Giacomino Jack Toto was 89 when he died on February 23, 2003, as a patient at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville, New Jersey. A mechanic for 25 years who also ran a vegetable stand, Toto’s death was later reclassified as a homicide after an investigation into a pattern of suspicious patient deaths at hospitals and nursing facilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Authorities connected the deaths to registered nurse Charles Cullen, who was determined to have administered lethal doses of medications to multiple patients. Toto was identified as one of Cullen’s victims at Somerset Medical Center. Cullen later pleaded guilty to 22 murders in New Jersey and admitted to additional killings and attempted killings in New Jersey and Pennsylvania; he received multiple life sentences.

Does anyone have information about Giacomino Toto’s life in Somerville or memories of him from the community?