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Romeo DeSanctis

Courier-Post article, Police Seek 'Break' in Sadowski Death, December 2, 1945
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Police Seek 'Break' in Sadowski Death

Camden police and county detectives had no definite leads in the shotgun slaying of ex-convict Mitchell Sadowski outside the Camden Pottery plant, and were weighing vengeance by the Mickey Quinn mob or reprisal for an $1800 holdup as motives.

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Camden Evening Courier, March 23, 1945: De Sanctis Dies in Parked Car, Pal Wounded, with a photo of the bullet-riddled car
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De Sanctis Dies in Parked Car, Pal Wounded

Romeo DeSanctis, star witness against suspects in the Casablanca roadhouse holdup, was shot dead in a parked car on Mt. Ephraim Avenue near Kaighn hours after testifying before the grand jury; his companion Leon Grenkwicz was critically wounded.

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