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Nino Martini

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated Mar 19, 1978

Victim Details

Nino Martini

Male

Brooklyn

NY

1978-03-19

38

Nino

Martini

07/20/2026

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On March 19, 1978, Nino Martini, a 38-year-old man, was found dead in Brooklyn, New York, alongside Michael Mandelino, after their bodies were discovered stuffed into the trunk of a car left in the East New York area. The scene carried the unmistakable chill of an execution: both men had been shot multiple times in the head, killed with the kind of finality meant to end questions as much as lives.

Investigators and later accounts tied the double killing to the DeMeo crew, a violent facti ...
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  • Roy DeMeo - Wikipedia
  • 2 Bodies in Brooklyn Car Identified (Published 1978)
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    I've been following the cases involving the DeMeo Crew for a while, and the murder of Nino Martini a... ...Read More
    01/31/2025
    Has anyone else looked into the robbery at Peter LaFroscia’s home that led to Nino Martini and Mic... ...Read More
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    I’ve been reading up on the DeMeo Crew and their connection to Nino Martini’s case. What stands ... ...Read More
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