Most violent family overall (1930s-2000)

[Ivan]

2003-Present - ?

I think overall the Genovese have killed more than the others since 2003, but I'm not 100% on that.

[gohnjotti]

Colombos were just like any other NY family in terms of “cleaning house” and periodic in-house murders in the 80s. You can read in Greg Scarpa’s FBI reports that he frequently reports recent murders (some of them being his own murders, always denying involvement). A lot of these go unsolved, like when Allie Persico conveniently got out of his heroin bust when Charlie Champagne turned up dead and Tony Augello shot himself in a phone booth. Either way, the wars were a brief thing that set the Colombos apart in 1991 in terms of violence. The late 80s built up to it, as rapid changes in the administration caused some friction, but it was just a short period of months in 1991 that I would say put them at the top of the NY heap in terms of violence for that year.

There were dozens of shootings from Nov. 1991 until a ceasefire was declared in early-to-mid 1992. The number of murder conspiracies and attempted murders were incredibly disproportionate to the number of actual murders because of how wild and impromptu the shootings were. There were no typical Mafia-style executions whether the guy’s best friend sets him up and his body’s dumped at sea. This is crews of guys, literally crews - William Cutolo’s crew, Joey Amato’s crew, Louis Malpeso’s crew, Scarpa’s crew, Skinny Teddy’s crew, to name a few - going out every day, in hit teams, looking for members of the rival faction in the streets of Brooklyn. That was their full-time job, according to testimony from guys like Joe Campanella and Larry Mazza, and the random nature of these jaunts around Brooklyn means there were a lot of attempted murders and near misses that were kind of skimmed over in the media. I’d say that factors into the overall “violence” rating of a family, if we can even measure that.

I don’t know enough about the history of the Gallo Wars to say whether or not that set the Colombos apart, especially compared to Chicago. I doubt it did. The Gallo Wars killed a lot of people but it was overhyped compared to the violence outside of NY, in my humble opinion.

[furiofromnaples]

I know long time ago we made a complete list about the Outfit-related murders from the 70s, but im not sure if we made one regarding the 80s...

https://gangsterreport.com/chicago-mob- ... eagan-era/

TIMELINE: RIPPING & RUNNING IN THE REAGAN ERA CHITOWN STYLE

Scott Burnstein

Chicago Mob 1980s Hit List Time Line

Outfit Murders – 1980-1989

Damage Toll: 33 bodies found, 31 slayings in the decade

July 2, 1980 – Chicago mob enforcer and Chicago Heights crew member William (Billy the Chopper) Dauber and his wife Charlotte are gunned down in their car after leaving a court appearance by the Wild Bunch, the Outfit’s top hit team. The heavily-feared and physically-imposing Dauber was one of those tasked with consolidating all the Windy City’s independent car thieves and chop shop owners under the Outfit banner. Facing drug and weapons charges, Dauber, a suspect in a number of gangland homicides himself, had started cooperating with the FBI in the months preceding his slaying.

November 28, 1980 – Greek wiseguy, social club operator and Chicago mob shakedown victim Nick Valentzas is shot to death in an Elmwood Park parking lot. Valentzas had worn a wire and testified in a federal extortion case involving the Outfit after his refusal to pay a street tax led to a vicious beating.

March 14, 1981 – Chicago mob enforcer, hit man and Wild Bunch member William (Butch) Petrocelli is found beaten, strangled and tortured to death after getting caught stealing money he was supposed to be filtering to imprisoned wiseguys’ families.

May 6, 1981 – Outfit associate and convicted felon Fiore Forestiere is found shot in the head five times in a van in River Grove.

May 18, 1981 – Outfit associate and jukebox company owner Sam Farrugia is found stabbed to death, his throat cut in the back of a station wagon in River Forest.

August 5, 1981 – Outfit associate, drug dealer and chop-shopper Charles Monday is found dead in the trunk of his car on West Schubert Avenue.

August 7, 1981 – Outfit associate, drug dealer, chop shopper Anthony Legato, Monday’s partner, is found in the trunk of his car beaten to death.

September 13, 1981 – Chicago mob soldier Nick D’Andrea was found tortured and shot to death in the trunk of his car, accidentally killed while being interrogated by his bosses in the Outfit over the botched hit on Chicago Heights capo Al Pilotto .

October 3, 1981 – Chicago mob soldier and Pilotto’s No. 2 in charge Sam (The Gobber) Guzzino is found shot in the head, his throat slit in a ditch on the side of a suburban road. Guzzino was in charge of the ill-fated Pilotto murder contract.

June 3, 1982 – Outfit associate, bookie and Cicero crew member Bobby Plummer is beaten to death inside his Lake County mansion that doubled as a backdoor high-roller casino and stuffed in the trunk of his car.

October 8, 1982 – Outfit associate and indebted gambler John Manfredi is shot in the back of the head in the basement of a Berwyn, Illinois pizza parlor.

January 11, 1983 – Outfit associate and chop shopper Bobby Subatich is shot in the back of the head and stuffed in the trunk of his car

January 20, 1983 – Labor-union racketeer, insurance magnate and longtime Outfit front Allen Dorfman is killed in the parking lot of a Lincolnshire, Illinois hotel leaving a lunch meeting with fellow top-tier Outfit associate Irving (Red) Weiner. Dorfman was headed to prison after getting conviction alongside then-Grand Avenue capo Joseph (Joey the Clown) Lombardo in a high-profile racketeering conspiracy case.

March 2, 1983 – Outfit associate, car thief and Grand Ave. crew chop-chop specialist Michael (Monk) Chorak is shot to death behind the wheel of his car. The Chorak slaying concluded the so-called “Chop Shop Wars,” on-and-off sprees of violence in the local car-theft industry lasting a dozen years and totaling some two dozen casualties.

July 14, 1983 – Chicago mobsters and hit men John Gatuso and Jasper (Big Jay) Campisi are found strangled, stabbed and tortured to death in the trunk of Gatuso’s Volvo in suburban Naperville, Illinois. Gatus, a former cop, and Campisi had botched a hit on Northside gambling lieutenant, Ken (Tokyo Joe) Eto earlier in the year, leading to Eto taking refuge as a witness for the federal government.

November 26, 1984 – Semi-retired Outfit soldier James (Mugsy) Tortoriello is shot gunned to death inside a Ft. Lauderdale, Florida warehouse.

December 16, 1984 – Outfit associate and underworld finance whiz Anthony Crissie is shot to death. Crissie had once worked as the head of a bank and was being pressured by the FBI and IRS to divulge information on his business partners in mob.

January 10, 1985 – Outfit associate and notorious Northside crew enforcer Leonard (Little Lenny) Yaras is gunned down as he walked into work at his Rogers Park uniform factory headquarters. He was suspected of skimming gambling proceeds he was responsible for collecting Yaras’ dad was Davey Yaras, a respected Jewish Chicago mob lieutenant and enforcer who died of a heart attack in the early 1970s in Florida where he watched after Windy City mafia affairs in the Sunshine State.

February 9, 1985 – Chicago mob soldier Charles (Chuckie English) Inglese is gunned down in the parking lot of Horwath’s Restaurant in Elmwood Park shortly after returning to the fold in the Outfit following a near-decade semiretirement spent in Florida. Inglese had been slain former Chicago Godfather Sam Giancana’s right-hand man and gambling boss and began beefing with Outfit brass upon his return.

February 12, 1985 – Prolific independent bookie Hal Smith is beaten and tortured to death, stuffed in the trunk of his car after feuding with the Outfit’s Cicero crew’s Lake County faction over street tax.

July 26, 1985 – Chicago mob solider, Northside crew member and porno racket bossPasquale (Patsy Rich) Ricciardi was shot to death and stuffed in the trunk of a stolen car following him being suspected of stealing and informing for the FBI.

January 13, 1986 – Outfit associate Mike Lentini is shot to death behind the wheel of his car.

January 27, 1986 – Outfit associate Richie DePrizo is shot to death. DePrizo was on the verge of being indicted for fraud related to city of Chicago construction projects.

