chance, Lee Miglin is shown saying to Cunanan as he divulges his plans for the Skyneedle, which at 1,952 feet and 125 stories would be the tallest building in the world. I promise you, this will happen, Miglin tells Cunanan. Marilyn Miglin died just this past March at the age of 83, and maintained to her death that her husband and Cunanan never knew each other. Another theory suggested that Cunanan might have met the victims son, Duke Miglin, who was for a while an aspiring actor in Hollywood (and did indeed appear in the movie Air Force One). Cunanan would use that weapon throughout his murder spree. Wednesday's new episode of "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" didn't feature the famed designer at all, instead focusing . He then smashes Miglins head with a block of concrete before inflicting worse injuries, including throwing a concrete block on his chest. Orth called Madson the great unrequited love of Cunanans life and noted that although the pair had broken up in the spring of 1996, Cunanan kept a picture of Madson on his refrigerator door. The FBI believed Cunanan may have been seeking revenge on former lovers or clients who may have given him HIV, records show. In fact, it seems likely that Miglins murder was equally random, if more elaborate, with Cunanan deciding he needed a new getaway car and somehow catching sight of the Lexus. "We know who we are and what we stand for.". On the show, the handgun briefly makes an appearance when Cunanan and Miglin are in his home office, but Cunanan doesn't end up using it or even letting Miglin see it. A frenzied manhunt for Cunanan, who was immediately labeled a serial killer by the media, led investigators to a luxury houseboat on July 23, where they found him dead of a gunshot wound to the . The episode's version of events depicts that Lee Miglin knew Andrew Cunanan before Cunanan allegedly killed him. The episode leaves it for viewers to puzzle out, but in real life, Cunanan's motivations are similarly mysterious. 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"It's a painful, painful thing that's happening," said Duke Miglin, Lee Miglin's son. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our, Digital What is known about Cunanan and Versace is that the fashion mogul was not Cunanans first victim. "Lee Miglin built that garage for his . The murder comes when Cunanan leads Miglin to the garage under the guise that they are going out together somewhere and then Cunanan proceeds to kill Miglin in the garage. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Police also noticed the suspect or suspects had helped themselves to a ham in the refrigerator, and left a half-eaten apple behind, before fleeing in Miglin's Lexus. The drama introduces a note of ritual humiliation, with Cunanan telling Miglin that when his body is found he will be wearing ladies underwear and surrounded by gay porn magazines. "We always wanted to be very careful; even though there were blanks to fill in, we tried really hard to fill them in with what we believed to be true and framed through the larger themes. Another murder, the violent shooting of Lee Miglin, a self-made real-estate magnate, was making national headlines two months before Andrew Cunanan killed Gianni Versace. Miglins killing: Cunanan is shown putting a white glove in Miglins mouth as a gag and wrapping his head in masking tape in what appears to be foreplay. The episode opens with Miglins wife, Marilyn (the always excellent Judith Light), promoting her fragrance Pheromone on the Home Shopping Network. Miglin home: Miglin was killed at his Gold Coast home on East Scott Street. He ultimately killed himself a week after Versace's death, as Miami police closed in on him. Like William Reese, the 45-year-old cemetery caretaker Cunanan murdered for his truck, it's believed Miglin was murdered for his car, which Cunanan stole, along with some valuable belongings.. His wife, Marilyn, first became alarmed when Lee didnt show up as planned to meet her at the airport, and alerted police when she returned home to find their gate unlocked and the kitchen in disarray. Cunanan's motivations are similarly mysterious, try to pawn one of Miglin's coins in Miami, of friend Jeff Trail and ex-boyfriend David Madson. The Miglin family has always denied that there was any connection between them and Cunanan, with Lee's son Duke recently reiterating that stance to ABC 7 Eyewitness News. Either [Cunanan] knew of the guy or knew his son. Miglin family members have long denied Lee Miglin and Cunanan knew each other before the attack. Did he place an ad in a gay magazine or newspaper as a rentboy? Episode 3 of The Assassination of Gianni Versace tests whether well still be