Beliefs with no evidence

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Re: Beliefs with no evidence

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The DeMeo crew (both as a crew and individually) had a ton of bodies whatever the true number is. I'm trying to remember if anyone has ever made an attempt to tally up confirmed and suspected Scarpa hits. Most of the ones we know are from his later years but he clearly made a name for himself as a killer under Charlie LoCicero much earlier, LoCicero heading one of Profaci's main enforcement wings and having the rep of a serious killer himself. Scarpa told the FBI there was a rogue gang of young guys who defied the mafia circa 1950s so Charlie LoCicero oversaw the killing of the entire gang (the two survivors were inducted into the Colombos -- offhand, I believe it was one of the Tropianos and one of the Guariglia brothers but can't recall for sure). He of course didn't implicate himself but when I read that story I immediately suspected Scarpa was one of the killers who took out the gang.
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Re: Beliefs with no evidence

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B. wrote: Fri May 23, 2025 5:47 pm The DeMeo crew (both as a crew and individually) had a ton of bodies whatever the true number is. I'm trying to remember if anyone has ever made an attempt to tally up confirmed and suspected Scarpa hits. Most of the ones we know are from his later years but he clearly made a name for himself as a killer under Charlie LoCicero much earlier, LoCicero heading one of Profaci's main enforcement wings and having the rep of a serious killer himself. Scarpa told the FBI there was a rogue gang of young guys who defied the mafia circa 1950s so Charlie LoCicero oversaw the killing of the entire gang (the two survivors were inducted into the Colombos -- offhand, I believe it was one of the Tropianos and one of the Guariglia brothers but can't recall for sure). He of course didn't implicate himself but when I read that story I immediately suspected Scarpa was one of the killers who took out the gang.
Are there sources available to put together something like JD did for the DeMeo Crew for Scarpa (or anything else)? I thought the DeMeo Crew was pretty unique in that there was an informant who was the nephew of the real head of the Crew, was an associate of the Crew himself, and was also close friends with one of the most prominent members (Henry). Then there was like 3 other informants in the Crew to fill in the gaps.

Would be very interesting though. Scarpa is just a weird situation in that he was the informant so we have an unbelievable amount of information about him and we know he was a prolific killer but he obviously wasn't listing his personal murders.

I was going to compare Casso/Amuso to the DeMeo Crew but what we have about them is also later in their careers since D'arco is the main reliable source unless we seriously consider Philip Carlo's book.
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