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DA: Son admits missing-dad insurance plot

Kristi Mayleas, girlfriend of Jonathan Roth, says she

Kristi Mayleas, girlfriend of Jonathan Roth, says she is sympathetic about everything her boyfriend has experienced because of his father's actions. Videojournalist: Jim Staubitser (Aug. 7, 2012) (August 7, 2012 3:41 PM)

A Massapequa man has admitted knowing his father was alive and well -- even as he filed a missing-person report and tried to cash in on a life insurance policy, prosecutors said in a criminal complaint filed Tuesday.

Jonathan Roth, 22, knew that his father -- feared drowned in the ocean on July 28 -- "was not missing because he observed him leave Jones Beach after informing the defendant that...

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