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Richard Leonard Kuklinski (/ k ʊ ˈ k l ɪ n s k i /; April 11, 1935 – March 5, 2006), also known as "The Iceman", was an American criminal and a convicted murderer. He was engaged in criminal activities for most of his adult life; he ran a burglary ring and distributed pirated pornography .
May 9, 2024 · Richard Kuklinski, American serial killer, known as ‘The Iceman,’ who was convicted of five murders and who in a series of media interviews later confessed to having killed at least 100 more and to having been a Mafia hit man. Learn more about his life and the murders for which he was convicted.
May 22, 2024 · Convicted of five murders in the early 1980s, Richard Kuklinski became known as "The Iceman" because he froze his victims' bodies to disguise their time of death.
Mar 9, 2006 · Richard Kuklinski, whose lust for publicity nearly matched the blood lust he displayed in claiming to have killed more than 100 people as a Mafia hit man, died on Sunday in the prison wing of St....
Richard Kuklinski died on March 5, 2006 at the age of 70. His death was labeled suspicious because Richard was supposed to testify against a former mobster who was being tried for murder. An autopsy was performed but they determined that he died due to natural causes.
Feb 26, 2023 · Richard Kuklinski earned his infamous moniker, "the Iceman," by stashing victims in freezers to obscure their time of death. But Biography writes that he would also toss bodies off bridges and dump them down mineshafts, making sure to remove teeth and fingers.
May 26, 2020 · A jury found elusive contract killer Richard “The Iceman” Kuklinski guilty of murder in March 1988 and sentenced him to consecutive life terms. Retired special agent Dominick Polifrone helped nab the murderer in a joint operation by the New Jersey Attorney General’s office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
Mar 7, 2006 · Richard Kuklinski, 70, a notorious Mafia hit man known as “The Iceman,” who claimed to have killed more than 100 people and was the subject of several books and two cable television...
May 30, 2019 · Richard Kuklinski was one of the most diabolical, and notorious, confessed contract killers in American history. He took the credit for over 200 murders while working for various mafia families, including the murder of Jimmy Hoffa.
Born Richard Leonard Kuklinski in Jersey City, NJ, he started murdering in 1948 at age 13 and didn’t stop until he was arrested in 1986. He was convicted of six murders, but experts seem certain he is responsible for at least dozens more—and possibly as many as 300.
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