We also have to honor the victims and their families. But even if the. In a statement ahead of the hearing, Hamburgs son, Madison Hamburg, who helped make an HBO documentary series about his mothers death called "Murder on Middle Beach," called for the records release. Valicia Harmon, a staff attorney who represented the Freedom of Information Commission before the court, said the statutory provision making certain law enforcement records exempt from release balances two consideration: the right of law enforcement to conduct their investigations in private, and the right of the public to have insight into these long, cold investigations.. Beach also alleges that Ali killed Barbara, claiming that the then-high schooler acted bizarrely at the scene of the murder by declaring it a crime scene before any evidence of a crime was observed. Instead, we're left with questions. Have you spoken to him since the scene where he hangs up on you in the final episode? When Barbara Hamburg was brutally bludgeoned to death outside her home on Middle Beach Road in Madison, Connecticut in 2010, her sister Conway Beach publicly mourned her loss. On March 3, 2010, Barbara Beach Hamburg was found murdered in the backyard of her Madison, Connecticut, home. Its something that really has to work its way through the court, he told CT Examiner. I got my crew together, but before at that point I was very much a family member asking these questions with a camera in the room. And one of them was, if we don't solve my mom's case, then the documentary becomes a tool for me to get my mom's story out there and provide some momentum. The police were called, the crime scene was evaluated, and even some DNA was collected. Madison Hamburg and producer Anike Niemeyer had requested the files while filming the series and were summarily denied by the department. In the following years, they appeared in court together numerous times after Beach Hamburg said her ex-husband failed to make alimony and child support payments. Additionally, releasing records that reveal who provided police with information about the crime could prompt witness intimidation, Dugas said. Director Madison Hamburg's relentless pursuit of the truth throughout his quest to find his mother's killer turned over a lot of stones, and even though the TV series has concluded, Madison's work continues off-camera. It premiered on November 15, 2020, on HBO. Filmmakers could learn a lot from how Madison Hamburg focuses on the emotional ripple effects of crime, and the very human toll that loss takes on a family and community. By Valentina Valentini 12/06/20 11:00pm Madison Hamburg . It is more than a reasonable possibility, pun intended, that the Connecticut Appellate or Supreme Court will review this decision. "I was so messed up, I didn't know what to do. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. 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Although it seems like Conway is living a quiet life, she has mourned her sister publicly over the years, holding vigils and vowing to keep her memory alive. So we took the 160 hours and made a sample that turned out to be like 14 minutes. Especially my sister, she's the person closest to me, who can empathize the most. The Connecticut Supreme Court will decide whether the Madison Police Department must release records compiled in its investigation of the 12-year-old unsolved murder of Barbara Hamburg. Murder on Middle Beach calls a handful of suspects into question. It's revealed in the "Murder on Middle Beach" epilogue that in October 2020, Madison was granted that case file and that he and his team had started reviewing it for additional information about the murder. Madison, now 29 years old, talked to Esquire before the finale of Murder on Middle Beach airs on HBO this Sunday. It's also worth noting that at the time of Barbara's murder, she was set to receive $40,000 from her latest table, as the doc alleges. I can't get into details, but it's been extremely illuminating. Barbara Alexandra Hamburg, who now goes by Ali, is the youngest member of the Hamburg family. "Murder on Middle Beach" premieres Sunday on HBO at 10 p.m. According to David Schulz, a lawyer representing the plaintiff, the department was only withholding the information on the off chance that new information about the case should come to light, and that there really was not an ongoing investigation. The 48-year-old mother of two lived on Middle Beach Road in Madison, Connecticut. Madison Hamburg, who was a teenager when his mother died, went on to study documentary filmmaking. Like I really didn't want to create caricatures of my family members. Drumm told commissioners that a number of agencies, including the Madison Police Department, had already released information about the case, and that releasing further evidence could compromise the ongoing investigation. I left him a voicemail. Drumm told CT Examiner that the Police Department had gone through all the files relevant to the case. While their outing is filmed from a hotel window across the street from the bar, Madison prods his father on details about his marriage to Madisons late mother. The Madison Police Department is appealing a court ruling upholing an order by the state's Freedom of Information Commission that the department release all records except signed witness statements related to the unsolved murder of Barbara Beach Hamburg. . 