Organized crime figures are known for ordering vicious assaults and heinous murders. So when an alleged "wise guy" ended up in trouble a few years ago, authorities suspected that underworld in-fighting was behind it all . But the case of Sylvester "Sally Daz" Zottola ended in a horrific way that almost no one saw coming.

True crime researcher Stephen Popkin returns to help the Murder Sheet discuss this tangled, twisty case. He also authored this script. Email him at [email protected].

Popkin's sources:

The New York Times's coverage of the case: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/18/nyregion/mafia-zottolo-mcdonalds-killing.html

NBC's coverage of the case: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/son-man-dad-brother-mob-killed-nyc-drive-thru-mcdonalds-hit-murder-hire-plot-prosecutors/1063025/

The New York Post's coverage of the case: https://nypost.com/2007/12/21/vinny-gorgeous-winds-up-doing-time-for-a-spell/

The U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York statement on the case: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/son-victim-slain-mcdonalds-drive-through-indicted-murder-hire-conspiracy

Click Track's coverage of the jukebox industry: https://www.clicktrack.fm/p/the-dark-history-of-the-jukebox-how

Gangland News: https://ganglandnews.com/index.htm

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