while searching for the person responsible for the brutal axe attack, investigators first tried to uncover the motive. we don t have axe murderers here. it was just an alarming, tremendously alarming case. police learned that peter porco had a relative in organized crime who d been in trouble with the law. the relative is frank porco, known as frankie the fireman porco. frankie porco was serving time in federal prison for loan-sharking. there were rumors that frankie porco would provide state s evidence and information in return for a lighter sentence. it was what they call a signature killing, you know, that the mob would do, and it was a fireman s ax because it was retaliation for frankie the fireman. but a background check on frankie the fireman put doubt on this theory. he was in prison because he
while searching for the person responsible for the brutal axe attack, investigators first tried to uncover the motive. we don t have axe murderers here. it was just an alarming, tremendously alarming case. police learn that peter porco had a relative in organized crime who d been in trouble with the law. the relative is frank porco, known as frankie the fireman porco. frankie was serving time in federal prison for loan sharking. there were rumors that frankie porco would provide state s evidence and information in return for a lighter sentence. it was what they call a signature killing, you know, that the mob would do, and it was a fireman s act because it was retaliation for frankie the fireman. frankie the fireman put doubt on this theory. he was in prison because he wasn t a snitch. and he had been made offers to cooperate with authorities to
while searching for the person responsible for the brutal axe attack, investigators first tried to uncover the motive. we don t have axe murderers here. it was just an alarming, tremendously alarming case. police learn that peter porco had a relative in organized crime who d been in trouble with the law. the relative is frank porco, known as frankie the fireman porco. frankie was serving time in federal prison for loan sharking. there were rumors that frankie porco would provide state s evidence and information in return for a lighter sentence. it was what they call a signature killing, you know, that the mob would do, and it was a fireman s act because it was retaliation for frankie the fireman. frankie the fireman put doubt on this theory. he was in prison because he wasn t a snitch. and he had been made offers to cooperate with authorities to avoid prison, and he didn t, so he ended up in prison. then investigators learned
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brutal ax attack, investigators first tried to uncover the motive. we don t have ax murderers here. it was just an alarming, tremendously alarming case. police learn that peter porco had a relative in organized crime who d been in trouble with the law. the relative is frank porco, known as frankie the fireman porco. he was serving time in federal prison for loan sharking. there were rumors that frankie porco would provide state s evidence and information in return for a lighter sentence. it was what they call a signature killing, you know, that the mob would do, and it was a fireman s act because it was retaliation by frankie the fireman. but there was doubt on this theory. he was in prison because he wasn t a snitch. and he had been made offers to cooperate with authorities to avoid prison, and he didn t, so he ended up in prison.