The Kansas City mafia erupted into war in the late 1970s related to an internal dispute over control of the city’s River Quay neighborhood, its then-trendy nightlife and entertainment district. The unrest set off a near-decade of violence and instability in the Civella crime family. On one side of the blood feud was Civella clan capo and street boss William (Willie the Rat) Cammisano. On the other K.C. mob soldier David Bonadonna, his son Freddy, who had spearheaded the real estate development and economic resurgence in the area, and their main muscle, the independent Spero brothers.
July 22, 1976 – David Bonadonna, found in trunk of his Mustang shot in the back of the head, blocks away from Willie the Rat’s garage headquarters where Bonadonna was seen in the hours before being killed
November 17, 1976 – John (Johnny B) Brocato found stuffed in his trunk at airport
February 19, 1977 – John (Johnny Green) Amaro shot in his garage
February 22, 1977 – Harold (Sonny) Bowen shot-gunned to death inside a crowded Pat O’Brien’s bar
March 27, 1977 – Pat O’Brien’s & Judge Roy Bean’s bombed
August 5, 1977 – Gary Parker blown up in car bomb in his driveway
May 2, 1978 – Myron (Alley Cat Andy) Mancuso, dined at Villa Capri and Waids with Little Willie, Corky, and Tiger, last seen with Little Willie, shot in his car
May 4, 1978 – Mike Massey, Mancuso partner and informant that got Tiger busted, shot in the head in his car
May 17, 1978 – Mike Spero in Virginian Tavern Massacre, Joe wounded, Carl paralyzed
June 18, 1980 – Joe Spero bombing in Clay County fiddling in his work shed
January 6, 1984 – Carl Spero blown up at Five-Star Investment Used Cars
February 9, 1984 – Anthony (Tiger) Cardarella, trunk music, strangled to death, found Feb 27 in parking lot of freight company warehouse
September 19, 1984 – Felix (Little Phil) Ferina shot to death in front of his house
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