New ABC True Crime Series Takes a Look Back at an Unsolved 2003 Murder

A Murder on Orchard Street
A Murder on Orchard Street via ABC News

"A Murder on Orchard Street" hopes to bring new details to light by re-examining a 2003 Lower East Side murder.

Original video footage, 911 recordings, and present-day interviews drive this ABC News investigation into the murder of Burke O'Brien.

Burke was shot and killed in the early-morning hours of Sunday, January 12, 2003, but a missing murder weapon and conflicting statements from the victim's friend and an eyewitness meant that the case remained unsolved.

The seven-part series will follow the investigation as it happened through archive footage and approach the case with a modern-day view, 14 years after the night that ended a young man's life, only days before he was set to move to the city for a new job.

Watch the series on ABC News or subscribe to the podcast to stay up-to-date every week.

Local news articles from the time of the murder


Who are Aespa (μ—μŠ€νŒŒ), the first K-pop girl group in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade?

What's up for August 16

Beware of scam text messages from a fake NY DMV website

Bargain-Priced 2-Bed in a Gated Community

West Farms 1-Bed Brings Bright Light and a Neighborhood Zoo for $1,425

Live a Bright Life in Ocean Hill for Less Than $2K Per Month