2023 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved. A list of additional records submitted to the court includes surveillance video, recordings of specific voicemails, non-police tape-recorded conversations and copies of items seized from Barbara Hamburgs bedroom safe. However, later in the documentary, director Madison Hamburg Barbara's son and Ali's brother obtains school records that corroborate Ali's alibi of being at school at the time of the murder. I know what I've set out to do and tried like hell to fulfill that, to challenge the conventions of true crime and the way that we tell the story, and just to hear people think it's goodjust to think that people were watching and telling other people about it and it was a part of the conversation outside of the people in my immediate circle was just, I don't know, maybe it's silly, but it's something that is really gratifying. In October of 2019, Anike Neimeyer, the producer of Murder on Middle Beach, submitted a FOI request to the Madison Police Department on behalf of herself and Madison Hamburg requesting records of the case. Do you know who did it? I was most worried about Conway throughout this whole process and I think she's in a good spot. We have to maintain the integrity for them, he said. Those screenings were the most difficult family screenings. In past cases in which the exemption was upheld, police showed the commission they were interviewing witnesses, in the final stages of an investigation or working on it weekly, according to Harmon. According to her own accounts, after Ali chose to live with her father, Jeffrey Hamburg, he became "super controlling" and implanted "a lot of fear" in her. In the series, Madison does some digging and is able to obtain school records that show Barbara did indeed drop Ali off at school on the morning of her death, confirming Ali's alibi and eliminating her as a suspect. Before joining the Register, she worked on an independent journalism project about migration in Berlin, Germany. It's unknown just how many people Barbara had under her at the Gifting Tables, but she was accused of recruiting members from her AA group. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. In HBO's latest true crime docuseries, Murder on Middle Beach, director Madison Hamburg tries to uncover every clue in the unsolved murder of his mother, Barbara Hamburg . As we see in the documentary, some even suggest that Conway was envious of Barbara because of the money, success, and love the latter was able to attain. So he made a deal with us that he would give us an A if I never stopped working on it. From hair trends to relationship advice, our daily newsletter has everything you need to sound like a person whos on TikTok, even if you arent. Beach claims to have been accused of being jealous of her sister's success, but denies it in the docuseries. Zach Murdock can be reached at zmurdock@courant.com. A hearing was held in February 2020, where Detective Christopher Sudock testified on behalf of the department that the release could jeopardize a prospective law enforcement action, such as a search or arrest warrant, but could not identify any specific actions investigators had planned. The latest true crime series Murder on Middle Beach just hit HBO. Having access to these files and what the police are doing is one of the key ways we have to hold police accountable, which is a huge issue today. I was a drug addict at the time, and really fell into my addiction and hit my rock bottom. The department denied the request, citing a portion of the state Freedom of Information Act exempting certain law enforcement records from release if the disclosure of such records would not be in the public interest because it would result in the disclosure of information to be used in a prospective law enforcement action if prejudicial to such action.. In the series, she denies killing Barbara while showing little to no remorse for her past crimes. "When my mom died, I didn't tell anybody," says Hamburg. [1] Contents 1 Production 2 Episodes 3 Reception 4 References Production [ edit] The documentary series began as a student film while Hamburg was in college. Conway presents the situation like she simply was scammed; she and Barbara eventually came to terms, and Conway moved in with her prior to the murder (though the docuseries alleges that there was tension between the two because Barbara had asked her to move out). Through interviews with family members and friends of his mother, Madison is able to come to a better understanding of who his mother was as a person. During the last four minutes of of HBO's docuseries "Murder on Middle Beach," a black screen pops up with a single, heartwrenching sentence: My family still lives without answers about my mother's death. It was possible new information or new technology could help solve the case down the line, he said, adding investigators fear releasing information in the case file, including details only known to the perpetrator, could harm prosecution efforts. He also works to eliminate several of his family members as potential suspects in his mother's murder. On the other hand, Dugas, the attorney for the Madison Police Department, argued the case was very much active. If you say youre going to keep a file closed forever on the chance that something might develop, that means the public in most cases will never get to look at these files, Schulz said Friday. The department denied the request, and Neimeyer appealed to the state Freedom of Information Commission, according to a Memorandum of Decision from the Superior Court in New Britain. Beach Hamburg had been expected in court, along with Hamburg, on the morning of her death, but never made it to her 9:30 a.m. appearance. I started in 2013 really fresh and very amateur to documentary. Murder on Middle Beach is