BOSTON (AP) — Jurors are heading back to federal court for a third day of deliberations in the case against a former New England Mafia boss charged with killing a nightclub owner more than two decades ago.
In this 1993 FBI surveillance photo, Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme, left, Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi, second from left with back to camera, and Frank Salemme Jr., behind right, are seated at The Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Mass. The trial of Francis Salemme, a geriatric former New England Mafia boss accused of killing a nightclub owner in 1993, underscores the decline of the once-powerful mob. (FBI Surveillance Photo via AP)
Jurors in the Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme case left the Boston courthouse Wednesday without reaching a verdict. They’re expected to get back to work on Thursday.
Salemme and his co-defendant, Paul Weadick, are charged in the 1993 strangling of Steven DiSarro. Salemme and Weadick deny involvement in DiSarro’s killing.
DiSarro’s remains were found in 2016 near a mill building in Providence, Rhode Island.
Salemme headed the New England family of La Cosa Nostra in the early 1990s.
DiSarro’s family members said in a statement on Tuesday that the trial has helped provide them closure.
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