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On March 17, 1979, Charles Padnick, a 50-year-old male, met a brutal end in Brooklyn, New York. Padnick, along with William Serrano and two other unidentified men, had traveled to the city to orchestrate a significant cocaine transaction with the notorious DeMeo Crew, a faction of the Gambino crime family. The deal, however, took a deadly turn.

Instead of a lucrative exchange, Padnick and his associates were shot and subsequently dismembered by members of the crew. This gruesome method of ...Read More
Victim Details

Charles Padnick

Male

Brooklyn

NY

1979-03-17

50

Charles

Padnick

01/13/2026