NEW YORK – An unsolved murder case in Manhattan dating back more than 35 years is receiving renewed attention from federal investigators and local police with a reward offering $25,000 for information leading to an arrest.
Danny Liggett is at the center of a manhunt for a fugitive, wanted for the 1987 murder of Kissoon Adams in a drug deal gone awry. The FBI New York/NYPD Joint Violent Crimes Task Force has called the former Hoboken, New Jersey man in their search for Adams’ killer.
Authorities say Liggett was planning to sell some jewelry to buy drugs when he met Adams at the latter’s East 10th Street apartment in the East Village. An acquaintance, Helen Torres, took Liggett to the apartment where the sale was supposed to take place, authorities said.
Instead, Liggett allegedly attacked Torres and Adams, stabbing the man to death and threatening to kill Torres if he reported him to police, the task force’s reward announcement explained.
Authorities said Liggett lived with a girl, who has since died, in Hoboken before fleeing to Georgia and eventually fleeing the country. He was also allegedly involved in a shooting in Georgia but was never arrested.
With the help of friends and family, according to authorities, Liggett was able to obtain a fake passport and travel to Southeast Asia. He is also known to have traveled to the Philippines and Canada, they said.
Authorities included photos of Liggett from the 1980s, as well as digital renderings of what it would look like today.
At the time of her disappearance, Liggett was 5’10” tall and weighed approximately 145 pounds. She had brown hair and brown eyes, and had a tattoo of Snoopy on her left arm.
Authorities said an illegal flight warrant was issued to avoid prosecution for Liggett in the Southern District of New York. The reward for information leading to his arrest is $25,000.
Anyone with information about his whereabouts can call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or the New York Police Department at 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
