# "Goodfellas" Question: Running an "Independent" Crime Gang

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-question-running-an-independent-crime-gang/636032>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 27, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-question-running-an-independent-crime-gang/636032 "2012-09-27T15:59:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-question-running-an-independent-crime-gang/636032/41 "2013-07-24T22:13:36Z")

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I saw a brief report on this, some months ago-supposedly, the NYPD dug up part of (the late) Jimmy Burke’s back yard-they found human remains. Nothing since then-is there anything new on this?  
Burying victims in your own property? Kinda declasse, I’d say!

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-question-running-an-independent-crime-gang/636032/42 "2013-07-25T13:55:54Z")

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Maybe Jimmys Uncle Teddy buried them there after his aunts gave them Arsenic Tea.

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