Files on murder of Fat Joe Versace, believed to be early mafia killing, opened for first time
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DecDecember 2020 at 9:59pm
Police were told Joe Versace was stabbed in self defence. It s now believed to have been a mafia killing.
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The 1945 murder of Giuseppe Fat Joe Versace was horrific.
His stomach was cut open. He was stabbed in the face, neck and torso. In all, the medical examiner found 91 knife wounds some inflicted after his death.
Presented to police at the time as the result of an argument over a woman, researchers now believe the murder was an early hit by Melbourne s Calabrian mafia.