Candid Shots Of Roy DeMeo Going Hunting
Below are candid photographs of Gambino capo Roy DeMeo
, who operated a massive stolen-car ring and ran a crew that specialized in doing hits for hire, as well as for fun...
A mob historian seeking to uncover Roy DeMeo
's FBI files sent them along to this blog.
It was the crew's body disposal method—dubbed the Gemini Method, after a bar Roy owned and used as his HQ—that earned them the nickname "Murder Machine" from Jerry Capeci.
The FBI suspect the crew murdered between 150 and 200 people in the 1970s and early '80s—at least.
These photos prove quite chilling to those knowledgeable about Roy, a man whom John Gotti himself may have feared (or at least, Gotti once seemed to say as much).
On January 18, 1983, someone made good on the contract from Castellano (who himself would be gone in a couple of years, courtesy of Johnny Boy). On that icy cold day in early 1983 Roy was found in his abandoned car's trunk, multiple gunshots having been pumped into his head.
It had long been believed that Nino Gaggi, the Gambino capo who had brought Roy into the family, did the shooting, with DeMeo's crew members there as well to show their symbolic support for the administration's decision.
However, new information arose in Philip Carlo's book on Gaspipe Casso, which reported that, according to the former Lucchese boss, DeMeo was killed inside the Canarsie, Brooklyn, home of Patrick Testa while possibly sipping an espresso. The shooters, Casso has said, were Joseph Testa and Senter, who had been assigned the job by Casso himself, who in turn got the contract from Big Paul and Frank DeCicco, who apparently were unable to whack DeMeo in the previous months. In this version of events, Gaggi was not present.
Carlo is known to have played loose with the facts. And Gaspipe certainly didn't bolster his credibility once he was sentenced to life after the feds nixed his cooperation agreement.
Senter and Testa would drift into the Luchese crime family and, according to Casso, on June 13, 1986, whacked Russian-American gangster Vladimir Reznikov, who had had reportedly threatened the life and family of another Russian gangster who was firmly planted under the flag of the Five Families: he was the mastermind behind a multi-million dollar gasoline bootlegging operation.
On September 14, 1989, Senter and Testa were both sentenced to life imprisonment for a range of crimes, including multiple murders. According to Wikipedia, as of November 4, 2012, Senter continues to serve his sentence at the United States Penitentiary (USP) in Allenwood, Pennsylvania; Testa is currently serving his sentence at the Federal Correctional Complex, Butner.
The story of DeMeo and his crew can be found in the books Murder Machine by Gene Mustain and Jerry Capeci and For the Sins of My Father by Roy's son Albert DeMeo.
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Former Gambino capo Roy DeMeo has a word with someone standing off-camera...
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A mob historian seeking to uncover Roy DeMeo
's FBI files sent them along to this blog.It was the crew's body disposal method—dubbed the Gemini Method, after a bar Roy owned and used as his HQ—that earned them the nickname "Murder Machine" from Jerry Capeci.
The FBI suspect the crew murdered between 150 and 200 people in the 1970s and early '80s—at least.
These photos prove quite chilling to those knowledgeable about Roy, a man whom John Gotti himself may have feared (or at least, Gotti once seemed to say as much).
Johnny Boy, the tough guy destined for mob infamy, turned down Gambino boss Paul Castellano's request that he and his Bergin crew whack DeMeo.
"That guy has an army of killers," Gotti's brother, Gene, said on a wiretapped phone call.
DeMeo and his crew often motored to upstate New York for weekend hunting and shooting expeditions -- which is probably what these pictures are capturing.
Imagine the Gemini Twins -- Anthony Senter and Joey Testa -- along with Henry Borelli and Chris Rosenberg lurking just outside of the photo's frame. Perhaps one of them shot these photos, although Roy's son Albert also went on some trips and could be holding the camera.
"That guy has an army of killers," Gotti's brother, Gene, said on a wiretapped phone call.
DeMeo and his crew often motored to upstate New York for weekend hunting and shooting expeditions -- which is probably what these pictures are capturing.
Imagine the Gemini Twins -- Anthony Senter and Joey Testa -- along with Henry Borelli and Chris Rosenberg lurking just outside of the photo's frame. Perhaps one of them shot these photos, although Roy's son Albert also went on some trips and could be holding the camera.
It had long been believed that Nino Gaggi, the Gambino capo who had brought Roy into the family, did the shooting, with DeMeo's crew members there as well to show their symbolic support for the administration's decision.
However, new information arose in Philip Carlo's book on Gaspipe Casso, which reported that, according to the former Lucchese boss, DeMeo was killed inside the Canarsie, Brooklyn, home of Patrick Testa while possibly sipping an espresso. The shooters, Casso has said, were Joseph Testa and Senter, who had been assigned the job by Casso himself, who in turn got the contract from Big Paul and Frank DeCicco, who apparently were unable to whack DeMeo in the previous months. In this version of events, Gaggi was not present.
Carlo is known to have played loose with the facts. And Gaspipe certainly didn't bolster his credibility once he was sentenced to life after the feds nixed his cooperation agreement.
Senter and Testa would drift into the Luchese crime family and, according to Casso, on June 13, 1986, whacked Russian-American gangster Vladimir Reznikov, who had had reportedly threatened the life and family of another Russian gangster who was firmly planted under the flag of the Five Families: he was the mastermind behind a multi-million dollar gasoline bootlegging operation.
On September 14, 1989, Senter and Testa were both sentenced to life imprisonment for a range of crimes, including multiple murders. According to Wikipedia, as of November 4, 2012, Senter continues to serve his sentence at the United States Penitentiary (USP) in Allenwood, Pennsylvania; Testa is currently serving his sentence at the Federal Correctional Complex, Butner.
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Roy's tombstone, in St. John's cemetery in Middle Village,
Queens, New York.
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