The FBI is again pursuing the 2004 disappearance of Genovese boss Dominick Cirillo's son, Nicholas, after ex-Bonanno boss Joseph Massino testified that Cirillo ordered his drug-addicted son killed...on Mother's Day, of all days! One source said Nicholas was high on crack during a fight just before his disappearance: "There was concern the kid [Nicholas] was out of control and he was going to cause problems for the [Genovese] family."
Nicholas disappeared on Mother's Day 2004, two weeks after getting into an altercation with Bonanno family associates Vincent Jr. Basciano and Dominick Cicale in the Bronx. His body was never found, and now it's believed that "Quiet Dom" ordered him killed after a tape implicating him was played during Joseph Massino's trial. According to the News:
That came from Dom," Bonanno acting boss Vincent (Vinny Gorgeous) Basicano Sr. told Massino in a secretly taped 2005 jailhouse chat.
"Did we have anything to do with that?" asked Massino, waving his hand like it was a gun.
"Absolutely not," Basciano replied.
It's thought that the altercation in the Bronx led to the hit, given that attacking a "made man" carries the penalty of death. Cirillo is on supervised release for a racketeering conviction, and when daughter Ann Marie Caggiano was asked about the possible hit, she replied, "I really don't want to talk about that
