The naked and beaten body of Antonio Caponigro (68), nicknamed "Tony Bananas", a Philadelphia mobster, was found in the trunk of a car in the Bronx on 18 April 1980, along with that of his brother-in-law Alfred Salerno.Many people were killed during the subsequent mass panic. During the funeral a bomb exploded in Plaza Barrios fronting San Salvador Cathedral and shots were fired. It is believed but was never proven that the assassins were members of Salvadoran death squads. Óscar Romero, the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador, was killed by a shot to the heart on 24 March 1980, while celebrating Mass at a small chapel located in a hospital.However, no suspects have ever been identified as having actually shot Bruno. Antonio Caponigro, one of Bruno's underlings, is believed to have ordered the killing over a drug dispute since the murder had not been sanctioned by the Commission, Caponigro himself was reputedly killed on its orders within a month. Philadelphia mob boss Angelo Bruno (69) was killed by a shotgun blast to the back of his head as he sat in his car in front of his South Philadelphia house on 21 March 1980.Jeannie Mills (39) was a female early defector from the Peoples Temple along with her husband and teenage daughter, who were all murdered on 26 February 1980 in front of their Berkeley, California home. This list of unsolved murders includes notable cases where victims have been murdered under unknown circumstances.ġ980–1984 Pastel drawing of Óscar Romero, murdered Archbishop
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