Robert Malarchik, 37, of Upper Southampton, Pennsylvania, was murdered on July 14, 1982. He owned and operated a swingers’ club called The Woodlands with business partner Eugene Banks; the pair had a falling out over the handling of the club’s receipts after Banks accused Malarchik of skimming profits.

Country Melson, to kill Malarchik. The initial plan reportedly involved poisoning him with cyanide delivered by syringe, but Malarchik fought back; during the struggle the cyanide vial was broken, Melson shot Malarchik multiple times, and the assailants then strangled him with an electrical cord. After Malarchik became unconscious, they placed him in a bathtub of water to ensure he was dead.

Eugene Banks was later convicted of first-degree murder for orchestrating the killing; he cooperated with the prosecution and received a life sentence without parole.