lufthansa terminal at the airport. it was one of the largest heists in this country s history. the multi-million-dollar robbery of cash and jewels at lufthansa s air cargo terminal at new york s jfk airport in 1978. and now for the first time, one of those fellas is being prosecuted in new york city, for murder, racketeering and robbery. 80-year-old defendant vincent asaro, an alleged captain in the b banano crime movie isn t portrayed in the movie, because at the time his identity wasn t known. but prosecutors are portraying him as the mastermind of the crime, with now deceased jenny the gent burke portrayed in the movie by robert de niro. star prosecution, the defendant s own cousin, who wore
a dog chain paul katz in 1969. after it was believed he was cooperating with law enforcement. in june 2013, investigators found remnants of katz remains embedded in a basement floor, where prosecutors believe asaro helped hide the body. four other defendants allegedly playing minor roles, including asaro s son, have already made deals with the government. but the good fella prosecutors believe is the real deal is asaro, and they hope to finally put him behind bars and at the same time, bring justice to victims from generations of crimes never solved. wiretap recordings are going to play a large role in this trial, and the current witness, the cousin of the defendant, started recording him in 2008. and an excerpt from 2011 is where the defendant says on tape, you know, we didn t get our fair share of this. jimmy the gent took it all. the witnesses asked, what s he talking about.
alleged members of the ma nano crime family. in the famous heist at jfk, thieves got away with $6 million in money and jewels. four of five defendants have pled not guilty. the fifth will be arraigned today. here s the attorney for the alleged mob captain, vincent asaro explaining why his client couldn t have possibly been involved. pretty much most of the people that did it got murdered, from what i read. so, the fact that my client didn t get murdered would suggest that he didn t have anything to do with it. that jimmy the gent burke, he mentions, was the inspiration for robert de niro s part in the film. rescue crews in quebec sifting through icy rubble, which is all that s left from a deadly fire that killed at least five people and injured ten others. 30 people who live in the facility are still unaccounted for. my mother, she s blind. he s handicapped, you know, and
even though there s a special dispensation for convicted criminals over the age of 70 whereby their sentence is automatly redu llically reduced no guarantee he s going to escape that time. i would not bet my bottom dollar or euro that he will never spend a night behind bars. okay. ben wedeman for us in milan. i appreciate that. coming up next, new york gangster jimmy the gent burke. remember robert denero in good fellas ? he played the character based on this real life guy. police were searching burke s former home in queens last week. we ve been reporting on this. big news here. we ll tell you what they have now found, next.
at the former new york home of late gangster jimmy the gent burke have come back positive for human remains. you may not recognize his name. again, we just have to remind you, he was the real life inspiration for robert de niro s unforgettable character in good fellas. jason carroll, he s been all over this story. jason carroll, this is a huge development. now that investigators know the material is, in fact, human remains, what s the next step? yeah, brooke. it s the story that just keeps on giving. right now the medical examiner s office is conducting what they call an an tlo po logical investigation on the human remains. doctors will try to extract dna to help them identify who was buried beneath the home. and when. and, brooke, you remember fbi agents when was this, last week. that s when they began searching burke s former home in queens. it was last monday. it s now owned by his daughter. a law enforcement source says investigators are looking into a case that occurred so