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Whitey Bulger's alleged hit list

Federal indictments charge the Boston crime boss in connection with 21 murders.

June 24, 2011|By Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times
  • James "Whitey" Bulger has been linked to 21 murders. For years, he was an FBI informant. He was thought to be traveling with his girlfriend, Catherine Greig, right. Greig also was arrested Wednesday, authorities said, after a tip led FBI agents to a residence in Santa Monica. Full coverage
James "Whitey" Bulger has been linked to 21 murders. For years,… (FBI )

James "Whitey" Bulger is alleged to have been involved in the following killings, according to federal indictments:

March and April 1973: Michael Milano, Al Plummer,William O'Brien, James Leary and Joseph Notorangeli, members of a rival gang led by Al Notorangeli

December 1973: James O'Toole, former associate of the Charlestown-based McLaughlin gang

February 1974: Al Notorangeli, leader of rival gang

October 1974: James Sousa, criminal associate in a botched robbery and a potential witness

November 1974: Paul McGonagle, member of the Mullins gang and an opponent for control of South Boston

June 1975: Edward Connors, potential witness in O'Toole slaying

November 1975: Thomas King, member of Bulger's gang who was viewed as a threat to Bulger and others, and Francis "Buddy" Leonard, who was killed to divert attention from King's disappearance

December 1976: Murder of Richard Castucci, FBI informant

May 1981: Roger Wheeler, owner of gambling operation World Jai Alai, in Tulsa, Okla.

Late 1981: Debra Davis, girlfriend of Bulger associate Stephen Flemmi, who was viewed as a threat

May 1982: Brian Halloran, FBI informant on the Wheeler killing, and Michael Donahue, who was riding in the car with Halloran

August 1982: John B. Callahan, former president of World Jai Alai who could implicate Bulger in Wheeler's death

July 1983: Arthur "Bucky" Barrett, alleged safecracker and bank robber whom Bulger targeted for extortion

November 1984: John McIntyre, who was cooperating with law enforcement on the gang's involvement in shipments of arms and ammunition to the Irish Republican Army

Early 1985: Deborah Hussey, Flemmi's stepdaughter

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