# Cement Shoes - Cecil Quoted in today's Washington Post

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [May 6, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cement-shoes-cecil-quoted-in-todays-washington-post/754074 "2016-05-06T17:05:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cement-shoes-cecil-quoted-in-todays-washington-post/754074/1 "2016-05-06T17:05:00Z")

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I’m not sure if this is the right forum for this, but here you go:

> **[Search intensifies for killer in first documented case of ‘cement shoes,’...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/05/06/search-intensifies-for-killer-in-first-documented-case-of-cement-shoes-long-the-stuff-of-gangster-lore/)**
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> The cruel execution tactic has starred in urban legends and Hollywood gangster movies, great fodder for dark rumors but never grounded in fact — until now.

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**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cement-shoes-cecil-quoted-in-todays-washington-post/754074/2 "2016-05-06T19:23:32Z")

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Link to [Cecil’s column](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2824/were-concrete-shoes-a-favored-technique-of-mob-hitmen)