He was involved with a robbery on 29th October 1964 of the Star of India along with several other precious gems, including the Eagle Diamond and the De Long Ruby.
The thieves had unlocked a bathroom window during museum hours at the American Museum of Natural History, and climbed in that night. They discovered that the sapphire was the only gem in the collection protected by an alarm, and the battery for that alarm was dead. The stones were valued at more than $400,000.
Jack Murphy was arrested two days later with two accomplices, Alan Kuhn and Roger Clark. They received a three-year sentence. The uninsured Star of India was recovered in a locker in a Miami bus station. Most of the other gems were also recovered, except the Eagle Diamond. Richard Duncan Pearson was also convicted.
The heist was the subject of a 1975 movie, directed by Marvin Chomsky, called Murph the Surf. The movie starred Robert Conrad, Burt Young, and Don Stroud (as Murphy).
In 1968 he was convicted of first-degree murder of a California secretary, one of two women whose bodies were found in Whiskey Creek near Hollywood, Florida, in 1967. He also was convicted of trying to rob a Miami Beach woman in 1968. He was sentenced to life in prison in Florida. Murderpedia online article
MURPHY, LARRY: Six Silent Killings: Ireland’s Vanishing Triangle TV -
The Wicklow Mountains, Ireland: ‘The Wicklow Hills are quite remote. Even though you’re not that far from Dublin. You very could get easy lost here.’ Six Silent Killings: Ireland’s Vanishing Triangle, Sky Documentaries 2023
On this land three decades ago several women disappeared without trace. ibid. caption
‘Somewhere in this part of Ireland there must be some clue as to how and why these young women disappear. A single piece of clothing, a strand of hair.’ ibid.
Annie McCarrick was an American living in Ireland … She seemed to be quite happy … Her apartment was just down the way … before she went missing … She just vanished into thin air. ibid.
I was a crime correspondent for the Independent Sunday newspaper for many years. And I’ve taken a deep interest in the missing. A lot of my work is involved in six women who vanished never to be seen again in an area I called the Vanishing Triangle. ‘These are my women … Give them a voice.’ ibid. Geraldine Niland
In 1996 Fiona Pender, a young woman seven months pregnant with her first child, was last seen by her partner. ibid.
‘It was like she disappeared into thin air.’ ibid.
‘What happened to them when they died?’ ibid.
‘There was absolutely something going on … Where are there?’ Six Silent Killings: Ireland’s Vanishing Triangle II, reporter
‘We’re talking about a cluster.’ ibid.
‘He took her out and brutally brutally raped her … His was Larry Murphy.’ ibid.
‘Remanded in custody – Larry Murphy, a married man with two children, was charged with the false imprisonment of a woman last weekend.’ ibid. news
18 months earlier, specialist taskforce Operation Trace was set up to look into links between the cases of six missing women. ibid. captions
‘He is a hunter of women.’ ibid. investigator
‘The way that Larry Murphy had put the plastic bag over her head. And that reminded me of a previous case many years before. The body of a young woman was found in the Dublin mountains. And she had a plastic bag placed over her head. Her name was Antionette Smith.’ ibid.
After serving 10 years of a 15 year prison sentence, Larry Murphy is released. ibid. caption
JoJo Dullard’s disappearance is now a murder investigation. Gardai are not currently investigating Larry Murphy in connection with the murder of Antoinette Smith. But he remains one of a number of persons of interest in the murders of Annie McCarrick and JoJoDullard. ibid. captions
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Reid: Are you frightened?
Murphy: Yes, frightened of death. Death Row: Countdown to Execution I, ITV 2019
Patrick Murphy is condemned to die for murder. But he didn’t pull the trigger. In Texas though it doesn’t matter. ibid.
On December 13 2000 Patrick joined six other men in one of the biggest jail breaks in American history. Already a long-term prisoner this crucial decision sealed his fate. They overpowered the guards and locked them in a cupboard … They became known as the Texas 7. ibid.
‘Violent outlaws who break out of prison and commit a capital murder of a police officer. What could be more dangerous? And clearly he deserves to die.’ ibid. rozzer
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Can I get someone to do a wellness check? His name is Father Rene Robert. He’s not answering the phone. And that is unusual. I’m not sure. I think my brother did something to hurt him and stole his car and everything. Signs of a Psychopath s5e5: I’m a Sick Puppy, 911 call
After his sister’s tip to 911, authorities put out an alert on Steven Murray. ibid.
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A mother is stabbed to death in her own home. The killer covers his tracks. Crime Stories: Deadly Lesson
Carmin and Tom had been married for eighteen years but in June 2003 they divorced. ibid.
Murray is sentenced to life imprisonment. ibid.
I can’t just sit back and have my daughter taken away from me. I’m increasingly coming to feel like an animal that’s being backed into a corner. Tom Murray
A Douglas County judge has rejected a former Kansas State University English professor's attempt to challenge his prison sentence for the killing of his ex-wife in 2003. Lawrence Journal World online article 11th April 2013
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