Searching for His Own Identity, Man Finds All Roads Lead to Slain Attorney: Librize Case Takes New Twist 39 Years After Brutal Murder

One of Niagara Falls' most enduring mysteries surrounded the brutal 1969 murder of flamboyant local attorney Jimmy LiBrize. While law enforcement officials have considered the case closed since the 2006 death from natural causes of John Karcz, a disgruntled former LiBrize client named as the prime suspect in the slaying, many questions remain concerning the attorney's dealings, clientele and other activities. In the last decade of his life, the so-called "Swinging '60s," LiBrize became known for his adventuresome sexual exploits, experimentation with drugs and prodigious partying that made him a familiar figure in the swank joints and low dives the city was then famous for.