THE BLACK HAND FORUM

willychichi wrote: ↑Tue Oct 23, 2018 11:56 am

HairyKnuckles wrote: ↑Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:52 am I can´t find no solid information on Thomas Principe´s demise but during Bobby Manna´s murder trial in 1989, prosecutors claimed that an "reputed mobster", a CI, had informed them that Principe "sleeps with the fishes". He had been missing since around 1979. He was indicted and convicted in 1982 on RICO charges in absentia.

FBI described him as the most prolific mob hitman on the east coast and suspected him being involved with several murders in the 1970s. He was indicted with Dentico and Bobby Manna and several others on loansharking and extortion charges in 1965 but they were all acquitted in spite of overwhelming evidence of their guilt. I have never seen evidence of him being made. I get the feeling he was a goon, an enforcer only, someone Manna and Dentico used for rough and tough stuff,

I believe this is him:

Thomas Principe: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record
Name: Thomas Principe
State of Issue: New Jersey
Date of Birth: Thursday September 10, 1931
Date of Death: October 1985
Est. Age at Death: 54 years, 1 months
Location of Last Benefit Paid:
City: West Nyack
County: Rockland
State: New York

Note that his death record is not confirmed. I can not explain why his date of death is listed exactly October 1985. But by that time, he had been missing for close to six years.

The declaration of a missing person as legally dead thus falls under state jurisdiction unless there is a reason for the federal government to have jurisdiction (e.g. the party was military personnel who went missing while on active duty). Otherwise, there are 57 U.S. jurisdictions that comprise the United States, each of which has its own law on the question.

People who disappear are typically called missing, or sometimes absent. Several criteria are evaluated to determine whether a person may be declared legally dead:

The party normally must have been missing from their home or usual residence for an extended period of time, most commonly seven years
Their absence must have been continuous and inexplicable (e.g. the person did not say they had found a new job and were moving far away)
There must have been no communication from the party with those people most likely to hear from them during the period the person has been missing
There must have been a diligent but unsuccessful search for the person and/or diligent but unsuccessful inquiry into their whereabouts.

https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0200304050

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declared_ ... n_absentia

HairyKnuckles wrote: ↑Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:52 am I can´t find no solid information on Thomas Principe´s demise but during Bobby Manna´s murder trial in 1989, prosecutors claimed that an "reputed mobster", a CI, had informed them that Principe "sleeps with the fishes". He had been missing since around 1979. He was indicted and convicted in 1982 on RICO charges in absentia.

FBI described him as the most prolific mob hitman on the east coast and suspected him being involved with several murders in the 1970s. He was indicted with Dentico and Bobby Manna and several others on loansharking and extortion charges in 1965 but they were all acquitted in spite of overwhelming evidence of their guilt. I have never seen evidence of him being made. I get the feeling he was a goon, an enforcer only, someone Manna and Dentico used for rough and tough stuff,

I believe this is him:

Thomas Principe: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record
Name: Thomas Principe
State of Issue: New Jersey
Date of Birth: Thursday September 10, 1931
Date of Death: October 1985
Est. Age at Death: 54 years, 1 months
Location of Last Benefit Paid:
City: West Nyack
County: Rockland
State: New York

Note that his death record is not confirmed. I can not explain why his date of death is listed exactly October 1985. But by that time, he had been missing for close to six years.