March 16, 1986 – Outfit associate and indebted gambler Joe Cocozza is shot to death behind the wheel of his car.

June 7, 1986 – Outfit associate and west coast crew member Emil (Little Mal) Vaci is kidnapped and shot to death in Phoenix, Arizona after testifying in front of a federal grand jury investigating Chicago mafia activity in Las Vegas. Vaci worked in mob-backed casinos in Vegas and ran travel junkets from Illinois to Nevada in conjunction with the Outfit.

June 14, 1986 – Chicago mob Las Vegas crew boss Anthony (Tony the Ant) Spilotro and his younger brother and protégé Michael are beaten and strangled to death in the basement of a Bensenville, Illinois residence, their bodies dumped in a shallow grave dug in a Northwest Indiana cornfield. Spilotro’s rogue behavior and mounting legal problems made him expendable.

September 14, 1986 – Chicago mobster, hit man and Southside crew enforcer Giovanni (Big John) Fecarotta is shot to death in front of a bingo hall on Belmont Avenue after botching the Spilotro brothers burial exactly three months to the day of his own slaying.

November 13, 1986 – Outfit associate Tommy McKillip is stabbed and shot to death, found in the back of a Chevy Blazer truck.

September 23, 1987 – Outfit associate and salon owner John Castaldo is shot to death, his body left in a River Forest alley not far from the one of two beauty parlors he owned. Castaldo was in heavy debt to Chicago mob figures.

August 14, 1988 – Outfit associate John Pronger is shot to death on his porch as he opens the front door of his house for his killers.

November 22, 1988 – Outfit associate and bookie Phil Goodman, connected to the former Spilotro crew in Las Vegas, is beaten to death inside a motel room.

December 1989 – The remains of slain Chicago mob victims Robert (Broadway Bobby) Hatridge and Mike Oliver are unearthed in DuPage County, more than 20 years after they went missing, in a makeshift Wild Bunch graveyard less than a mile away from where Wild Buncher Joseph (Jerry the Hand) Scalise lived. Oliver was a machinist and small-time hood in the porno racket and killed in an adult bookstore. Hatridge was a thief and drug pusher from Ohio tied to New York’s Bonanno crime family and its’ Pizza Connection heroin smuggling ring who left for a meeting with Scalise and never came home.

[Villain]

Thanks Furio.

Thats 33 or 34 kills...or around one third from the previous decade...also if Tortoriello wasnt killed by the Colombians, then we should also include his son

[Wiseguy]

I know long time ago we made a complete list about the Outfit-related murders from the 70s, but im not sure if we made one regarding the 80s...

https://theblackhand.club/chicago-mob-1 ... eagan-era/

TIMELINE: RIPPING & RUNNING IN THE REAGAN ERA CHITOWN STYLE

Scott Burnstein

Chicago Mob 1980s Hit List Time Line

Outfit Murders – 1980-1989

Damage Toll: 33 bodies found, 31 slayings in the decade

July 2, 1980 – Chicago mob enforcer and Chicago Heights crew member William (Billy the Chopper) Dauber and his wife Charlotte are gunned down in their car after leaving a court appearance by the Wild Bunch, the Outfit’s top hit team. The heavily-feared and physically-imposing Dauber was one of those tasked with consolidating all the Windy City’s independent car thieves and chop shop owners under the Outfit banner. Facing drug and weapons charges, Dauber, a suspect in a number of gangland homicides himself, had started cooperating with the FBI in the months preceding his slaying.

November 28, 1980 – Greek wiseguy, social club operator and Chicago mob shakedown victim Nick Valentzas is shot to death in an Elmwood Park parking lot. Valentzas had worn a wire and testified in a federal extortion case involving the Outfit after his refusal to pay a street tax led to a vicious beating.

March 14, 1981 – Chicago mob enforcer, hit man and Wild Bunch member William (Butch) Petrocelli is found beaten, strangled and tortured to death after getting caught stealing money he was supposed to be filtering to imprisoned wiseguys’ families.

May 6, 1981 – Outfit associate and convicted felon Fiore Forestiere is found shot in the head five times in a van in River Grove.

May 18, 1981 – Outfit associate and jukebox company owner Sam Farrugia is found stabbed to death, his throat cut in the back of a station wagon in River Forest.

August 5, 1981 – Outfit associate, drug dealer and chop-shopper Charles Monday is found dead in the trunk of his car on West Schubert Avenue.

August 7, 1981 – Outfit associate, drug dealer, chop shopper Anthony Legato, Monday’s partner, is found in the trunk of his car beaten to death.

September 13, 1981 – Chicago mob soldier Nick D’Andrea was found tortured and shot to death in the trunk of his car, accidentally killed while being interrogated by his bosses in the Outfit over the botched hit on Chicago Heights capo Al Pilotto .

October 3, 1981 – Chicago mob soldier and Pilotto’s No. 2 in charge Sam (The Gobber) Guzzino is found shot in the head, his throat slit in a ditch on the side of a suburban road. Guzzino was in charge of the ill-fated Pilotto murder contract.

June 3, 1982 – Outfit associate, bookie and Cicero crew member Bobby Plummer is beaten to death inside his Lake County mansion that doubled as a backdoor high-roller casino and stuffed in the trunk of his car.

October 8, 1982 – Outfit associate and indebted gambler John Manfredi is shot in the back of the head in the basement of a Berwyn, Illinois pizza parlor.

January 11, 1983 – Outfit associate and chop shopper Bobby Subatich is shot in the back of the head and stuffed in the trunk of his car

January 20, 1983 – Labor-union racketeer, insurance magnate and longtime Outfit front Allen Dorfman is killed in the parking lot of a Lincolnshire, Illinois hotel leaving a lunch meeting with fellow top-tier Outfit associate Irving (Red) Weiner. Dorfman was headed to prison after getting conviction alongside then-Grand Avenue capo Joseph (Joey the Clown) Lombardo in a high-profile racketeering conspiracy case.

March 2, 1983 – Outfit associate, car thief and Grand Ave. crew chop-chop specialist Michael (Monk) Chorak is shot to death behind the wheel of his car. The Chorak slaying concluded the so-called “Chop Shop Wars,” on-and-off sprees of violence in the local car-theft industry lasting a dozen years and totaling some two dozen casualties.

July 14, 1983 – Chicago mobsters and hit men John Gatuso and Jasper (Big Jay) Campisi are found strangled, stabbed and tortured to death in the trunk of Gatuso’s Volvo in suburban Naperville, Illinois. Gatus, a former cop, and Campisi had botched a hit on Northside gambling lieutenant, Ken (Tokyo Joe) Eto earlier in the year, leading to Eto taking refuge as a witness for the federal government.

November 26, 1984 – Semi-retired Outfit soldier James (Mugsy) Tortoriello is shot gunned to death inside a Ft. Lauderdale, Florida warehouse.

December 16, 1984 – Outfit associate and underworld finance whiz Anthony Crissie is shot to death. Crissie had once worked as the head of a bank and was being pressured by the FBI and IRS to divulge information on his business partners in mob.

January 10, 1985 – Outfit associate and notorious Northside crew enforcer Leonard (Little Lenny) Yaras is gunned down as he walked into work at his Rogers Park uniform factory headquarters. He was suspected of skimming gambling proceeds he was responsible for collecting Yaras’ dad was Davey Yaras, a respected Jewish Chicago mob lieutenant and enforcer who died of a heart attack in the early 1970s in Florida where he watched after Windy City mafia affairs in the Sunshine State.

February 9, 1985 – Chicago mob soldier Charles (Chuckie English) Inglese is gunned down in the parking lot of Horwath’s Restaurant in Elmwood Park shortly after returning to the fold in the Outfit following a near-decade semiretirement spent in Florida. Inglese had been slain former Chicago Godfather Sam Giancana’s right-hand man and gambling boss and began beefing with Outfit brass upon his return.

