Whitey Bulger, who had become the FBI’s No. 1 wanted man after the death of Osama bin Laden, was captured in Los Angeles in 2011 after 16 years on the run.
He was played by two of Hollywood’s most charismatic actors, Mr Jack Nicholson and Johnny Depp, he was a Boston mob boss, died a gruesome death in prison, and four years later his murder was solved.
The reason for him James “Whitey” Bulgep for the homicide of which three men are facing criminal charges, according to an announcement by the American judiciary that was made public yesterday Thursday.
Bulger, who was serving a life sentence after his conviction for 11 murders, was found dead in 2018 in his cell at a West Virginia prison where he had arrived a day earlier in a wheelchair.
The three suspects face prosecution for conspiracy and conspiracy to commit premeditated murder, judicial authorities said in a statement. Two of the three suspects, Photios Geas, 55, and Paul Decologero, 48, “are accused of repeatedly striking Bulger in the head and causing his death.” The third suspect, Sean McKinnon, 36, is accused of making false statements to a federal agent.
The notorious mastermind who was also an FBI informant, was 89 years old when he was murdered.
He was found lifeless in his cell, having been brutally beaten — beyond recognition, according to the New York Times.
Whitey Bulger, who had become the FBI’s No. 1 wanted man after his death Osama Bin Laden, was captured in Los Angeles in 2011, after 16 years on the run.
A complex, ruthless but also charismatic personality, Whitey Bulger has been the central figure or inspiration for some ten books, films and series. He was played by Nicholson in his film The Departed Martin Scorsese (2006), and Depp in Scott Cooper’s Black Mass (2015).
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