Dominick "Big Trin" Trinchera (December 20, 1936 – May 5, 1981) was an American caporegime in the Bonanno crime family who was murdered with Alphonse Indelicato and Philip Giaccone for planning the overthrow of aspiring Bonanno boss Philip Rastelli. However, the three murderers became involved in a succession dispute with Philip Rastelli, Joseph Massino, Dominick Napolitano, and Salvatore Vitale. ", Trinchera's body was moved out the club front door into a Ford Econoline van and driven to a lot in Lindenwood, Queens, in an area known as The Hole,[2] where Gambino crime family mobsters John Gotti and Gene Gotti arranged the burial. [4] Massino told the men to avoid shooting so that bullets wouldn't spray around the room. Massino immediately punched Giaccone, knocking him to the floor, and also stopping Indelicato from escaping. On May 5, 1981, Massino loyalists shot and killed Trinchera, Giaccone, and Indelicato in a Brooklyn night club. "I think he's a disgrace."[5]. [12] In December 2004, the bodies were positively identified as Giaccone and Trinchera.[13]. Rastelli loyalist Dominick Napolitano wanted to kill Trinchera, Giaccone, and Indelicato at the same time so as to destroy the opposition to Rastelli. "Killer of Gallo Identified as 4 Are Indicted After Inquiry on Slaying", "New York's darkest secret: The Hole is a Mafia graveyard that few people venture into", "Bloody B'klyn Rubout: Says Massino OKd '81 mob hit", "In Court, Evidence Suggests Gotti Associates Buried Victims in Lot", "An FBI agent who infiltrated the Bonanno crime family...", "Skeletal Remains Are Believed To Be Those of Mob Captains", Bonanno crime boss is sentenced to two life terms", "Bonanno Crime Boss Is Sentenced to 2 Life Terms", Rizzuto pleads guilty to racketeering charge, Timeline: Vito Rizzuto's run-ins with the law, "Former mob boss Vito Rizzuto dies in hospital", Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia. Dominick "Big Trin" Trinchera (December 20, 1936 – May 5, 1981) was a Bonanno crime family capo who was murdered with Alphonse Indelicato and Philip Giaccone for planning the overthrow of aspiring Bonanno boss Philip Rastelli. View the profiles of people named Dominick Trinchera. Biography. Joseph Massino began jockeying for power with Dominick "Sonny Black" Napolitano, another Rastelli loyalist capo. He never learned fully how to speak the English language, and only spoke broken English-Italian his entire life. Mobster Benjamin Ruggiero later described the disposal of Trinchera's body: "I couldn't move him. Dominick "Big Trin" Trinchera (20 December 1936-5 May 1981) was a Bonanno crime family capo who, alongside Al Indelicato and Philip Giaccone, was murdered at the behest of Joseph Massino in 1981. "I think he's a disgrace. Both men were themselves threatened by another faction seeking to depose the absentee boss led by capos Alphonse "Sonny Red" Indelicato, Trinchera and Philip Giaccone. Join Facebook to connect with Dominick Trinchera and others you may know. When the verdicts were read, some Trinchera family members clapped. However, the contract was called off. He took that away from us." It is unknown when Trinchera actually became a made man except that he was made a capo in 1979 following the murder of boss Carmine Galante. Trinchera charged at the gunmen screaming, but he took a shotgun blast to the torso, sending fifty pounds of his stomach flying and killing him. The three capos were unarmed, as was the rule when attending a peace meeting. https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Dominick_Trinchera?oldid=282757. Trinchera was portrayed in the movie by George Angelica. On 5 May 1981, Massino invited the three capos to meet with him at the 20/20 Night Club in Clinton Hill for a sitdown, and they shared some laughs before Massino secretly signalled masked hitmen Vito Rizzuto, Vitale, and two others to burst into the room and stage a fake robbery. In December 2004, after some children discovered a body in the Lindenwood lot, FBI agents excavated the property and discovered the bodies of the three capos.[3]. As the men entered the room,[5] Sciascia brushed his hand through his hair, giving the prearranged signal. Massino also brought drop cloths and ropes for disposing of the bodies afterwards. Trinchera then charged at the gunmen screaming, but took a shotgun blast to the torso and crumpled dead to the floor. This page was last modified on 22 March 2016, at 19:42. Dominick "Big Trin" Trinchera (December 20, 1936 Rockland, New York - May 5, 1981 Dyker Heights, Brooklyn) was a Bonanno crime family capo who was murdered with Alphonse Indelicato and Phillip Giaccone for planning the overthrow of aspiring Bonanno boss Phillip Rastelli. I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like. In May 1981, Dominick Napolitano ordered mobster Donnie Brasco, who was actually undercover FBI agent Joseph Pistone, to murder Anthony (Bruno) Indelicato in Miami. Would you like Wikipedia to always look as professional and up-to-date? Trinchera controlled businesses in New Jersey, Brooklyn and Queens. "[15], On May 4, 2007, after being extradited to the United States, Rizzuto pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn court to reduced charges in the murder of three capos and was sentenced to ten years in state prison.[16][17][18][19]. "I'm happy I was here to support his mandatory life sentence", said Donna Trinchera. Vitale and gunmen rushed out of the closet, with Rizzuto yelling "it's a hold up".
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