In 1947, Frank LoMedico returned from Italy with future Bonanno boss Paul Sciacca.B. wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 10:27 pm A Frank LoMedico from Detroit also traveled back from Italy with the powerful early Bonanno member Stefano LoPiccolo in 1932. LoPiccolo was from the Pioppo frazione which is halfway between Monreale and Partinico. This LoMedico is listed as exactly 10 years younger than the Detroit member and I can't find any record of one that fits so I suspect the age was an error and it's the same guy.
In 1929 LoMedico traveled back from Italy with his compaesano Salvatore Vitale of Detroit as well as a Partinicese from New York named Salvatore Leto. Detroit leader Bill Tocco was with them but didn't board the ship back from Italy. These four are the only ones listed on their page of the manifest and we can infer Leto was an NYC mafia figure but I've never heard of him.
I don't know the relation but Bompensiero said Salvatore LoMedico of Detroit was in contact with Frank Coppola and that Salvatore's brother Vito LoMedico was a Sicilian mafia member, presumably the Partinico Family.
(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... 3A2452-6ZB)
Also, Stefano LoPiccolo was a Bonanno member? I thought he was an early Gambino capo. I know that he was Salvatore Mangiaracina’s cousin.