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Anyone a "mob buff"? I know that there are people who like to read up on organized crime. I'm just curious if any mobs ever made it a matter of recourse to kill investigative scientiests (genetic scientists, forensic scientists, etc...). I'd think that they would steer clear of this kind of thing. A terrorist cell might have more to protect.

Memphis is very much an organized crime town, though you'd never know it to read the local papers or watch local TV stations. But both the son of mob financial wizard Meyer Lansky settled here, as did Jimmy Hoffa';s adopted son Chucky English, said to have been one of the last witnesses to see Hoffa at the Detroit northside Macchus Red Fox Restaurant, itself now also hors de combat.

After the death of Newawleans mob boss Carlo Marcello, many of the remaining former Big Easy mob family members drifted off to various corners, including Baton Rouge, Biloxi- and Memphis, some still working in the Marcello family interest, hotelry.

On most Memphis mornings many of *the boys* and their flunkies can be found at a Memphis hotel all-you-can eat buffet brunch, where the topics of the day and some business matters are discussed. But not all of them.

To the uninitiated, their table resembles a Chamber of Commerce meeting. Memphis is just *that way.*

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Good info but is it in any mob in the US's M.O. to kill a scientist who may be getting too nosey?

This personal attack on the forensic scientist is unusual because there was the opportunity to kill him. This was also a personal attack as opposed to the other bombs placed that put evidence from crimes under investigation at risk.

Then there was the scientist who "fell"-"jumped"-"was tossed" off the bridge. he was nosey too but it's unlikely that the mob would be too nervous about his research.