Organized Crime Mobsters and Gangster

Organized Crime Mobsters and Gangster

The execution of Mad Sam DeStefano

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Jul 23, 2023
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In 1972, the Cook County state’s attorney Bernard Carey indicted Tony Spilotro and the DeStefano brothers, Sam and Mario, for the 1963 torture and murder of Leo Foreman.

It was a solid case against them. Chuckie Crimaldi, a DeStefano associate, facing life in the can, had turned states witness in a deal that gave him immunity.

The way Crimaldi told it, he…

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