When was Richard Kuklinski caught?

When was Richard Kuklinski caught?

December 17, 1986
It was an undercover agent who finally caught up with Richard Kuklinski in 1986. His claims launched a joint investigation by New Jersey’s district attorney, the FBI, and ATF. On December 17, 1986 Richard Kuklinski was arrested after investigators staged a cyanide purchase deal.

Who was Richard Kuklinski going to testify against?

Sammy Gravano
On March 5, 2006, Kuklinski, age 70, died of unknown causes. His death came suspiciously around the same time he was scheduled to testify against Sammy Gravano. Kuklinski was going to testify that Gravano hired him to kill a police officer in the 1980s.

How many people have Richard Kuklinski killed?

Other killings In various interviews, Kuklinski claimed to have murdered over 100 people. He alleged he used multiple ways to kill people, including a crossbow, icepicks, a bomb attached to remote controlled toy, firearms, grenades, as well as cyanide solution spray he considered to be his favorite.

Who did Kuklinski work for?

But in the 1980s, after 25 years of working as a hitman for the mafia, Kuklinski started his own crime ring — and he began to make mistakes. His undoing was Phil Solimene, a local Mafia man and the closest thing Kuklinski had to a friend.

Was The Iceman a hitman?

Richard Kuklinski suffered a rough upbringing and committed his first murder as a teenager. He eventually found a living as a hitman for the Genovese, Gambino and DeCavalcante crime families, becoming known as “The Iceman” for his method of freezing victims to obscure their time of death.

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