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Flemmi had become an FBI informant on November 27, 1965. On January 6, 1968 when he was beaten by Smith I suggested the FBI must have known about it. Martorano wrote in his book. An FBI informant later recounted the incident in vague terms, perhaps not realizing the connection to the three murders.” Most likely…

In his book Martorano told us his version of why the triple-homicide took place. The day before the murder he received a call from Stevie Flemmi who told him he had beeb beaten up at Basin Street. He said that Smith held his arms while the other guys did the job on him. Martorano was…

I mentioned how Martorano wrote a book along with Howie Carr bragging about all the murders he had committed. They split the blood money profit fifty-fifty. Martorano wrote about murdering Elizabeth. Tragically, rather than just telling it straight out without impugning any of the dead they could not resist tearing down the reputation of innocent…

I should not have said The murder of Dixon, Barrett and Smith disappeared. Thirty-one years later after Martorano got his deal we would again read about it. Adrian Walker of the Globe criticized Martorano’s deal. He would write: “You can commit one of the worst massacres in this city’s bloody history and pay no price…

Did you read about that young University of Texas student an 18-year older named Haruka Weiser who was murdered last week? Her murder was national news. The Austin police chief Art Acevedo rightly said: “When you think about what connects us as human beings, to murder a young woman, is just not part of my DNA and thankfully is…

Looking for corruption in all the wrong places — that’s the Boston U.S. Attorney Ortiz’s prosecutors who should look into the mirror if they really want to see corruption in Boston. I’ve been writing about this since close to the inception of this blog in 2012 and to my amazement not only has it not…