Retrial in 1993 Buffalo Murder Case Ends With a Deadlocked Jury NYT | Top Stories Jesse McKinley 7 October 2025 at 02:33 Brian Scott Lorenz’s conviction in the strangling of Deborah Meindl in a Buffalo suburb was set aside in 2023. A jury failed to reach a verdict in his retrial. © Libby March for The New York TimesBrian Scott Lorenz in 1993, left, and in 2020. He has been facing retrial in a notorious murder.