On Tuesday morning, Ben Novack Jr. arrived at Fort Lauderdale Police headquarters to make a taped statement under oath. Since Detective Steve Palazzo’s visit the day before, Ben had called and texted him dozens of times, for updates on the investigation. He was taken to an interview room, where he repeated that Narcy had orchestrated the home invasion. He even brought along a surgical eye patch that he said had been used to blindfold him. There had been further calls from Narcy, he told Palazzo, and he was now negotiating with her to return his money and business documents. After Novack made his statement and left, Detective Palazzo and Sergeant French discussed how to proceed with the investigation. They decided to call Narcy’s cell phone there and then and record the call. She answered, agreeing to come to the police station for an interview. “She told me that she was anxious to tell her side of the story,” said Palazzo, “[and] agreed to be at the police station the following morning.”
