1. Costabile Farace was an associate of the Bonanno crime family who murdered a teenage male prostitute and a federal Drug Enforcement Administration agent in New York City.
18 Facts About Costabile Farace
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Costabile Farace was shot and killed by an unknown assailant in 1989.
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Costabile Farace sometimes used the name "Nicholas" as an alias while a fugitive and gave several alternate dates of birth: August 20,1959, January 1,1960, and June 20,1960.
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Costabile Farace was a cousin to Michael A Farace, Michael J Farace, and Vincent Farace.
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Vincent Costabile Farace is a recognized made man in the Bronx faction of the Bonanno crime family.
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Costabile Farace attended Totten Intermediate School 34 in Tottenville, where he was considered the class flirt in eighth grade.
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On October 7,1979, Costabile Farace murdered a 17-year-old boy and brutally beat the victim's 16-year-old companion.
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On December 10,1979, Costabile Farace pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter.
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Costabile Farace used his contacts with old friends, and new ones he met in prison, to start a marijuana selling business, which soon expanded into other drugs.
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Costabile Farace married Antoinette Acierno, a sister of a criminal associate.
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Costabile Farace began selling small amounts of cocaine and marijuana, and in late February 1989, set up a cocaine deal with Everett Hatcher, an undercover federal Drug Enforcement Administration agent.
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Hatcher had met Costabile Farace to discuss purchasing cocaine from him on several occasions.
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Police theorized that Costabile Farace shot Hatcher from a van as it passed Hatcher's car.
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Costabile Farace was believed to have been the first law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty on Staten Island.
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Meanwhile, Costabile Farace was hiding with friends and criminal associates around the Greater New York area.
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Costabile Farace first stayed with Margaret "Babe" Scarpa, an old girlfriend who was Chilli's daughter.
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Less than ten months after the Hatcher murder, the manhunt for Costabile Farace would be over.
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Costabile Farace had gunshot wounds to the head, neck, back and leg.