William Cutolo, 49 and known as Wild Bill, disappeared after being dropped off for a supposed sit-down at a park near 92nd Street and Shore Road in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, on the afternoon of May 26, 1999. Prosecutors later said he was lured, taken under control and shot to death in a basement apartment tied to Dino Saracino, then buried on Long Island; remains were recovered from Farmingdale on October 6, 2008. Court filings say the killing was motivated by fears Cutolo would seize leadership during a Colombo family power struggle.

The case unfolded into years of intimidation and witness tampering, including a covert recording by Cutolo’s son of threats from John DeRoss. Alphonse Persico and John DeRoss were identified as central suspects; their first trial ended in a mistrial on November 3, 2006, and a later trial produced convictions for murder in aid of racketeering and witness tampering in late 2007. Other men were later charged in a superseding indictment connected to the killing, with mixed trial outcomes and federal sentences on related racketeering counts.

Does anyone have additional details about Cutolo’s last known movements in Bay Ridge or about the basement location tied to Saracino?