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| 1994 Gargano, Carmine Jr July 10,1994; New York City 21 YO | |
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| PorchlightUSA | Nov 29 2006, 10:08 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/g/gargano_carmine.html Carmine Gargano Jr. Above: Gargano, circa 1994 Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance Missing Since: July 10, 1994 from New York City, New York Classification: Endangered Missing Age: 21 years old Height and Weight: 6'2, 230 pounds Distinguishing Characteristics: Black hair, brown eyes. Clothing/Jewelry Description: A white t-shirt, blue shorts, white sneakers and a TAG watch. Details of Disappearance Gargano was last seen at approximately 12:30 p.m. on July 10, 1994. He was leaving his family's residence on Ridge Boulevard in the New York City borough of Brooklyn at the time. Gargano never returned home and has not been seen again. He was a student at Pace University in 1994. Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI) informants stated that Gargano was murdered by John Pappa, a member of the Colombo crime family. A photo of Pappa is posted below this case summary. Authorities believe that Pappa had a disagreement with Gargano's cousin, Anthony "Tigger" Dellavecchia. Dellavecchia supported James "Jimmy Frogs" Galione, who was a member of the Luchese crime organization. Pappa believed that Dellavecchia was involved in the murder of Pappa's best friend. Dellavecchia was reportedly protected by the Lucheses and could not be harmed without permission from the heads of the Mafia families. Pappa allegedly told others that he intended to avenge his friend's death by murdering Gargano instead. Gargano was involved in a physical confrontation with Luchese associate Michael 'Mikey Flattop' De Rosa at T-Birds, a Brooklyn area bar, in early July 1994. De Rosa was injured by Gargano in the brawl and reportedly told Gargano he planned to kill him as he was escorted outside of the establishment. Pappa allegedly believed that he could murder Gargano and the death would be blamed on De Rosa after the fight occurred. Gargano disappeared days after the incident at T-Birds. Another Luchese member was indicted on unrelated charges in 1997, three years after Gargano's disappearance. The man told authorities that Pappa bragged about murdering Gargano in 1994 and said that his remains would never be located. Pappa was convicted of four Mafia-related murders in 1997 and is currently serving two life sentences plus an additional 65 years in an Indiana federal prison. Pappa continues to maintain his innocence in Gargano's disappearance. He has never been charged in the case, but he is considered the main suspect. Investigators received a tip that Gargano was buried in the foundation of Sunshine Collision, an auto body repair shop in Coney Island, New York in 2000. A search of the property was conducted in May 2000, but was halted when the building became unstable. No evidence was located. Gargano's family sent a letter to Pappa in prison in 2001, pleading with him to reveal the location of Gargano's remains. The Gargano family has received numerous threats throughout the years for continuing to investigate and publicize Gargano's disappearance, but they have not ceased their efforts. Gargano's case remains open and unsolved. Foul play is suspected due to the circumstances involved in his disappearance. Above: Pappa, circa 1997 Investigating Agency If you have any information concerning this case, please contact: New York City Police Department 646-610-6914 Source Information New York City Police Department The New York Daily News Charley Project Home |
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| PorchlightUSA | Nov 29 2006, 10:10 AM Post #2 |
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| PorchlightUSA | Nov 29 2006, 10:10 AM Post #3 |
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| burnsjl2003 | Oct 5 2008, 05:29 PM Post #4 |
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Pace student slain in '94 believed to be among 3 buried BY ROBERT E. KESSLER | robert.kessler@newsday.com October 4, 2008 One of three men believed buried at a mob burial ground in East Farmingdale was a Pace University undergraduate who informants have said was slain in 1994 in a bizarre revenge plot aimed at a relative, according to sources. The student, Carmine Gargano Jr., 21, disappeared in 1994 after leaving his family's home in Bay Ridge, and his body has never been found. Gargano's grief-stricken parents, Rosa and Carmine Gargano Sr., even pleaded in 1997 for a confession from John Pappa, the man who FBI informants at the time said murdered their son, but he declined, according to sources and published reports. The FBI has been at the East Farmingdale site near Carolyn Boulevard since Wednesday, seeking the remains of three people buried there after shootings by members or associates of the Colombo organized-crime family, according to what a new informant recently told agents. Related links FBI in East Farmingdale Photos Farmingdale search Map data ©2008 Tele Atlas - Terms of UseView Detailed VersionReset Map Nassau's September DWI arrests Earlier this week, sources identified the two other bodies being sought as those of William Cutolo, an underboss of the Colombo crime family, believed shot to death and buried at the site in 1999, and Ralph Greaves, an associate of the Colombo family slain in 1995 when bosses feared he might become an informant, according to court papers. Cutolo was slain in a war between rival families for control of the family in the 1990s, according to federal prosecutors. The third victim, Gargano, was the cousin of a member of the Luchese organized crime family. The cousin was having a violent dispute with a Colombo family associate, according to sources and previously published reports. Pappa, the Colombo associate, wished to