The Saga Unfolds   

1 974 Fred and Carol Neulander establish M'kor Shalom, a Reform synagogue in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

1 985 Nancy Phillips joins the Philadelphia Inquirer.

L ATE 1992/EARLY 1993 Investigator Len Jenoff meets Rabbi Neulander for the first time at M'kor Shalom. They set up weekly counseling sessions for Jenoff.

D ECEMBER 1993 Rabbi Neulander begins counseling Philadelphia radio talk-show host Elaine Soncini, whose husband is dying of cancer. After her husband's death, the two begin an affair.

M ARCH 1, 1994 Neulander tells Jenoff he can get him a job with the Mossad if he kills a person the rabbi says is an enemy of the state of Israel, according to Jenoff.

J ULY/AUGUST 1994 Neulander admits that the person he wants Jenoff to kill is his wife, Carol, according to Jenoff.

N OVEMBER 1, 1994 Carol Neulander is murdered in her home.

F EBRUARY 26, 1995 Neulander resigns from his synagogue amid rumors of extramarital affairs. He denies any involvement in his wife's murder and blames the media frenzy and police "information and misinformation" for his decision to step down.

F EBRUARY 1995 Nancy Phillips meets Jenoff for the first time.

A UGUST 17, 1995 Camden County prosecutors announce that they are investigating whether Neulander arranged to have his wife killed by a hit man.

A UGUST 18, 1995 The Philadelphia Daily News prints a story about Neulander's relationship with Soncini.

N OVEMBER 1, 1996 Jenoff makes it clear to Phillips that he knows more about the murder than he has let on.

O CTOBER 6, 1997 Myron "Pep" Levin, Neulander's racquetball partner, tells a grand jury that several weeks before Carol's murder, Neulander said he wanted her dead and asked for help arranging to have her killed.

S EPTEMBER 10, 1998 Neulander is arrested and charged with planning his wife's murder.

D ECEMBER 9, 1999 Jenoff tearfully tells Phillips--off the record--that he arranged Carol Neulander's murder at her husband's request.

A PRIL 28, 2000 Phillips persuades Jenoff to tell his story to Camden County prosecutor Lee A. Solomon. In Phillips' presence, Jenoff confesses to Solomon at a New Jersey diner, implicating the rabbi.

M AY 1, 2000 Jenoff and his alleged accomplice, Paul Michael Daniels, are arrested and charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

M AY 2, 2000 Phillips' first story about Jenoff's confession appears in the Inquirer.

M AY 3, 2000 Neulander's attorneys subpoena Phillips' notes.

M AY 5, 2000 Jenoff makes a formal confession, which is made public.

J UNE 1, 2000 Jenoff pleads guilty to aggravated manslaughter after agreeing to testify against Neulander and Daniels.

J UNE 8, 2000 Daniels pleads guilty to aggravated manslaughter and robbery.

J UNE 20, 2000 A Camden County grand jury upgrades charges against Neulander to capital murder, which means he faces the death penalty.

J UNE 2000 Phillips is taken off the Neulander story.

S EPTEMBER 11, 2000 Superior Court Judge Linda G. Rosenzweig rules that Phillips does not have to turn over her notes from her interviews with Jenoff.

S EPTEMBER 10, 2001 Neulander's trial is scheduled to begin.