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Daniel Conti

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated Oct 29, 1977

Victim Details

Daniel Conti

Male

Brooklyn

NY

1977-10-29

28

Daniel

Conti

07/11/2026

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Daniel Conti, a 28-year-old man from Brooklyn, was found dead on October 29, 1977, after his body turned up in the trunk of a car left near the intersection of Rochester Avenue and President Street, by Lincoln Terrace Park. Accounts tied to later organized-crime investigations describe the discovery as grimly accidental: people already treating the vehicle as something to be picked apart—stripped for parts—opened the trunk and found a corpse instead of spare metal.

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  • Body of Man Who Was Shot to Death Found in a Car Trunk in Brooklyn (Published 1977)
  • Roy DeMeo - Wikipedia
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