kill the Luchese member, Anthony Dellavecchia, but was forbidden from doing so because Dellavecchia was an initiated mob member, unlike Pappa, sources said. But after Gargano got into a bar fight with Michael De Rosa, another member of the Luchese family, Pappa - who happened to be at the bar - believed he could kill the Pace undergrad and De Rosa would be blamed, sources said. Pappa, who is in federal prison after convictions in four other murders involving the Colombo family, has consistently denied involvement in Gargano's disappearance or murder. And Friday, his attorney, Michael Bachner, of Manhattan, said his client continues to do so. "For Mrs. Gargano's sake, I hope they do find the body of her son," Bachner said. In relation to his client, Bachner added, if the government "had proof, they would have indicted him. ... This is basically a 'Sopranos'-type story." The Garganos' phone number is unlisted and they could not be reached immediately for comment Friday. The agents went to the East Farmingdale site seeking the bodies of Gargano, Greaves and Cutolo based on a tip from a soldier in the Colombo family who has begun cooperating with the government, sources said. According to sources, the new informant, Joseph Competiello, was indicted in June by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn for being one of the participants in the Greaves murder. His attorney could not be reached for comment. http://www.newsday.com/news/local/suffolk/...0,5103871.story |
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| PorchlightUSA | Nov 24 2008, 02:31 PM Post #5 |
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http://www.newsday.com/news/local/suffolk/...0,4986721.story Feds change location of East Farmingdale mob digZACHARY R. DOWDY November 19, 2008 An FBI evidence team gathers during the set up for a dig for bodies in a wooded area off Baiting Place Road in East Farmingdale. (Photo by James Carbone) More than a month after finding a mob associate's body buried in East Farmingdale, federal agents are digging for more bodies in Brooklyn, according to a news report. It was unclear yesterday which bodies might be found at the Mapleton site, WABC-TV News reported, but officials hoped to find evidence linked to the disappearance of two people an informant said were killed in battles for control of the Colombo crime family. Federal officials could not be reached for comment last night. The body of Colombo capo William Cutolo was unearthed Oct. 7 at the East Farmingdale site, which informant Joseph Competiello identified as a mob burial ground. Competiello was indicted in June in the murder of Richard Greaves. Competiello also has said that the bodies of Greaves and Carmine Gargano Jr. a Pace University student who disappeared in 1994, may be at the East Farmingdale site. Copyright © 2008, Newsday Inc. |
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| PorchlightUSA | Feb 28 2009, 07:23 PM Post #6 |
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http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/2009022...ATES01/90228004 FBI plans to resume dig at NY "mob cemetery" February 28, 2009 Buzz up! EAST FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — The FBI plans to resume digging in a field in New York used by mobsters as a burial ground. FBI spokesman James Margolin announced late Friday that the agency would resume digging at the East Farmingdale industrial park where the body of a mobster was found buried. Earlier in the day, two men convicted of killing him were sentenced. Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico and John "Jackie" DeRoss were ordered to spend the rest of their lives in prison. They were convicted in 2007 of ordering the 1999 killing of Colombo underboss William "Wild Bill" Cutolo. Cutolo's decomposed remains were discovered Oct. 6 during an FBI agents excavation in search of three bodies that were reportedly buried there. The FBI abandoned the search after 12 days of digging. |
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| PorchlightUSA | Mar 15 2009, 08:38 AM Post #7 |
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http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/...-mob-graves/?hp March 9, 2009, 11:25 am F.B.I. Resumes Search for Mob Graves By William K. Rashbaum F.B.I. agents and Suffolk County police officers resumed their search Monday morning for the makeshift graves of two men killed by the Colombo crime family more than a decade ago, digging near an industrial park in Farmingdale, N.Y., an F.B.I. spokesman said. The search was temporarily halted in December, after agents and the police found the body of William Cutolo, a Colombo family underboss who had disappeared in 1999, and were unable to locate the bodies of the other men, said the spokesman, James Margolin. On Monday morning, the New York F.B.I. office’s evidence response team, working with agents from the squad that investigates the Colombo family, were using backhoes and other heavy equipment at the industrial park near Route 110 in Farmingdale, he said. The two men whose bodies have not yet been found are Carmine Gargano, who was 21 years old when he was last seen in 1994, and Richard Greaves, who was 26 years old when he disappeared in 1995. Law enforcement officials have said that Mr. Greaves, a Colombo family associate, was killed because crime family members believed he was cooperating with the authorities. Mr. Gargano, the officials have said, was killed as part of a revenge plot against a relative. The family’s acting boss, Alphonse Persico, and Jackie DeRoss, a senior crime family figure, were sentenced to life in prison last month in Federal District Court in Brooklyn for the slaying of Mr. Cutolo, who was 49 when he died and was known as Wild Bill. Several other New York City men have been indicted in the other two killings. |
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