February 12, 1985 – Prolific independent bookie Hal Smith is beaten and tortured to death, stuffed in the trunk of his car after feuding with the Outfit’s Cicero crew’s Lake County faction over street tax.

July 26, 1985 – Chicago mob solider, Northside crew member and porno racket bossPasquale (Patsy Rich) Ricciardi was shot to death and stuffed in the trunk of a stolen car following him being suspected of stealing and informing for the FBI.

January 13, 1986 – Outfit associate Mike Lentini is shot to death behind the wheel of his car.

January 27, 1986 – Outfit associate Richie DePrizo is shot to death. DePrizo was on the verge of being indicted for fraud related to city of Chicago construction projects.

March 16, 1986 – Outfit associate and indebted gambler Joe Cocozza is shot to death behind the wheel of his car.

June 7, 1986 – Outfit associate and west coast crew member Emil (Little Mal) Vaci is kidnapped and shot to death in Phoenix, Arizona after testifying in front of a federal grand jury investigating Chicago mafia activity in Las Vegas. Vaci worked in mob-backed casinos in Vegas and ran travel junkets from Illinois to Nevada in conjunction with the Outfit.

June 14, 1986 – Chicago mob Las Vegas crew boss Anthony (Tony the Ant) Spilotro and his younger brother and protégé Michael are beaten and strangled to death in the basement of a Bensenville, Illinois residence, their bodies dumped in a shallow grave dug in a Northwest Indiana cornfield. Spilotro’s rogue behavior and mounting legal problems made him expendable.

September 14, 1986 – Chicago mobster, hit man and Southside crew enforcer Giovanni (Big John) Fecarotta is shot to death in front of a bingo hall on Belmont Avenue after botching the Spilotro brothers burial exactly three months to the day of his own slaying.

November 13, 1986 – Outfit associate Tommy McKillip is stabbed and shot to death, found in the back of a Chevy Blazer truck.

September 23, 1987 – Outfit associate and salon owner John Castaldo is shot to death, his body left in a River Forest alley not far from the one of two beauty parlors he owned. Castaldo was in heavy debt to Chicago mob figures.

August 14, 1988 – Outfit associate John Pronger is shot to death on his porch as he opens the front door of his house for his killers.

November 22, 1988 – Outfit associate and bookie Phil Goodman, connected to the former Spilotro crew in Las Vegas, is beaten to death inside a motel room.

December 1989 – The remains of slain Chicago mob victims Robert (Broadway Bobby) Hatridge and Mike Oliver are unearthed in DuPage County, more than 20 years after they went missing, in a makeshift Wild Bunch graveyard less than a mile away from where Wild Buncher Joseph (Jerry the Hand) Scalise lived. Oliver was a machinist and small-time hood in the porno racket and killed in an adult bookstore. Hatridge was a thief and drug pusher from Ohio tied to New York’s Bonanno crime family and its’ Pizza Connection heroin smuggling ring who left for a meeting with Scalise and never came home.

When it comes to this topic, the above post with actual names, dates, etc. hold more weight than the oft-repeated 1,000+ murders over the past century.

it makes the smaller NY families look like street gangs.

Exaggerate much?

[Villain]

Well if we count all of the Outfit-related hits from all of the previous decades, we just might reach a number between 800 and 900 hits

[moneyman]

Montreal faction of the Bonnanos post 2010

[chin_gigante]

One could make the case for Philadelphia, relative to its size, from 1980 to 1985 and 1992 to 2003. For example, if you add the existing members as of 1980 to those inducted from 1980 to 1985 the total family membership during this period is about 83. Considering that 11 inducted members (most of them captains or higher) were killed in that period, that is about 13% of the membership. In addition to that, more members were murdered from 1980 to 1985 than died of natural causes. To put that into context, I believe we only know of 9 Luchese family members being killed from 1986 to 1992, the most violent period in that family’s modern history (and, as we know, the Lucheses were and are a much larger borgata than Philadelphia).

That said, it’s not a perfect way of measuring how violent a family is, and it’s hard to make comparisons such as the one I featured above. Perhaps a more apt comparison would be between Philadelphia in the 1980s and the Colombos during the Orena-Persico conflict. Then again, the war in Philadelphia was between Harry Riccobene (and a score of his associates) and the entire Scarfo administration, whereas the Orena-Persico conflict was a real split in the membership, with repercussions that have lasted for decades.

Also, I feel the violence linked to the Stanfa administration sometimes gets overlooked or reduced to the Merlino war, especially when considering murder conspiracies.

Murders and murder attempts tied to Stanfa:

Mar 1992 – Michael Ciancaglini (associate) [attempted murder]
Nov 1992 – Francesco DiGiacomo (associate)
Dec 1992 – Biagio Adornetto (soldier) [attempted murder]
Jan 1993 – Rod Colombo (associate)
Jan 1993 – Mario Riccobene (associate)
Aug 1993 – Michael Ciancaglini, Joseph Merlino (soldiers) [Ciancaglini killed and Merlino wounded]
Sep 1993 – Frank Baldino (associate)
Jan 1994 - John Veasey (captain) [attempted murder]

Murder conspiracies:

• Dale Lalwani – nightclub owner who refused to be shaken down; contract given to Biagio Adornetto and Rosario Bellocchi

• Ronald Mazzone – suspected of skimming shakedown money; contract given to Adornetto and Bellocchi

• Fernando Vincenti – friend of Adornetto’s who was to be kidnapped, interrogated and killed by Bellocchi and Gary Tavella

• Donald Marino – offended Stanfa by asking for his legal fees up front

• Joseph Santaguida – perceived to be too close to the Merlino faction; contract given to Sergio Battaglia and Herbert Keller

• George Anastasia – Battaglia and Keller told to throw hand grenades into his house because Stanfa didn’t like the articles he was writing

• Kitty Caparella – according to Gaetano Scafidi, Stanfa wanted Caparella killed too

• Geraldo Rivera – Scafidi told to kill Rivera if he showed up outside Stanfa’s warehouse again

• Gaeton Lucibello’s son – as revenge for the attempted murder of Joseph Stanfa

• Philip Colletti – Stanfa wanted to kill Colletti and John Veasey with the help of the Bufalino family as he was unhappy with how the Michael Ciancaglini murder was carried out

• In addition to this, multiple plots were hatched to kill Joseph Merlino, and several other plans were made to kill members of his faction, including Gaeton Lucibello, Steven Mazzone, Michael Avicolli, Ronald Galati, Carl Bradley and Anthony Valenti. Other Merlino associates marked for death included Martin Angelina, George Borgesi, Michael Lancellotti, Angelo Lutz and Salvatore Mazzone. Gaetano Scafidi was also marked for death as a member of this group before he defected to Stanfa. Ralph Natale was also to be killed once he was released from prison.

• Salvatore Brunetti gave Thomas Rebbie poison and told him to use it on associate Stephen Weinstein to prevent him from flipping. Rebbie instead kept the poison, planning to use it on himself as a last case scenario (eventually Rebbie and Weinstein both flipped).

• At the end of the conflict, Sergio Battaglia, John Casasanto and Herbert Keller planned to kill Stanfa to end the war with the Merlino group.

• It was also speculated that Nicasio Zagone was killed by Stanfa hit men in a case of mistaken identity.

• The Jan 1993 murder of Louis Cappello may also be the work of Stanfa.

[Amershire_Ed]

I need to find it, I have it bookmarked somewhere, but I read an interview several years ago with a Fed that spent time in Chicago and New England in the late 70s and 80s. He basically said one of the main differences between the two locations was the Outfit generally had no qualms about killing someone who couldn’t pay. And they wouldn’t wait for someone to miss 4 or 5 payments. It would just take one or two. The old mob adage “they’d rather work with you than kill you” didn’t apply in Chicago.

[SonnyBlackstein]

Chi town for the sickest.
Half their members are just psychopaths

[Confederate]

Chi town for the sickest.
Half their members are just psychopaths

Yes, it was almost like maybe half those guys in the past "enjoyed" killing somebody rather than reluctantly doing it as a evil necessity.

