detective mark ' Buddy ' Murnane was weeks away from his 63rd birthday when he died suddenly on Sunday at his home on oak Island . His brother , mark Murnane , a retired NYPD detective , said : ' He was my best friend ... He always knew the answer ' Murnane worked on nearly every major case in the last 20 years , including the 2011 murder of Brooklyn Officer Peter ##son .
Sgt Francis 'Buddy ' Murnane was weeks away from his 63rd birthday when he died suddenly on Sunday at his home on Staten Island . His brother , Terence Murnane , a retired NYPD detective , said : 'He was my best friend ... He always knew the answer ' Murnane worked on nearly every major case in the last 20 years , including the 2011 killing of Brooklyn Officer Peter Figoski .