New lead found in oldest unsolved New York City crime

NEW YORK --A new lead may have been found in a case that has stumped New York City police for more than 70 years.

Judge Joseph Force Crater vanished in 1930 and was declared legally dead in 1939. The city's police department closed his case in 1979.

However, today's New York Post reports that a note left by a woman who died this year says her husband was one of three men responsible for the judge's death.

Stella Ferrucci-Good died on April second.And the Post says a note she left says her husband, Robert Good -- a city police officer -- another officer, Charles Burns, and his cab driver brother Frank Burns were responsible for Judge Crater's death.

It also says the judge was buried under the boardwalk in Coney Island.