[furiofromnaples]

I know long time ago we made a complete list about the Outfit-related murders from the 70s, but im not sure if we made one regarding the 80s...

.
Here to you

viewtopic.php?f=29&t=3171&p=65991&hilit ... 970#p65991

While doing some research on the Outfit chart from the late 20's till now, I also came across this one list from the 70's who me and some of the boys discussed some time ago and so I though about posting it for you guys. Also, big credit goes to Snakes since he was the one who started this list with 72 hits, while I later added 21 additional murders including their alleged executioners. In addition, this a list of all Outfit-related killings (in Chicago and around the country) during that decade which portraits the Chicago crime family as one of the most, if not the top, individually murderous crime family in the country during that period. My point is that this was the result of the previous and numerous FBI operations which occurred during the 1960's and almost destroyed the crime syndicate. Also, if anyone has any additional info, like found some mistake or a conflicting report, or posses some missing info regarding other Outfit-related murders and hit men, please contribute...

1. March 21, 1970: Carmen Trotta (unknown)
2. August, 1970: Michael Albergo (Frank Calabrese)
3. September 28, 1970: Mario Sprovieri (possibly by Tony Spilotro)
4. January 2, 1971: Rosario Corriero (unknown)
5. June 17, 1971: Robert Pronger (William Dauber and Steve Ostrowsky) 
6. October 19, 1971: Sam Cesario (Harry Aleman)
7. December 15, 1971: Henry LaKey (possibly Tony Spilotro) 
8. March 10, 1972: Charles Carroll (unknown)
9. August 8, 1972: Guido Fidanzi (William Dauber)
10. September 2, 1972: Roger Croach (William Dauber and Donald Boye)
11. September 3, 1972: Mike Ragan (William Dauber and John Schnadenberg) 
12. September 27, 1972: William Logan (Harry Aleman)
13. April 14, 1973: Sam DeStefano (Mario DeStefano and Tony Spilotro)
14. June 23, 1973: William Klim (NV) (Tony Spilotro)
15. November 22, 1973: Samuel Marcello (possibly by Wayne Cascone and James Erwin)
16. November 22, 1973: Joseph Grisafe (possibly by Wayne Cascone and James Erwin)
17. December 20, 1973: Richard Cain (Harry Aleman, Joey Lombardo and Frank Schweihs)
18. January 27, 1974: Wayne Cascone (James Erwin)
19. February 24, 1974: Socrates Rantis (Gerald Scarpelli and James Erwin)
20. April 21, 1974: William Simone (unknown) 
21. June 14, 1974: Anthony Dichiarinte (possibly by Joey Lombardo)
22. July 13, 1974: Orion Williams (Harry Aleman)
23. September 27, 1974: Daniel Seifert (Frank Schweihs and Joseph Lombardo) 
24. September 28, 1974: Robert Harder (Harry Aleman and possibly James Inendino)
25. December 27, 1974: Richard Mazzone (unknown)
26. January 16, 1975: Carlo DeVivo (Harry Aleman and possibly Frank Schweihs)
27. February 12, 1975: Jack West (AZ) (Nick D’Andrea and Robert Hardin) 
28. February 15, 1975: Ed Lazar (AZ) (Nick D’Andrea and Robert Hardin)
29. April 29, 1975: Anthony Battaglia (unknown)
30. May 12, 1975: Ronald Magliano (Harry Aleman)
31. May 12, 1975: Marty Buccieri (NV) (possibly by Tony Spilotro) 
32. June 5, 1975: Harry Holzer (MI) (Edward McCabe)
33. June 5, 1975: Linda Holzer (MI) (Edward McCabe)
34. June 19, 1975: Salvatore Giancana (Dominic Blasi and possibly Angelo LaPietra)
35. July 14, 1975: Christopher Cardi (Harry Aleman and William Petrocelli)
36. August 28, 1975: Frank Goulakos (Harry Aleman)
37. August 30, 1975: Nick Galanos (Harry Aleman)
38. September 6, 1975: Walter Wellington (IA) (unknown)
39. October 6, 1975: Louis Bombacino (AZ) (possibly by Paul Schiro and Tony Amadio)
40. October 31, 1975: Anthony Reitinger (Harry Aleman and William Petrocelli)
41. November 10, 1975: Tamara Rand (CA) (Tony Spilotro)
42. December 3, 1975: Ned Bakes (Gerald Scarpelli)
43. January 20, 1976: Frank DeLegge, Jr. (unknown)
44. January 31, 1976: Louis DeBartolo (Harry Aleman)
45. February 6, 1976: Rita Payonk (unknown) 
46. June 24, 1976: Paul Haggerty (Nick and Frank Calabrese, Frank Saladino, Ronnie Jarrett)
47. May 1, 1976: James Erwin (Harry Aleman and possibly Jimmy Indendino)
48. June 13, 1976: Don Bolles (AZ) (John Harvey Adamson, William Rocco D'Ambrosio and Frank Mossuto)
49. August 9, 1976: Giovanni Roselli (FL) (unknown)
50. October 5, 1976: Steven Ostrowsky (Edelmiro DeJesus)
51. January 13, 1977: Norman Lang (William Dauber)
52. February 12, 1977: James Villareal (unknown)
53. February 12, 1977: Sam Rivera (unknown)
54. March 2, 1977: Ben Byer (unknown)
55. March 4, 1977: Patrick Marusarz (possibly by Jimmy Cozzo and John DiFronzo)
56. March 15, 1977: Henry Cosentino (Frank Calabrese and Ronnie Jarrett)
57. March 29, 1977: Charles Nicoletti (possibly by Harry Aleman and Frank Schweihs)
58. April 4, 1977: John Lourgos (unknown)
59. June 13, 1977: Richard Ferraro (Gerald Scarpelli)
60. June 14, 1977: Thomas McCarthy (William Petrocelli)
61. June 15, 1977: Joseph Theo (Gerald Scarpelli)
62. July 3, 1977: John Schneider (unknown)
63. July 12, 1977: Earl Abercrombie, Jr. (unknown)
64. July 13, 1977: Morris Saletko (unknown)
65. July 22, 1977: Mark Thanasouras (possibly by Jimmy Cozzo and John DiFronzo)
66. July 22, 1977: Joseph LaRose (possibly by Paul Schiro and Joey Hansen)
67. July 22, 1977: John Vische (possibly by Paul Schiro and Joey Hansen)
68. July 22, 1977: Donald Marchbanks (possibly by Paul Schiro and Joey Hansen)
69. July 22, 1977: Malcolm Russell (possibly by Paul Schiro and Joey Hansen)
70. July 25, 1977: Samuel Annerino (Joseph Scalise, William Petrocelli and Anthony Borsellino)
71. August 25, 1977: James Palaggi (unknown)
72. October 18, 1977: Ray Ryan (IN) (possibly by Marshall Caifano)
73. December 13, 1977: Leo Filippi (unknown)
74. December 22, 1977: Richard Crofton (unknown)
75. January 20, 1978: Bernard Ryan (John DiFronzo and possibly Jimmy Cozzo)
76. February 2, 1978: Steven Garcia (Nick and Frank Calabrese)
77. February 4, 1978: Vincent Moretti (Nick and Frank Calabrese, Ronnie Jarrett, Frank Sladino, John Fecarotta)
78. February 4, 1978: Donald Renno (Nick and Frank Calabrese, Ronnie Jarrett, Frank Sladino, John Fecarotta)
79. February 20, 1978: John Mendell (Nick and Frank Calabrese, Ronnie Jarrett, Frank Sladino)
80. March 17, 1978: Dino Valente (Nick D’Andrea)
81. April 3, 1978: Frank Smith, Jr. (unknown)
82. April 6, 1978: Robert Hertogs (Jack Farmer)
83. April 14, 1978: John McDonald (possibly by Anthony Borsellino and Gerald Carusiello)
84. July 28, 1978: James Catuara (possibly by Frank Schweihs)
85. September 8, 1978: Melvin Young (Robert Siegel)
86. September 27, 1978: Robert Vaca (possibly by Jimmy Inendino)
87. March 11, 1979: George Christofalos (Anthony Borsellino, Gerald Scarpelli and Jerry Scalise) 
88. April, 1979: Robert Hatridge (OH) (possibly by Jerry Scalise)
89. May 22, 1979: Anthony Borsellino (Gerald Scarpelli)
90. June 1, 1979: Timothy O'Brien (Gerald Scarpelli)
91. September 28, 1979: Gerald Carusiello (Gerald Scarpelli)
92. October 10, 1979: Sherwin Lisner (NV) (Frank Cullotta)
93. November 14, 1979: Michael Oliver (William Petrocelli, Robert Salerno, Gerry Scarpelli, Joseph Scalise, Michael Sarno and Salvatore Cataudella)
94. December, 12, 1979: Henry Lopez (IN) (Edelmiro DeJesus)

[Villain]

Thanks again Furio, I owe you one.

