Ronald Fischetti, a 29-year-old male, was discovered murdered in his Howard Beach, Queens, apartment in the pre-dawn hours of June 10, 1981. His fiancée found him in the kitchen, where he had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his back and head. At the time, Fischetti was an employee of Patty Testa Motor Car Service and was known to associate with individuals connected to organized crime.
Investigators believe that Fischetti was acquainted with his killers, as he had been seen
conversing with two men inside his apartment shortly before he was killed. Following the shooting, witnesses reported seeing two men drive away from the scene in a Mercedes-Benz. The day of Fischetti's murder coincided with a significant meeting between members of the DeMeo crew and associates from the Colombo and Lucchese crime families at a Brooklyn diner. The purpose of this meeting was to address a recent federal indictment concerning an international auto theft operation.
Despite these circumstances and potential connections to the criminal underworld, the murder of Ronald Fischetti remains unsolved. No arrests have ever been made in the case, and the identities of the two men seen leaving his apartment have never been publicly established. The investigation has been hampered by a lack of cooperating witnesses and forensic evidence, leaving the case to go cold. The motive for his killing is officially unknown, though speculation has long centered on his ties to organized crime. Without any new leads or information, the violent death of Ronald Fischetti continues to be an open and unresolved homicide case.
