A former adolescent beauty queen who shot and killed her husband's killer before becoming the boss of the Camorra mafia clan has died at the age of 86.
Pupetta, or "Little Doll" in English, was a feared crime leader who died at her home in Castellamare di Stabia, near Pompeii, after an illness.
When Assunta Maresca shot and killed Antonio Esposito (her husband's murderer), she was 18 years old and six months pregnant.
Assunta Maresca, who was known as Pupetta, meaning little doll, was 18 years old and six months pregnant when she gunned down Antonio Esposito, a witness at her own wedding.