So if we include the 34 hits from the 80s, thats around 130 hits in around 17 or 18 years period. This is only regarding the 70s and 80s, but if we go back further to the mid 20s and start from there...the number will be tremendous

[chin_gigante]

The DeMeo crew will bring the Gambinos up as well. That's what 70 murders or so from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s

[furiofromnaples]

The DeMeo crew will bring the Gambinos up as well. That's what 70 murders or so from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s

https://lcnbios.blogspot.com/search/label/demeo

DeMeo Crew Murders
Revised list of known victims related to Gambino Family's DeMeo crew.

1. Paul Rothenberg (42y) (July 29, 1973)

Motive: Suspected cooperator.
Method: Shot twice in back of head with handgun.
Location: 1025 Northern Blvd (Flower Hill, Long Island)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (Shooter; 32y). Ordered by Anthony Gaggi (47y). Authorized by Gambino leadership.


2. Andrei Katz (22y) (June 13, 1975)

Motive: Cooperator.
Method: Stabbed multiple times in chest and back. Body dismembered.
Location: Pantry Pride at Beach 90th St (Rockaway, Queens)
Participants: Harvey/Chris Rosenberg (24y), Roy DeMeo (34y), Henry Borelli (27y), Anthony Senter (20y), Joseph Testa (20y). Judith Questal used as lure.
Note: Victim's relative, possibly brother-in-law, reportedly committed suicide in New Jersey years later under what may have been suspicious circumstances. CW DiNome later claimed death was legitimate suicide with no crew involvement.


3. Joseph 'Joe Bikini' Brocchini (Lucchese Soldier; 43y) (May 19, 1976)

Motive: Punched DeMeo.
Method: Shot five times in head.
Location: Parliament Auto Sales at 69-11 Roosevelt Ave (Woodside, Queens)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (35y), Henry Borelli (27y), Chris Rosenberg (25y), Anthony Senter (21y), Joseph Testa (21y). Authorized by Anthony Gaggi (50y).
Note: Murder unsanctioned by Gambino leadership and staged to look like armed robbery gone wrong. Brocchini shot by DeMeo and Borelli. Employees restrained by Rosenberg, Senter and Testa.

4. Vincent 'Vinny Mook' Governara (34y) (June 12, 1976)

Motive: Broke Gaggi’s nose during altercation years prior.
Method: Shot multiple times with handguns.
Location: 20th Ave and 85th St (Bensonhurst, Brooklyn)
Participants: Anthony Gaggi (50y), Roy DeMeo (35y), Dominick Montiglio (28y).
Note: Shooters were DeMeo/Gaggi.


5. George Byrum (42y) (July 13, 1976)

Motive: Provided tip leading to robbery of Gaggi's Florida residence.
Method: Shot in face with .380 handgun. Stabbed in back eleven times. Partially decapitated.
Location: Ocean Shore Motel (Dade County, Florida)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (35y), Anthony Gaggi (50y), Anthony Plate (Gambino Soldier; 63y).
Note: Victim shot/stabbed by DeMeo. Plate acted as lookout.

6. Unidentified Victim #1 (1976)

Method: Likely shot to death.
Location: Buried at future site of Mobil Gas Station (Bensonhurst, Brooklyn)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (35y), others.
Note: Mentioned to CW Montiglio by DeMeo. Site excavated but no remains found.


7. Unidentified Victim #2 (1976)

Method: Likely shot to death.
Location: Buried at future site of Mobil Gas Station (Bensonhurst, Brooklyn)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (35y), others.
Note: Mentioned to CW Montiglio by DeMeo. Site excavated but no remains found.

8. Charles 'Ruby' Stein (Genovese Associate; 61y) (May 5, 1977)

Motive: Killed to erase debts and to take over his loansharking business.
Method: Shot to death with automatic pistol. Body dismembered.
Location: 596 Club at Tenth Ave and 43rd St (Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan)
Participants: Edward 'Danny' Grillo (43y), James Coonan (30y), William Beattie (30y), Thomas Hess (39y), Richard Ryan, Nicholas Kagabines (46y).
Note: Grillo acted as shooter. After death each participant fired shot into body. Body dismembered by Coonan and Ryan. Remains transported by Kagabines to Wards Island where dumped in East River. Ten days later torso washed ashore in Jamaica, Queens. DeMeo not informed of murder until after the fact.


9. Michael 'Mickey' Spillane (43y) (May 13, 1977)

Motive: Killed as favor to James Coonan.
Method: Shot five times in arm, stomach, chest and face with handguns.
Location: Outside Spillane apartment building at 47-50 59th St (Woodside, Queens)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (36y), Danny Grillo (43y), Henry Borelli (28y), Chris Rosenberg (26y), Joseph Testa (22y), Anthony Senter (22y).
Note: DeMeo and Grillo acted as shooters. Others positioned as backup.


10. Jerome Hofaker (23y) (June 1977)

Motive: Involved in altercation with Dennis Testa.
Method: Shot to death.
Location: Canarsie, Brooklyn
Participants: Anthony Senter (22y), Joseph Testa (22y).


11. Johnathan Quinn (34y) (July 20, 1977)

Motive: Testified before grand jury.
Method: Shot once in back of head with .32 caliber handgun.
Location: Apartment behind Gemini Lounge at 4021 Flatlands Ave (Flatlands, Brooklyn)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (36y), Henry Borelli (29y), Peter LaFroscia (28y), Chris Rosenberg (26y), Joseph Testa (22y), Anthony Senter (22y).
Note: Body dumped in Dongan Hills, Staten Island.


12. Cherie Golden (19y) (July 20, 1977)

Motive: Had knowledge of Quinn operation.
Method: Shot three times in head with .38 caliber handgun.
Location: Outside Gemini Lounge at 4021 Flatlands Ave (Flatlands, Brooklyn)
Participants: Anthony Senter (22y), Joseph Testa (22y), Roy DeMeo (36y), Peter LaFroscia (28y), Henry Borelli (29y), Chris Rosenberg (26y).
Note: Victim, shot by Senter, left in Quinn automobile abandoned in Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn.


13. Daniel Conti (28y) (Found October 29, 1977)

Motive: Seen as weak link and potential cooperator re botched hijacking.
Method: Shot in neck and eye.
Location: Found in trunk of automobile at Rochester Ave and President St in Lincoln Terrace Park, Brooklyn
Participants: Roy DeMeo (37y), Peter LaFroscia (28y), others.
Note: Body discovered by car thieves in process of stripping vehicle.


14. John Costello (20y) (Found November 14, 1977)

Motive: Seen as weak link and potential cooperator re botched hijacking.
Method: Shot multiple times in head.
Location: Found in trunk of automobile at 1045 Atlantic Ave in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
Participants: Roy DeMeo (37y), Peter LaFroscia (28y), others.


15. Michael Mandelino (Lucchese Associate; 37y) (March 19, 1978)

Motive: Suspected of setting up Peter LaFroscia for robbery.
Method: Shot multiple times in head.
Location: Found in trunk of automobile at Hinsdale Ave and DeWitt Ave (East New York, Brooklyn).
Note: Victims, described by LE as low level associates of Lucchese Family's Vario crew, wrapped in plastic and bound with wire and/or venetian cords.


