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Katz was a prominent figure in the gay community – a bon vivant known for his decadent Fire Island pool parties, where even the plastic drink cups were monogrammed – when he was busted on a murder rap in 1986.ĭuring an argument, he fatally stabbed UPS driver Michael Moriarty, 37, and slashed up his roommate Kenneth Kung, 24, in Brooklyn Heights – and was caught by cops with the knife still in his hand.Īt the time, prosecutors alleged Katz was consumed by jealousy after his 20-year-old lover – identified only as David – ditched him for Moriarty. “It’s often said that justice delayed is justice denied, but not always,” one law-enforcement source said of the break in the case.
Louis Katz, 70, a one-eyed businessman who owned the popular Uncle Charlie’s chain of nightspots in the 1980s, was flown back to the United States last night. A multimillionaire gay-bar impresario who killed his ex-boyfriend’s new lover and then went on the lam 13 years ago was nabbed living the high life in Panama, police and prosecutors said last night.