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William Crazy Willie Gantz, 44, was murdered in Philadelphia on May 16, 1994. Identified as a driver and bodyguard for Philadelphia capo Joseph Sodano, Gantz’s killing is described as part of the internal violence that fractured the city’s crime family in the early 1990s.

The case went cold for years but saw a development when reputed mob associate Peter Pete the Crumb Caprio was indicted in March 2000 on charges that included participation in Gantz’s murder and the 1996 killing of Joseph Sodano. Caprio later cooperated with federal investigators and became a government witness; details of his involvement in Gantz’s death were handled within broader prosecutions of the crime family.

Officially the murder remains unsolved: no one has been convicted specifically for Gantz’s killing and no other suspects have been publicly identified. Did anyone who knew Gantz or his role in Philadelphia’s mob circles see or hear anything in 1994 that could help close this case?