Chicago Outfit mobster Tony Spilotro and brother Michael murdered 40 years ago this month
Forty years ago, Tony Spilotro’s neon excesses gave way to the cold reality of Midwestern soil. In June 1986, a shallow grave in a remote Indiana cornfield closed the book on one of the most volatile chapters of the Las Vegas Strip. The discovery of the beaten bodies of Spilotro and his brother Michael marked the beginning of the end of the Chicago Outfit’s tenure in Las Vegas. His legacy remains a grim example of what happens when a mobster begins drawing too much unwanted attention. Mob killer to Las Vegas enforcer Born May 19, 1938, in Chicago, Spilotro became involved in crime ...
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