30-Year-Old Mob Tale Gets New Spin
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A storied 30-year-old mob murder case that was supposed to be clinched through the use of modern DNA testing is now in jeopardy of becoming just one more whodunit.
Sophisticated FBI testing that was expected to put an accused mob hit man, Genovese capo Michael “Mikey Cigars” Coppola, at the scene of the Easter Sunday slaying of mob rival John “Johnny Cokes” Lardiere on April 10, 1977, has come up empty — or, as the test results would have it, way too full.
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