Ourida was killed the weekend before she and Ali were to have gone to court to finalize a plan to divvy up four Queens apartment buildings purchased during their 30-year marriage, which had come an end. Mirotznik was representing Ourida in that property dispute. He later testified for the prosecution in Ali’s murder case. According to Mirotznik, investigators told him they suspected a hammer claw was used in the horrific attack. No murder weapon was recovered.