Michael Dutchie Avicolli, 52, disappeared from South Philadelphia after leaving his South 31st Street residence at about 10:30 a.m. on April 3, 1996. He drove off in a Buick and never returned; his family never heard from him and neither the car nor a body has been recovered. Online missing-person listings classify him as endangered missing, while other accounts connected to mob history treat him as having been killed on or about April 4, 1996.

Avicolli was described as a South Philadelphia bookmaker with ties to the Philadelphia/South New Jersey Mafia and an associate of Joseph Skinny Joey Merlino’s circle. Authorities treated Natale’s claims cautiously and his credibility was contested.

Did anyone in South Philadelphia or northern New Jersey see Avicolli or his Buick around April 3–4, 1996?