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In the spring of 1927, a man named Frankie Wright, a jewel thief who had relocated from Chicago to Detroit, met a violent and bloody end. His death was not a simple affair but a calculated execution that would come to be known as the Milaflores Massacre. Wright, along with his associates Joseph Bloom and George Cohen, had carved out a dangerous niche in the Detroit underworld by kidnapping local gamblers connected to the notorious Purple Gang for ransom. Their criminal enterprise also allegedly ...Read More
Victim Details

Frankie Wright

Male

White / Caucasian

Detroit

MI

1927-03-28

Frankie

Wright

12/20/2025