16. Nino Martini/Martino (Lucchese Associate; 38y) (March 19, 1978)

Motive: Present with Mandelino.
Method: Shot multiple times in head.
Location: Found in trunk of automobile at Hinsdale Ave and DeWitt Ave (East New York, Brooklyn).
Note: Victims, described by LE as low level associates of Lucchese Family's Vario crew, wrapped in plastic and bound with wire and/or venetian cords.


17. Patrick Prisinzano (Bonanno Associate; 31y) (March 23, 1978)

Motive: Stole jewelry from DeMeo acquaintance, refused to return it.
Method: Beaten and shot to death. Throat slit.
Location: Found in backseat of automobile at Boynton Place and Ave X (Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (37y), others.
Note: Murder unsanctioned. Victim son of Bonanno Capodecina Angelo 'Moe' Prisinzano.


18. Michael DiCarlo (Lucchese Associate) (May 16, 1978)

Motive: Molested nephew of Lucchese associate.
Method: Blunt force trauma to head after being shot, stabbed, beaten and sodomized. Body dismembered.
Location: After-hours club (Flatlands, Brooklyn)
Participants: Anthony Senter (23y), Roy DeMeo (37y), Henry Borelli (29y), Edward Grillo (44y), Joseph Guglielmo (51y), Chris Rosenberg (27y), Joseph Testa (23y).


19. Kevin Gueli (20y) (June 9, 1978)

Motive: Attempted to scam Chris Rosenberg in cocaine deal.
Method: Shot multiple times in head.
Location: Found inside his automobile behind Kings Plaza Diner (Mill Basin, Brooklyn)
Participants: Chris Rosenberg (27y), possibly others.


20. Joseph Scorney (28y) (September 28, 1978)

Motive: Multiple, including refusal to join DeMeo auto-theft operation.
Method: Shot and possibly bludgeoned to death.
Location: DiNome auto shop at Glenwood Rd and E 42nd St (East Flatbush, Brooklyn)
Participants: Vito Arena (36y), Richard DiNome (24y), Ronald Turekian (29y), Frederick DiNome (37y).
Note: Victim shot by Arena and possibly bludgeoned by Richard DiNome. Turekian present outside shop as lookout. Frederick DiNome assisted in disposal. Arena later claimed Joseph Lee also present as lookout without knowledge of other participants.


21. Edward 'Danny' Grillo (Gambino Associate; 44y) (November 14, 1978)

Motive: Fell into heavy debt; seen as weak and potential cooperator.
Method: Likely shot to death. Body dismembered.
Location: Apartment behind Gemini Lounge at 4021 Flatlands Ave (Flatlands, Brooklyn)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (38y), Chris Rosenberg (28y), Anthony Senter (23y), Joseph Testa (23y).


22. Gary Gardine (25y) (November 30, 1978)

Motive: Attempted to scam Chris Rosenberg in marijuana deal.
Method: Shot to death.
Location: Body found in trunk of burning automobile (Brooklyn)
Participants: Likely Rosenberg (27y), others.


23. Unidentified Victim #3 (Early 1979)

Motive: Reportedly described to Arena as favor for 'someone in Manhattan'.
Location: Apartment behind Gemini Lounge at 4021 Flatlands Ave (Flatlands, Brooklyn)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (38y), others.
Note: Allegedly witnessed by CW Arena.


24. Unidentified Victim #4 (Early 1979)

Motive: Reportedly described to Arena as favor for 'someone in Manhattan'.
Location: Apartment behind Gemini Lounge at 4021 Flatlands Ave (Flatlands, Brooklyn)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (38y), others.
Note: Allegedly witnessed by CW Arena.


25. Unidentified Victim #5 (February 2, 1979)

Motive: Insulted DeMeo.
Method: Shot to death.
Location: Outside Gemini Lounge at 4021 Flatlands Ave (Flatlands, Brooklyn)
Participant: Roy DeMeo (38y).
Note: Witnessed by CW Montiglio.


26. Peter Waring (30y) (February 7, 1979)

Motive: Suspected informant.
Method: Likely shot to death. Body dismembered.
Location: Apartment behind Gemini Lounge at 4021 Flatlands Ave (Flatlands, Brooklyn)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (38y), Henry Borelli (30y), Paul Dordal (34y), possibly others.
Note: Victim arrested previous month with Dordal on cocaine and weapons possession charges.


27. Scott Carfaro (Early 1979)

Motive: Acquitted of rape. Victim’s family members contracted DeMeo crew.
Participants: Likely Roy DeMeo (38y), others.


28. Ferdinand 'Fred' Todaro (60y) (February 19, 1979)

Motive: Contract murder. Killed so nephew could take over business property.
Method: Shot and stabbed to death. Body dismembered.
Location: Apartment behind Gemini Lounge at 4021 Flatlands Ave (Flatlands, Brooklyn)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (38y), Chris Rosenberg (28y), Frederick DiNome (38y), Paul Dordal (34y), Anthony Senter (23y), Joseph Testa (23y). Solicited by Douglas Rega (29y).
Note: Victim taken to location by DiNome. Shot by DeMeo and stabbed by Rosenberg.


29. Charles Padnick (50y) (March 17, 1979)

Motive: Murdered in cocaine rip-off.
Method: Likely shot to death. Body dismembered.
Location: Likely apartment behind Gemini Lounge at 4021 Flatlands Ave (Flatlands, Brooklyn)
Participants: Chris Rosenberg (28y), Roy DeMeo (38y), Henry Borelli (30y), Anthony Senter (23y), Joseph Testa (24y), possibly others.
Note: Rosenberg received superficial gunshot wound to head during incident.


30. William Serrano (32y) (March 17, 1979)

Motive: Murdered in cocaine rip-off.
Method: Likely shot to death. Body dismembered.
Location: Likely apartment behind Gemini Lounge at 4021 Flatlands Ave (Flatlands, Brooklyn)
Participants: Chris Rosenberg (28y), Roy DeMeo (38y), Henry Borelli (30y), Anthony Senter (23y), Joseph Testa (24y), possibly others.


31. Unidentified Male Associate of Serrano (March 17, 1979)

Motive: Murdered in cocaine rip-off.
Method: Likely shot to death. Body dismembered.
Location: Likely apartment behind Gemini Lounge at 4021 Flatlands Ave (Flatlands, Brooklyn)
Participants: Chris Rosenberg (28y), Roy DeMeo (38y), Henry Borelli (30y), Anthony Senter (23y), Joseph Testa (24y), possibly others.


32. Unidentified Female Associate of Serrano (March 17, 1979)

Motive: Murdered in cocaine rip-off.
Method: Likely shot to death. Body dismembered.
Location: Likely apartment behind Gemini Lounge at 4021 Flatlands Ave (Flatlands, Brooklyn)
Participants: Chris Rosenberg (28y), Roy DeMeo (38y), Henry Borelli (30y), Anthony Senter (23y), Joseph Testa (24y), possibly others.


33. Jamie Padnick (March 18/19, 1979)

Motive: Went to New York to investigate father’s disappearance. Knew of cocaine deal.
Method: Likely shot to death. Body dismembered.
Location: Likely apartment behind Gemini Lounge at 4021 Flatlands Ave (Flatlands, Brooklyn)
Participants: Chris Rosenberg (28y), Roy DeMeo (38y), Henry Borelli (30y), Anthony Senter (23y), Joseph Testa (24y), possibly others.


34. Dominick Ragucci (18y) (April 19, 1979)

Motive: Mistaken as hitman by DeMeo.
Method: Shot seven times in upper body at close range with handgun.
Location: Route 101 (Suffolk County, Long Island)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (38y), Frederick DiNome (38y), Joseph Guglielmo (51y).
Note: Victim killed after car chase beginning outside DeMeo residence in Massapequa Park, Long Island. DeMeo acted as shooter.


