For more than a decade, the Chicago mob experienced mass bloodshed from the so-called “Chop Shop Wars” of the 1970s and early 1980s, the Outfit’s violent takeover of the Windy City’s stolen-car racket. From 1971 to 1983, over 20 bodies dropped tied to the conflict, including a number of local organized crime figures tasked with leading the siege on the region’s vast network of independent car thieves such as James (Jimmy the Bomber) Cataura, Sam (Sammy the Mule) Annerino and William (Billy the Chopper) Dauber.
Chicago Chop Shop Wars Murder Timeline
June 17, 1971 – Robert (Bobby the Racer) Pronger disappears from a Southside diner
August 8, 1972 – Guido (Weeds) Fidanzi
September 2, 1972 – Roger Roach
September 3, 1972 – Mike Ragan
June 16, 1975 – Harry Holzer and his girlfriend Linda Turner are shot to death. Holzer was the co-owner of South Chicago Auto Parts with Outfit associate Steve (Stevie O) Ostrovsky.
November 1975 – Donnell Crawford
December 1975 – Jimmy Small
October 10, 1976 – Steve (Stevie O) Ostrowsky
Jamuary 13, 1977 – Norm Lang
March 4, 1977 – Pat Marusarz
June 13, 1977 – Richie Ferraro
June 15, 1977 – Joe Theo
July 3, 1977 – John Schneider
July 7, 1977 – Earl Abercrombie
July 25, 1977 – Sam (Sammy the Mule) Annerino
August 25, 1977 – Jimmy Palaggi
July 28, 1978 – James (Jimmy the Bomber) Cataura
May 23, 1979 – Timmy O’Brien
July 1979 – Don Lawson
May 24, 1980 – Robert (Chick) Kurowski
May 27, 1980 – Edmiro DeJesus
July 2, 1980 – William (Billy the Chopper) Dauber & his wife Charlotte are gunned down in their car following a high-speed chase with the infamous Outfit hit team known on the streets as “The Wild Bunch” after appearing at a court date
July 1981 – Charlie Monday
November 1982 – Harry Rosenbloom
January 2, 1983 – Robert Subatich
March 2, 1983 – Michael (Monk) Chorak
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