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FBI Goes Back to LI To Dig For Bodies

FBI Goes Back to LI To Dig For Bodies

A corporate park in East Farmingdale, Long Island will have the FBI on its grounds for the third time in two years. According to Newsday, "Sources said this search was for the body of Ralph Greaves, who according to a mob informant was killed and buried there in 1995. Greaves was murdered after family members suspected him of becoming an informant." The FBI looked for Greaves' body twice before—in October 2008, when they found remains of former Colombo underboss William "Wild Bill" Cutolo, and March 2009—but now they have "more precise information." The FBI also looked for the body of Pace student Carmine Gargano in East Farmingdale, but now it's believed Gargano's body has been found in Brooklyn. more ›

FBI: Found Body Belongs to Colombo Underboss

FBI: Found Body Belongs to Colombo Underboss

A forensic dentist confirmed a body found at a Long Island site is that of William "Wild Bill" Cutolo, former Colombo crime family underboss. Newsday reports that Cutolo, who led the Local 400 and lived in Staten Island, "disappeared in 1999 and was believed to have been a victim in a war for control of the Colombo family...which resulted in more than a dozen murders." And the Staten Island Advance recounted a previous attempted hit on Cutolo: "the assassins dressed as Hasidic Jews, hoping to execute Cutolo as he sat in a restaurant in Borough Park." The FBI has been digging at the East Farmingdale site for a week--based on a mob informant's tip--and may recover two other bodies also believed to be buried there. more ›

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