35. Harvey 'Chris' Rosenberg (Gambino Associate; 28y) (May 11, 1979)

Motive: Killed to avoid war over March 1979 cocaine rip-off murders.
Method: Shot four times at close range.
Location: Apartment behind Gemini Lounge at 4021 Flatlands Ave (Flatlands, Brooklyn)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (38y), Anthony Senter (24y), Henry Borelli (30y), Frederick DiNome (38y), Joseph Testa (24y).
Note: Shooters were DeMeo and Senter. Body placed in Rosenberg's automobile parked at Floyd Bennett Field in Marine Park, Brooklyn. Borelli, armed with silencer-equipped .45 caliber automatic, fired over two-dozen rounds into vehicle. Silencer removed and weapon thrown over Marine Parkway Bridge.


36. James Eppolito (Gambino Soldier; 62y) (October 1, 1979)

Motive: Accused Gaggi and DeMeo of involvement in narcotics.
Method: Shot multiple times in head with handgun.
Location: Brighton 6th St and Shore Parkway (Coney Island, Brooklyn)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (39y), Anthony Gaggi (54y). Peter Piacenti (Gambino Soldier; 58y) present as unwitting accomplice. Authorized by Gambino leadership.
Note: Shooters were DeMeo (Eppolito) and Gaggi (Eppolito Jr). Gaggi and Piacenti arrested leaving scene.


37. James Eppolito, Jr. (Gambino Soldier; 33y) (October 1, 1979)

Motive: Accused Gaggi and DeMeo of involvement in narcotics.
Method: Shot multiple times in head with handgun.
Location: Brighton 6th St and Shore Parkway (Coney Island, Brooklyn)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (39y), Anthony Gaggi (54y). Peter Piacenti (Gambino Soldier; 58y) present as unwitting accomplice. Authorized by Gambino leadership.
Note: Shooters were DeMeo (Eppolito) and Gaggi (Eppolito Jr). Gaggi and Piacenti arrested leaving scene.


38. Khaled Daoud (October 12, 1979)

Motive: Contacted law enforcement re DeMeo auto-theft operation.
Method: Shot to death. Body dismembered.
Location: DiNome auto shop at 4214 Glenwood Rd (East Flatbush, Brooklyn)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (39y), Henry Borelli (31y), Vito Arena (37y), Frederick DiNome (38y), Anthony Senter (24y), Joseph Testa (24y), Ronald Ustica (35y).


39. Ronald Falcaro (29y) (October 12, 1979)

Motive: Present with Daoud.
Method: Shot to death. Body dismembered.
Location: DiNome auto shop at 4214 Glenwood Rd (East Flatbush, Brooklyn)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (39y), Henry Borelli (31y), Vito Arena (37y), Frederick DiNome (38y), Richard DiNome (25y), Anthony Senter (24y), Joseph Testa (24y), Ronald Ustica (35y).
Note: Shooters were Borelli and DeMeo. Victim automobile taken to Pace Auto Wreckers where crushed.


40. Joseph Coppolino (39y) (March 7, 1980)

Motive: Suspected informant.
Method: Stabbed to death. Decapitated.
Location: Brooklyn
Participants: Roy DeMeo (39y), others.


41. Patrick Penny (21y) (May 12, 1980)

Motive: Witness in Eppolito murder trial.
Method: Shot nine times in head with handgun.
Location: Outside Ryan’s Bar at 1607 Sheepshead Bay Rd (Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (39y), Vito Arena (38y), Richard DiNome (25y). Authorized by Gambino leadership.


42. Charles Mongitore (30y) (June 5, 1980)

Motive: Refused to drop assault charge against Gambino member's son.
Method: Shot fourteen times at close range with .380 handguns. Throat slit.
Location: DiNome auto shop at 4214 Glenwood Rd (East Flatbush, Brooklyn)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (39y), Henry Borelli (31y), Salvatore Mangialino (Gambino Soldier; 43y), Vito Arena (38y), Richard DiNome (25y), Edward Rendini (31y), Anthony Senter (25y), Joseph Testa (25y). Authorized by Gambino leadership.
Note: Murder solicited by Salvatore Mangialino after victim insisted on pressing charges against son Andrew. Shooters were DeMeo and Borelli. Victim throat cut by DeMeo. Bodies placed in trunk of stolen automobile and left at nearby Holy Cross Cemetery.


43. Daniel Scutaro (25y) (June 5, 1980)

Motive: Killed to eliminate potential witness in Mongitore homicide.
Method: Shot to death with .380 handguns.
Location: DiNome auto shop at 4214 Glenwood Rd (East Flatbush, Brooklyn)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (39y), Henry Borelli (31y), Salvatore Mangialino (Gambino Soldier; 43y), Vito Arena (38y), Richard DiNome (25y), Edward Rendini (31y), Anthony Senter (25y), Joseph Testa (25y). Authorized by Gambino leadership.
Note: Bodies placed in trunk of stolen automobile and left at nearby Holy Cross Cemetery.


44. Frank Amato (Gambino Associate; 38y) (September 20, 1980)

Motive: Mistreated daughter of Paul Castellano (Gambino Boss).
Method: Shot to death with automatic firearm. Body dismembered.
Location: Apartment behind Gemini Lounge at 4021 Flatlands Ave (Flatlands, Brooklyn)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (39y), Anthony Gaggi (55y), Henry Borelli (31y), Vito Arena (38y), Richard DiNome (25y), Joseph Guglielmo (52y), Joseph Testa (25y), Anthony Senter (25y), Unspecified Male (Gambino Associate). Authorized by Gambino leadership.
Note: Unspecified Male noted above, proposed for Gambino membership at time, present as intended shooter. CW DiNome told by DeMeo that UM lost nerve and unable to carry out shooting, at which point DeMeo stepped in and killed victim. Remains dumped at sea.


45. Vito Borelli (Gambino Associate) (c. Fall 1980)

Motive: Made insulting remarks towards Paul Castellano (Gambino Boss).
Method: Shot to death. Body dismembered.
Location: 308 East 53rd St (Midtown, Manhattan)
Participants: John Gotti (Gambino Acting Capo; 40y), Joseph Watts (Gambino Associate; 38y), Roy DeMeo (40y), Joseph Massino (Bonanno Capo; 37y), Dominick Napolitano (Bonanno Capo; 50y), Frank DeCicco (Gambino Soldier; 45y), James Episcopia (Bonanno Soldier; 52y), Anthony Rabito (Bonanno Soldier; 46y), Angelo Ruggiero (Gambino Soldier; 40y), John Cerasani (Bonanno Associate; 42y), Salvatore Vitale (Bonanno Associate; 33y), Duane Leisenheimer (Bonanno Associate; 24y), others. Authorized by Gambino and Bonanno leadership.
Note: Shooters were Gotti and Watts. See Borelli murder post for further details.


46. Unidentified Car Dealer (October 21/28, 1980)

Method: Shot to death.
Location: Apartment behind Gemini Lounge at 4021 Flatlands Ave (Flatlands, Brooklyn)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (40y), Frank DeCicco (Gambino Soldier; 44y), likely others.
Note: CW DiNome ordered by DeMeo to repair bullet damage to floor. At time DiNome led to believe DeMeo/DeCicco had carried out additional hits together previously.


47. James Bennett (Lucchese Associate; 65y) (April 29, 1981)

Motive: Set to testify against Richard Mastrangelo.
Method: Shot twice in head.
Location: Outside residence of in-law at Ave N and E 59th St (East Flatbush, Brooklyn)
Note: Victim shot by two masked gunmen. Assailants carjacked passerby and fled scene after gunfight with off-duty corrections officer.


48. Joseph Viggiano (December 4, 1981)

Motive: Owed money to DeMeo associate Gus Kalevas.
Method: Shot to death. Body dismembered.
Location: 11th floor office of Show World at 8th Ave and 42nd St (Times Square, Manhattan)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (41y), Gus Kalevas (28y).
Note: Show World operated by Kalevas in partnership with DeMeo. Only known crew murder in which Kalevas participated. Victim also involved in local x-rated businesses.


