Alban (Trevor) Leacock � Hotel Belleclaire mass murders, 1983
Overview
On February 3, 1983, Alban (Trevor) Leacock, a 41-year-old handyman/porter at the Hotel Belleclaire on Manhattan�s Upper West Side, shot and killed four people inside the hotel, including his wife. Police accounts at the time reported that the killings unfolded in the early-morning hours inside the couple�s seventh-floor apartment, after which shots were also fired elsewhere in the building.
Timeline of the attack
According to contemporaneous reporting, the initial burst of gunfire occurred inside Leacock�s three-room apartment at the Hotel Belleclaire, with police placing the time around the pre-dawn hours. One UPI dispatch specified �about 4:30 a.m.� and identified Leacock as the perpetrator; another UPI bulletin the same day described the spree at the hotel later that morning as details were still emerging publicly. Taken together, these accounts reflect an overnight/early-morning sequence with rapidly updated reporting.
Victims (names, ages, date, and location)
- Christine Leacock (25) � killed February 3, 1983; Hotel Belleclaire, 2175 Broadway, Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City. Identified in police statements as Leacock�s wife.
- Jacob Zimmer (61) � killed February 3, 1983; Hotel Belleclaire, 2175 Broadway, Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City. Contemporary reporting described one of the victims as the hotel owner; archival victim records list Jacob Zimmer among those killed.
- Desiree Winfield (12) � killed February 3, 1983; Hotel Belleclaire, 2175 Broadway, Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City.
- David Williams (50) � killed February 3, 1983; Hotel Belleclaire, 2175 Broadway, Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City.
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