Luciano had begun his career as a top hitman for New York Mafia Don, Giuseppe Joe ‘The Boss’ Masseria. ibid.
In 1925 another boss arrived in town ... The streets of New York turned red. The underworld called it the Castellammarese War. ibid.
With Masseria’s murder, Luciano signalled to the underworld that the Castellammarese War was over. ibid.
The gangs of New York would be organised into five families to control the boroughs. ibid.
Luciano then contacted his childhood friend Meyer Lansky to arrange the hit. ibid.
Lansky was able to do complex calculations in his head. ibid.
Arnold Rothstein ... a fabulously rich New York businessman. ibid.
Luciano, Lansky and Rothstein proved to be quick learners, and soon they became very rich indeed. ibid.
Luciano was able to expand his vision and develop new ways for the Mafia to grow. ibid.
There would be no boss of bosses. Instead, Luciano introduced a more democratic form of leadership. ibid.
Luciano was also a bachelor and party animal. ibid.
In the 1930s Luciano was the face of organised crime. And Dewey was after him. ibid.
The trial began on May 12th 1935. Dewey reigned forth in his opening statement. ibid.
Frank Costello ... took over the day to day running of his empire. ibid.
Dewey, the man who had put him away for 30-50 years, granted Luciano executive clemency in 1946. ibid.
In 1962 Luciano was targeted for arrest as an alleged member of a ring that smuggled $150,000,000’s worth of heroin into the United States. ibid.
Charles Lucky Luciano’s reign had been a remarkable one. ibid.
With Lansky at his side, Luciano was soon shooting his way to the top of the New York underworld. Mafia’s Greatest Hits: Meyer Lansky, 2012
He [Luciano] created a new texture, a whole new way of how criminals could operate in America. Selwyn Raab, author Five Families
Luciano created the Commission. Selwyn Raab
Turned out he [Luciano] had once been a rat to save his skin. Selwyn Raab
In the 1920s when it was illegal to have a drink Luciano’s ready-made criminal organisation was quick to capitalise on this unpopular law. Luciano and his fellow gangstas were able to diversify and forge a powerful syndicate of crime. Mafia Empire: Vow of Silence, 2006
Luciano became the uncrowned king of American crime everything from bootlegging and prostitution to narcotics and loan-sharking. ibid.
Vito Genovese, Lucky Luciano, and Maya Lansky were some of the men who made up the Commission, the Mafia’s secret government. They were leaders of an empire that at the height of its power affected virtually all areas of everyday life. ibid.
In Palermo in 1957 American and Sicilian Mafia held a series of secret meetings to discuss their common future. In attendance were American godfathers Joe Bonanno and Lucky Luciano, now living back in Italy. ibid.
LUCIO, MELISSA: True Crime Recaps 2022 -
The last minutes of Melissa Lucio’s life were ticking by. After years on Death Row her execution was scheduled for April 27th 2022. But just before she’s put to death a trial court agrees to hear new evidence that could prove she didn’t murder her two-year-old daughter Mariah. True Crime Recaps: Melissa Lucio’s Death Sentence Halted Moments Before Final Day! Youtube 12.22, 2022
Harlingen, Texas, February 2007: Paramedics responded to a call … walked into a small apartment bursting at the seams with nine kids. They were there for the little girl lying on her back in the middle of the floor … The expected that Melissa would be grieving but she wasn’t. ibid.
She said Melissa fell down these 14 stairs outside the building leading up to their front door on the second storey. ibid.
Doctors called it the absolute worst case of child abuse they’d seen in 30 years. They counted 110 bruises in various stages of healing. Her arm was healing from a fracture … ibid.
Melissa had 12 children and a problem with drug abuse. ibid.
LUNDGREN, JEFFREY: Oxygen online - Killer Clans TV - WickedWe online -
Lundgren claimed to be a prophet, and asked his followers to financially support him before forcing them to help him murder the Avery family. He was born on March 3 1950 in Independence Missouri, and was raised a member of The Reorganised Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS). Now known as the Community of Christ, the group is an offshoot of the larger LDS church. Oxygen online article 14 February 2019
Dennis and Cheryl Avery are Mormons and avid spiritual seekers. A mesmerizing leader offers them salvation but hides a darker purpose. When this prophet leads his flock on a twisted path of violence, one family’s search for the light will lead to unspeakable darkness. Killer Clans: Mormon Murders
A lesser-known offshoot of Mormonism – known as the Reorganised Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints – RLDS. ibid.
Cheryl hears about another dissatisfied church member who has started preaching on his own ... Jeff Lundgren ... A congregation of true believers is born. ibid.
Jeffrey Lundgren has now killed Dennis and Cheryl Avery in cold blood supposedly to purge sin from his group. ibid.
The Ohio Supreme Court set October 24, 2006, as Lundgren’s execution date, and according to the state attorney general’s office, as of August, 2006, he had exhausted his appeals.
On October 17, 2006, Judge Gregory L Frost issued an order temporarily delaying Lundgren’s execution. Lundgren attempted to join a lawsuit with five other Ohio death row inmates challenging the state’s death penalty law, claiming that because of his obesity the lethal injection would be particularly painful and amount to cruel and unusual punishment. State Attorney General Jim Petro appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order allowing the execution to go forward. The US Supreme Court refused a last-minute request to stop his execution, and Governor Bob Taft also denied clemency.
On October 24, 2006, Jeffrey Lundgren was executed at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. WickedWe online article
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Police in London are searching for a young woman who disappeared without a trace … 26-year-old Sinead Healy is missing in London. Killer at the Crime Scene s1e8, Channel 5 2021
Detectives drew up a timeline of Sinead’s last known movements … ‘We found out that she had been with a guy Kenny Lynch in a pub called The Salisbury in Fulham.’ ibid.
‘A partial fingerprint in blood was found on the door frame.’ ibid. forensic lady
LYNN, JOHN LAVELLE & ROBERT VAN ALLEN murders: The Confession Tapes 2017 -
A pair of double homicides: one body was found in a puddle behind the wrecker: white male could be in his 40s [Robert VanAllen]; there’s a second body on the driver’s side: older gentleman, maybe in his 50s, early 60s [John Lavelle Lynn]. The Confession Tapes s1e6: The Labor Day Murders, rozzer, Netflix 2017
I just think I’m a scapegoat for this. ibid. Woodall
‘They [rozzers] used every [pressure] technique.’ ibid. defence dude