49. Al Viggiano (December 21, 1981)

Motive: Investigating disappearance of son Joseph.
Method: Shot to death.
Location: Canarsie, Brooklyn
Participants: Likely Roy DeMeo (41y), others.


50. Paul Viggiano (December 21, 1981)

Motive: Investigating disappearance of brother Joseph.
Method: Shot to death.
Location: Canarsie, Brooklyn
Participants: Likely Roy DeMeo (41y), others.


51. Anthony Romano (64y) (July 4, 1982)

Motive: Suspected involvement in 1978 robbery of Peter LaFroscia.
Method: Shot multiple times in head with .38 caliber handgun.
Location: Found in vacant lot at Blake Ave and Van Sinderan Ave (East New York, Brooklyn)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (41y), others. Believed authorized by Gambino leadership.
Note: Victims bound with cord and wrapped in plastic bags.


52. John Romano (36y) (July 4, 1982)

Motive: Suspected involvement in 1978 robbery of Peter LaFroscia.
Method: Shot multiple times in head with .38 caliber handgun.
Location: Found in vacant lot at Blake Ave and Van Sinderan Ave (East New York, Brooklyn)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (41y), others. Believed authorized by Gambino leadership.
Note: Victims bound with cord and wrapped in plastic bags.


[Possible]52a. Albert 'Albie' Somma (Gambino Associate; 38y) (Found October 18, 1982)

Method: Shot multiple times in back and head.
Location: Found off highway median (Lake George, New York)
Note: Released from Adirondack Correctional Facility on September 24, 1982. Disappeared same day. Rental car found torched in Queens. Shortly before prison sentence victim brought accusations of drug dealing against DeMeo and crew. As result DeMeo called on carpet by Gambino leadership.


53. Roy DeMeo (Gambino Soldier; 42y) (January 10, 1983)

Motive: Viewed as potential cooperator.
Method: Shot multiple times in chest and head.
Location: Found in parking lot of Varuna Boat Club at Emmons Ave and E 28th St (Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn)
Participants: Suspects included Anthony Gaggi (57y), Frank DeCicco (Gambino Soldier; 47y), Anthony Senter (27y), Joseph Testa (27y), Carlo Profeta (40y). Ordered by Gambino leadership.
Note: Body discovered January 20.


54. Louis Petrizzo (23y) (March 1, 1983)

Motive: Viewed as potential cooperator.
Method: Shot six times in chest.
Location: Outside his residence on E 54th St (Mill Basin, Brooklyn)


55. Ronald Saka (23y) (April 11, 1983)

Motive: Viewed as potential cooperator.


56. Richard DiNome (Gambino Associate; 29y) (February 4, 1984)

Motive: Viewed as potential cooperator.
Method: Shot once in back of head with automatic firearm.
Location: DiNome apartment at 2305 E 5th St (Gravesend, Brooklyn)
Participants: Likely Joseph Testa (28y), Anthony Senter (28y), others.


57. John Baida (19y) (February 4, 1984)

Motive: Present at DiNome apartment.
Method: Shot once in back of head with automatic firearm.
Location: DiNome apartment at 2305 E 5th St (Gravesend, Brooklyn)
Participants: Likely Joseph Testa (28y), Anthony Senter (28y), others.


58. Frederick Seiden (23y) (February 4, 1984)

Motive: Present at DiNome apartment.
Method: Shot twice in head with automatic firearm.
Location: DiNome apartment at 2305 E 5th St (Gravesend, Brooklyn)
Participants: Likely Joseph Testa (28y), Anthony Senter (28y), others.


Post DeMeo-Crew Murders

59. Vladimir Reznikov (44y) (June 13, 1986)

Motive: Threatened acquaintance of Lucchese member Anthony Casso.
Method: Shot seven times with .380 automatic handgun.
Location: Brighton Beach Ave (Brighton Beach, Brooklyn)
Participants: Joseph Testa (Lucchese Associate; 31y), Anthony Senter (Lucchese Associate; 31y), Anthony Casso (46y).
Note: Testa and Senter believed acted as shooter and driver respectively.


60. Nicholas Guido (Civilian; 26y) (December 25, 1986)

Motive: Mistakenly identified as participant in attempted hit on Anthony Casso.
Method: Shot multiple times in chest with handgun.
Location: Outside Guido residence (Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn)
Participants: Joseph Testa (31y), Frank Lastorino (Lucchese Associate; 47y), George Zappola (Lucchese Associate; 27y). Authorized by Lucchese leadership.


61. Carmine Varriale (Lucchese Soldier; 30y) (September 3, 1987)

Method: Shot in shoulder, chest and back of head at close range with .38 caliber handgun.
Location: 1508 Bath Ave (Bath Beach, Brooklyn)
Participants: Frank Smith (Lucchese Associate), Anthony Senter (32y), Joseph Testa (32y), George Zappola (28y). Authorized by Lucchese leadership.
Note: Smith acted as shooter. Senter and Testa positioned as backup.


62. Frank Santora (Gambino/Bonanno Associate; 50y) (September 3, 1987)

Motive: Killed with Varriale.
Method: Shot twice in body and once in head at close range with .38 caliber handgun.
Location: 1508 Bath Ave (Bath Beach, Brooklyn)
Participants: Frank Smith (Lucchese Associate), Anthony Senter (32y), Joseph Testa (32y), George Zappola (28y).
Note: Smith acted as shooter. Senter and Testa positioned as backup.


Possible Victims

1. FNU Himilli (ph) (c. Early 1970s)

Method: Shot to death.
Location: Ave D (Brooklyn)
Participants: Roy DeMeo (30y).
Note: CW DiNome claimed murder took place approximately ten years prior to DeMeo's own death. Victim, owner of decorating business in East Flatbush, reportedly killed over money dispute.


2. Unidentified Male (c. 1976/1977)

Motive: Reportedly stole drugs from Canarsie stash house owned by DeMeo.
Participants: Edward/Danny Grillo (43y), Roy DeMeo (47y), possibly others.
Note: After victim's disappearance CW Peter Corso informed of circumstances by Grillo.


3. John Burton (1979)

Method: Shot to death. Body dismembered.
Location: DiNome auto shop at 4214 Glenwood Rd (East Flatbush, Brooklyn)
Participants: Frederick DiNome (38y), possibly others.
Note: CW Arena claimed Burton, employed at auto shop, killed by DiNome for unspecified reason. LE search of location uncovered no evidence.


4. Unidentified Male (c. 1979/1980)

Participants: Vito Arena (38y).
Note: CW DiNome reported Arena possibly killed 'a Jewish guy he was shaking down'. No further details re victim identity.


5/6. Unidentified Males (c. 1979/1980)

Participants: Roy DeMeo (40y), others.
Location: Brooklyn
Note: On two separate occasions DeMeo, accompanied by Unspecified CW, supervised transport of automobiles to salvage yard located on or near Morgan Ave in Brooklyn. Both remained at location to watch cars crushed. CW did not personally see bodies but after first visit DeMeo remarked, 'Well that's one less rat', and indicated need to supervise disposal.


7. Unidentified Male (c. 1979/1980)

Participants: Roy DeMeo (40y), others.
Location: Brooklyn
Note: Unspecified CW present when body transferred from car trunk onto boat operated by DeMeo. CW recalled incident occurred during summer months.


8. Ronald Fischetti (29y) (June 10, 1981)

Method: Shot multiple times in back and head.
Location: Inside residence at 163-48 89th St (Howard Beach, Queens)
Note: Victim employed in auto business with Patrick Testa. Date of murder coincides with meeting between DeMeo and Lucchese associates concerning potential informants.


9. Joseph 'Dracula' Guglielmo (Gambino Associate; 56y) (c. November 1983)

Note: Guglielmo present during Federal search executed on apartment behind Gemini Lounge. Disappeared following day. Believed murdered, although as late as mid-1990s still officially carried as fugitive.


By 1990 the NYPD cleared sixty-nine cases as crew related murders. Total victim estimates range from seventy-five to well over one hundred.