interested in the series without its title character, who is largely absent from the action. His watch had stopped at 9:55 pm, which investigators believed was the time of his killing on Sunday, April 27. Detectives had said Cunanan murdered Miglin in a crime of opportunity because he needed Miglin's car. Police also later found a duffel bag in Madson's apartment with Cunanan's name and a La Jolla, California address on it. It was later determined that Cunanan likely killed Reese solely for his truck, and not for any of the more complex and personal reasons that seemed to define his other four murders. After taking the life of the one of the world's most famous fashion designers of the time, serial killer Andrew Cunanan was on the run. The details of the robbery are accurate, but there is no hard evidence for the shows assertion that Miglin knew Cunanan, much less engaged his sexual services. His wife Marilyn Miglin was also known as the Queen of Makeovers for her work as a successful perfume and cosmetics entrepreneur and for her involvement with the Home Shopping Network. Kate Recreated a Past Outfit for St. David's Day, American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace, shooting Gianni Versace on the front steps of his mansion, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. As Washington Post writer Edward Walsh wrote on May 8, 1997: "(Miglin) is widely credited for his concept of redeveloping aging warehouse areas into what is known today as upscale business parks, and at the time of his death had built a company responsible for developing several high-rise buildings in Chicago and its suburbs and managing 22 million square feet of office and retail space.". Magazines, Or create a free account to access more articles. Cunanan was visiting Minnesota at the time, had stayed at Trails apartment the night before his murder, and called Trail on Sunday evening to invite him over to Madsons apartment. A lot of false things were brought up and they were very hurtful, very painful, for me personally and there were attacks on me as well that I really didnt appreciate. The SUV had Minnesota license plates that had been registered to Minneapolis interior designer David Madson, 33, whose body had been found near a lake in Chisago County, Minnesota the day before Miglin's body was found. Trail had reportedly told friends that he had had a big fallout with Andrew and never wished to see him again.. Cunanan used whatever was at hand in the garage, stabbing Miglin with either pruning shears (says Time) or a screwdriver (as several other reports suggest) and inflicting the throat wound with a gardening saw. That is pure speculation, however, as is the scenario presented in The Assassination of Gianni Versace. Miglin home after the attack: Marilyn Miglin immediately knows something is wrong when she returns home from her business trip and gets help from a couple walking by the home. The show also includes the rather creepy details about how Cunanan made himself at home at the Miglins' after the murder. A knife is stuck in a ham on a desk. At 10 p.m. Monday on ABC7, Chuck Goudie's "Evil Memories" will look at Lee Miglin's murder by psychopath Andrew Cunanan. Miglin proudly shows Cunanan the plans for his dream project, the Sky Needle, that at 125 stories was to be the tallest building in the world. Four mug shots of Andrew Cunanan, who shot and killed fashion designer Gianni Versace. Once they decide to base something on my book, they have artistic license to do certain things.. Investigators still dont know why Andrew Cunanan killed Gianni Versace. Both the FBI and the Cook County State's Attorney's office looked into possible links between the spree killer and the Miglins, but no unimpeachable link was ever established. Miglin's daughter, Marlena Miglin, is now going through a bitter divorce from Tim Egan, 2nd Ward Democratic committeeman. Marilyn also reported at the time that she found a handgun in the bathroom, which turned out to be a replica. In The Assassination of Gianni Versace, Cunanan is played by Glee star Darren Criss. 