BRUTAL last minutes of Whitey Bulger: Notorious gangster killed in SIX MINUTES after cell doors were unlocked
WEST VIRGINIA: New shocking details have emerged in the 2018 murder of notorious gangster Whitey Bulger. According to a Justice Department prosecutor, the murder of the 89-year-old took place just six minutes after his cell doors were unlocked on the very first morning at West Virginia's notoriously violent Hazelton Prison.
The latest comes after three inmates were charged for the prison killing of Whitey Bulger. According to the Daily Mail, Fotios Geas, 55, Paul J DeCologero, 48, and Sean McKinnon, 36, were charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. Bulger was found dead in his cell 12 hours after he arrived at Hazelton. McKinnon reportedly spoke to his mother on a call about killing Bulger a night before the incident.
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Assistant US Attorney Hannah Norwalk during Monday's hearing detailed McKinnon's call to his mother in which he said that “inmates were “getting ready to get another higher-profile person here tonight.” Norwalk revealed that three men gathered around Bulger's cell around 6.07 am, went in, and stayed there for six minutes. Bulger was found dead by prison guards at 8.07 am. Sean McKinnon, 36, was charged in connection with the killing of Bulger on October 30, 2018.
McKinnon's mother had asked him to steer clear of the notorious Boston mobster, to which he responded, “Ah, I can't," noting that his cellmate Geas was “a henchman for a mob family out of New York and Boston,” repeating that the entire unit knew of Bulger's arrival.
Norwalk while arguing for McKinnon's pre-trial detention told the judge, that McKinnon and Geas used a belt with a lock attached to it and beat Bulger to death.
Norwalk told the judge, as per ABC News, “There were also admissions from Pauly and from Mr McKinnon himself that they collectively were the guys that killed Bulger and that…Mr McKinnon stood as lookout as Freddy and Pauly went into Mr Bulger's cell and bludgeoned him to death in those seven minutes that are recorded on the surveillance footage.”
While they were detained at the US Penitentiary Hazleton in October 2018, Geas and DeCologero were accused of repeatedly hitting Bulger in the head. The assault resulted in serious bodily injury and first-degree murder were additional charges brought against Geas and DeCologero. Geas is accused of killing a federal prisoner serving a life sentence.
Meanwhile, McKinnon is accused of lying to a federal agent. Whitey Bulger was the leader of Boston's Winter Hill gang. He was on the run for 16 years before being caught by federal authorities in 2011. He was blamed for 19 murders.