Bulger Hitman Details Murder of Waltham Man

Confessed killer John Martorano on Monday recalled how he and James “Whitey" Bulger killed a Waltham man in 1974, according to the Boston Globe.

During tesimony at the federal courthouse in Boston, Martorano detailed how he and Bulger’s associates killed James Sousa, 36, of Waltham.

Sousa’s Demise (Sources: Tweets from Boston Globe reporters covering the Bulger trial)

• Sousa, a Bulger associate, was allegedly rigging horse races with the Winter Hill Gang.
• As Sousa gave the dentist a fake gold brick. The dentist, however, was told it was real.
• The dentist brought his child to the meeting and gunshots rang out.
• Worried that Sousa would tell the police about the incident, the Winter Hill Gang, decided to kill Sousa.
• Sousa was taken to a garage in Somerville where he was told the gang would give him money for an attorney.
• “I walked in and shot [Sousa],” Martorano told the court, according to Globe columnist Kevin Cullen’s Twitter feed. “We had to get someone to bury him.”
• Martorano returned home and cleaned up while Bulger helped his associate, Stephen Flemmi, clean up Sousa’s blood.
• Sousa’s body was never found.