2023 Vox Media, LLC. The American Crime Story episode scheduled to air next week will follow Cunanan as he kills two men in Minnesota before killing Miglin. Miglin was killed in the garage on May 3, 1997 by serial killer Andrew Cunanan. Cunanan was a serial killer, suspected in four other deaths. Morrell's source said in that garage, Miglin was nearly decapitated with a pair of five-foot-long pruning shears, which were recovered in the garage. Andrew Cunanan and David Madson met in November 1995. At the time of his death, Versace was one of the most high-profile fashion designers in the world, dressing the likes of Princess Diana, Madonna and Elton John. On the show and in real life, the Jeep provides a break in the case as a Chicago police officer notices the windshield is covered in parking tickets. We don't know, and we were always trying to get it as close to right as we could, knowing that there was not as much information to draw from, and try to do justice to people who were impacted by it.". "A lot of false things were brought up and they were very hurtful, very painful, for me personally and there were attacks on me as well that I really didn't appreciate. "I don't think you healyou never close up that gaping woundbut you adjust," Marilyn told the Chicago Tribune. Instead, she took care of Miglin's 98-year-old mother and brother-in-law, who was very close to Lee, the fourth of seven children. Marilyn Miglin said on Tuesday, May 6. Maureen Orth wrote the book that The Assassination Of Gianni Versace is based on. Lee Miglin was born and raised in Westville, Illinois in 1925. Duke Miglin said he received a call in December from Egan, his brother-in-law. Crime specialists told Orth for her Vanity Fair article that Cunanan randomly killing Miglin didn't make sense to them. He had been beaten and stabbed. Marilyn Miglin called the police around 8 a.m. that Sunday, after discovering a 9 mm handgun in the bathroom. In the show, Cunanan drives to New York in the Lexus and then almost immediately heads south. And the show uses real life details to come to these conclusions, such as Cunanan's obsession with wealth and privilege, as well as the manner in which Miglin's body was really found. It was actually DNA evidence from the beard trimmings that definitively tied Cunanan to Miglin's murder. On July 10, Versace arrived in Miami to stay at his opulent mansion in the South Beach area. Miglin did in fact come from this background to develop the Bar Association and Madison Plaza buildings with his partner, J. Paul Beitler, as well as many other significant structures in the Chicago area. Cunanan did not torture Reese like he did Miglin, and that makes it seem like perhaps there was something more personal about Miglin's murder. The steps of Versaces Miami Beach home shortly after his murder. "I lived the life of a fairy princess and I had a prince for 38 years, and then one day my prince went to war and didn't come back," she said. Now Egan wants access to the garage and is trying to evict his in-laws from the property. At any rate, the FBI looked into these claims that Cunanan knew Miglin or his family, but no link was ever established. American Crime Story alleges otherwise. On Friday, May 9, he shot and killed cemetery caretaker William Reese in rural Pennsville, New Jersey in order to steal Reese's red Chevrolet pickup truck. As for the murder, the details are particularly disturbing. The only source for the latter is Orth, who, quoting several anonymous sex workers, claims it was well-known in Chicagos gay community that Miglin was gay. [27] Shortly after Trail, 28, had moved to Minnesota for a new job, his body was found in a Minneapolis loft apartment belonging to his friend, David Madsonan ex-lover of Cunanans. Miglin had suffered multiple blows to the chest. Maureen Orth's Vulgar Favors recounted the horrifying details: Miglin had been bound and gagged with a glove, his head wrapped in tape like a mummy. Cunanan and Miglin are shown sharing a long embrace and kiss. After the first two murders, Andrew Cunanan left for Chicago, and in less than a week's time, on May 3, the wealthy 72-year-old property developer Lee Miglin's body was discovered in his house . The car belonged to one of the men that Cunanan was suspected of murdering in Minneapolis. The claims that the younger Miglin and Cunanan knew each other gained circulation, Orth said, after a Chicago bookseller repeated them to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, but the source then called a press conference to say he had been misquoted. From Vulgar Favors: Two leather coats were missing, one of them (Miglins son) Duke's, a couple of suits, along with some insignificant ladies jewelry and a dozen pairs of new Sulka black socks from the bedroom.. A Complete Timeline of Andrew Cunanan's Murders, had a big fallout with Andrew and never wished to see him again., Vulgar Favors: Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Versace, and the Largest Failed Manhunt in US History, was found in a Minneapolis loft apartment, found dead in the cemeterys office on May 10, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. One of the most ambiguousand contentiouselements of the series is the relationship between Cunanan and Versace, and whether they even knew each other. 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