Crime & Safety

Cadillac Frank Murder Trial Underway

The former mob boss faces allegations that he killed a nightclub manager at his Sharon home in 1993.

BOSTON, MA — The long-awaited trial of Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme is now underway in U.S. District Court in Boston.

The 84-year-old former mob boss stands accused of murdering former Channel Nighclub manager Steven DiSarro of Westwood back in 1993. Prosecutors allege that DiSarro went to Salemme's Sharon home in May 1993, where he was allegedly strangled to death by Salemme.

Testimony in the trial began Wednesday. In opening statements, Assistant U.S. Attorney Fred Wyshak said DiSarro was killed because he was not a made man Salemme could trust, according to the Boston Herald.

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Attorneys for Salemme said they will leave the jury wonder if DiSarro was really killed by mobster and lone witness Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi. Attorney Steven Boozang said Salemme has admitted to other killings, but denies this one.

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The trial is expected to take about six weeks.


Image: Francis Salemme's 1995 FBI booking photo. Credit: FBI

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