a four-part documentary by director Madison Hamburg about the unsolved 2010 murder of his mother Barbara Hamburg. It would not be in the interest of our own investigation to release it any further, said Drumm. It's really interesting. As for where she is now, Conway appears to be residing in Connecticut, where she spends most of her free time with her family, especially her mother, son, and toddler grandson. All rights reserved. The television series, Murder on Middle Beach, documents the story of Madison Hamburgs search for the story behind his mothers murder. Then there's Conway Beach, Barbara's sister. The first is to further understand his mother as a person because, as he says early in the first episode, children rarely know who their parents actually are. Barbara Beach Hamburg, Madison's mother, was killed in 2010 in Madison, Connecticut. Weeks of back-and-forth ensued as the show premiered on HBO. I wanted to give their stories justice and unfortunately that involves exploring these conflicts. But even if the central question at the center of the case remains a mystery, Murder on Middle Beach solved at least one question that had long plagued the decade-old case. And what we were selling was a personal approach that wasn't a whodunit but more a story about identity, the duality of humanity, and the layers of what we share with each other, how open we are, and just me kind of coming of age and understanding my mother and in turn understanding my identity. Jeffreyrefuses to discuss the case or his marriage with Madison, except to point to Barbara's alcoholism and, prior to recovery, her pattern of black-out drinking as evidence that Barbara wasn't necessarily to be trusted a line he holds even once Madison finds boxes of documents in the final episodes that could potentially implicate him in unethical (and potentially illegal) business practices that made Barbara feel unsafe. Jeffrey was eventually arrested for failing to make those payments in 2012, and as of 2018 he was still fighting in the courts to avoid paying. Where homicides involved I think the interest is too great not to err on the side of not disclosing.. I was so angry. If I didn't ask these questions, the questions would go unasked, but I've tried my hardest to do this what I consider the right way. While her murder and its aftermath are explored on the show, it also paints a vivid portrait of who Beach Hamburg was before her death, and how her family is managing to cope with their loss 10 years later. In setting out to do this, I didn't have an expectation that we would solve my mom's case, but there are many goals I have had throughout this process and they sort of evolve. This issue warrants appellate scrutiny.. Not looking into my mom's story would be the biggest regret of my life, so I don't know that I would do anything differently. According to the HBO docuseries, Beach Hamburg's body was covered with outdoor furniture cushions when it was found. By subscribing to this BDG newsletter, you agree to our. The series makes other allegations relating to Beach and her sister's involvement in a pyramid scheme known as the Gifting Tables. The old adage about a fresh pair of eyes is particularly apt. The day Barbara was found killed, she and Jeffrey were actually due in court to discuss Jeffrey's claim that he could not afford his child support and alimony payments. But after watching the entire series through again on Monday morning, I realized that's obviously the point one that I had lost sight of while tuning in week-to-week for the last month, eager to see how the case concluded. And they just thanked me for releasing this story, and it's really gratifying as someone who's gone through something so traumatic to hear that someone else can watch this and feel a little less alone. The Madison Department of Police filed an appeal on September 2. Her body was discovered by Madison's aunt Conway and his sister, Ali; his father . You can watch the trailer below. But first here are the facts: According to the doc, Barbara Hamburg was a 48-year-old single mother who was bludgeoned and stabbed to death in the front yard of her Madison, CT home on the morning of March 3, 2010. That said, in the final episode Ali's alibi is confirmed: her mother dropped her off at school the morning that she was killed. While Beach's husband (and Madison's father) Jeffrey was questioned early on about his ex-wife's murder, there have still been no arrests made in the case. She's convinced, however, that she knows who the killer is: Ali, Madison's sister who was still in high school at the time. Barbara's sister had a rocky relationship with her sibling. I cant. That was in 2016. The director of HBO's true crime docuseries discusses the emotions of investigating his own mother's murder. Would you do anything different now that it's aired? That means that if you have a victim of a crime in your household tomorrow, they could start [submitting Freedom of Information Requests for] each and every single day in the investigation, said Drumm. How Did Barbara Hamburg Die? Copyright 2023 Salon.com, LLC. In 2019, Madison Hamburg and Niemeyer requested the departments investigative files under the states public records law, but the department refused, claiming the case remains an open and ongoing investigation. He claimed to have been told time and time again that the case is cold and investigators are stuck, and argued releasing the records could only help solve the case. The case raises questions about exactly when a cold case is considered cold enough to release the investigative files publicly and likely is destined for much