Everett Emerson Hatcher was 46 when he was killed in an undercover operation on February 28, 1989, in Staten Island. A Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Hatcher had been meeting a man he believed to be a contact in a major narcotics investigation when he was shot multiple times with a .357 Magnum and died. He had served in the military and a career in law enforcement before the killing.

The man identified as responsible was Costabile Gus Farace, an associate of the Bonanno crime family who had a prior murder conviction and was the subject of Hatcher’s investigation into a cocaine trafficking ring. Farace reportedly shot Hatcher during their third meeting about a supposed drug deal and then went into hiding. A high-profile manhunt followed, and Farace was later found shot execution-style in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, on November 18, 1989; it is reported he was killed by members of his own organization. The person who fired the shots that killed Agent Hatcher was never arrested.

Does anyone have additional documentation or firsthand details about Hatcher’s undercover assignment or the investigation into Farace?