Michael Gilfarb
Michael Gilfarb is the Assistant U.S. Attorney in the case against Guillermo Zarabozo and Kirby Archer, the two men suspected of killing Jake Branam and three other crew members of Branam's Boat, "The Joe Cool."
Fast Facts
- In July of 2007, Archer plead guilty to killing Jake and Kelly Branam
- Prosecutors believe that Archer was trying to avoid an outstanding arrest warrant for armed robbery
- Archer is scheduled to be sentenced on October 2, 2008
- Zarabozo plead not guilty to the murders and is scheduled to be tried in September of 2008
- The victims' bodies have not been recovered1
The Crime
In September of 2007, Guillermo Zarabozo and Kirby Archer chartered "The Joe Cool" to travel to the Bahamas. Once they were at sea, they allegedly demanded that the crew take them to Cuba and then killed the crew after they refused to change course.2 Archer and Zarabozo left the boat and were later found on a life raft in the Florida Straits.
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