further debate by both the judiciary and general assembly, Klau reasoned. Who Is John Dutton's Grandfather in '1923'? The personal gruesomeness of the murder and covering her body like he regrets it feels too personal to be a hit man. I don't know. We made a pitch deck and we pitched the networks. "Thank God that HBO saw the potential and the rest is history.". In one example, Justice Steven Ecker asked Dugas about the competing interest of uncovering police corruption or incompetence. Im not trying to suggest anything was done improperly here, but theres no way to know without seeing what they did. Platt also cut off her relationship with Barbara, and drew hard lines on what areas were Barbara's Gifting Tables "territory" for recruitment and which were Platt's. Beach was also accused of threatening an anonymous member of the Gifting Tables by leaving dead animals in her yard. The following year, Beach was present at another vigil, where she called her . Her death in 2010 was the subject of an HBO true crime documentary series produced by her son Madison Hamburg. Jeffrey, who was an exorbitantly wealthy former CEO of Southern Electric International, and Barbara had an incredibly acrimonious divorce. And we ended up pitching to Lisa Heller, who was one of our last pitches at HBO and it was just incredibly emotional. An anonymous witness also revealed that she was scared of Conway as she had allegedly threatened her by leaving dead animals on her doorstep, implying that she had the guts and the motive to commit a murder. In 2016, he began to film a project reviewing the circumstances around his mothers death, interviewing family members and pursuing information from the Madison Police Department about its investigation. It's terrifying, and I think that something that was really important for me was naming and identifying the adverse effects of doing something like this in the documentary itself, because I just think that's one of the unique aspects of the point of view. I'm in awe of my sister. 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She frequently cried when talking about her sister, and more than once, displayed anger towards what happened. The theorists point out that Jeffrey had the most obvious motive while also having an alibi that was almost too perfect. Its not a normal father-son catch-up scene. Instead, he draws just as much suspense and intrigue by looking hard at his family history and asking his loved ones tough questions, even when they dont necessarily want to answer them. Allowing that type of information to come out may be more likely to help them solve the crime [rather] than keeping everything secret. So in a sense, it feels like we as viewers are coming full circle, which raises the question: What actually makes for a satisfying end for a true crime series? There's already inherent bias from my point of view. Sign up for notifications from Insider! Dugas acknowledged the court was dealing with competing interests, one of which was the publics right to know. On the other hand, we have a very, very compelling I would argue a more compelling interest in finding a murderer, and not letting a murderer run loose, Dugas said. Ashlie D. Stevens is Salon's deputy food editor. Opening the file and turning the pages without acting on the file is not evidence the file is going to be used in a prospective law enforcement action, Harmon said. Beach Hamburg is survived by her children, Madison and Ali, 27, as well as her mother, also named Barbara, and numerous siblings. The Madison Police Department is appealing a court ruling upholing an order by the states Freedom of Information Commission that the department release all records except signed witness statements related to the unsolved murder of Barbara Beach Hamburg. He said the Board of Selectmen would have to determine how much the town was willing to spend on the lawsuit.Downing expressed hope that state agencies would take up the case and relieve the town of a potentially significant financial burden appealing the case. I assume he has, but I'm not sure. In the height of his grief, he decided he could use his medium of choicefilmto memorialize her, and also explore who she really was, who might have wanted to hurt her, and why. Dec. 10, 2020 HBO The HBO true crime documentary series Murder on Middle Beach has reached its conclusion, without any grand reveal regarding who killed Barbara Hamburg. We now know they have that information, which led them to ask additional questions of us of information that we had not shared with the general public, Drumm told commissioners, adding that the department needed to retain the information to complete its investigation. So I was at film school when my mom died, in this doc class, and I told my immediate group. That all falls out of your test, doesnt it?. Beach Hamburg and Hamburg married in 1989, but divorced in 2002. The police could have an incentive to just not become the focus of second-guessing, Ecker said. That's a question that I've asked myself a lot. Arguably the most popular theory on Reddit suggests that Jeffrey Hamburg hired someone to kill his ex-wife. As he revealed in a video update on Dec. 8 through HBO's YouTube channel, he is currently combing through these files for additional information that could eventually help solve the case. Every product was carefully curated by an Esquire editor. Barbara was found dead on the morning of March 3, 2010, in the yard of her rental house on Middle Beach Road in Madison, Conn. Police responded at 11:25 a.m. to a 911 call reporting an injured . 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