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Eppolito and Caracappa, by then retired, signed off on his contract to whack Edward “Eddie” Lino, a Gambino captain, for a hefty $65,000. They drove behind Lino’s Mercedes-Benz on a Brooklyn parkway, pulled up beside him and Caracappa fired nine shots into the vehicle, killing him.
Stephen Caracappa, an NYPD cop who murdered and leaked police information for the mafia, died in prison on Saturday. The 75-year-old and his partner, Louis Eppolito, had been given life sentences in 2009 after committing at least eight murders for the Italian mob from 1986 to 1990.
Stephen Caracappa and Louis Eppolito were former New York City Police Department (NYPD) detectives who committed various illegal activities on behalf of the Five Families of the American Mafia, principally the Lucchese and Gambino crime families. The two subsequently became known as the "Mafia Cops". [1]
After pulling Gambino crime family captain Edward "Eddie" Lino for a routine traffic check, the detectives murdered him on the expressway in his Mercedes-Benz. In April 2006, Eppolito and Caracappa were convicted of murdering Hydell, Nicholas Guido, John "Otto" Heidel, John Doe, Anthony DiLapi, Facciolo, Lino, and Bartholomew Boriello on the ...
As for Mr. Lino, he was a dapper and respected legend in the mob -- a tough Gambino family soldier who had played a role in the killing of Paul Castellano, the family's don, in 1985.
In November of 1992, the defendants accepted a $65,000 contract from Casso to murder Edward "Eddie" Lino, a captain in the Gambino Crime Family who was believed to be associated with the crew that had participated in the attempt on Casso's life.
The dead man was Edward Lino, a Gambino family captain, who had helped kill Paul Castellano, the boss of bosses, and vault John Gotti into power. It was November 1990 and made men were dying ...
