One of Chicago’s biggest mob mysteries may be solved this week thanks to investigative reporter Chuck Goudie.
The latest: Goudie, who has been reporting on the mob for over 40 years, announced he has new evidence and will reveal the killer of one of this city’s most reputed mob bosses, Sam “Momo” Giancanca.
Flashback: Giancana was the boss of Al Capone’s mafia crime family “The Outfit” in the 1950s, decades after Capone made it famous. Giancana has been linked to several high-profile national and international crimes, including the assassination of JFK.
- In the 1960s, Giancana served a year for contempt of court.
- In 1975, he was murdered in his Oak Park home.
- The crime has never been solved.
What they’re saying: “Just because a crime was committed 50 years ago and the police files have been gathering dust, it doesn’t mean that it can’t be solved,” Goudie said in a statement.
- “Sometimes a fresh set of eyes, new conversations with stakeholders and an interest in answering the question: ‘Who killed Momo?’ are incentives enough to shake loose a solution.”
Zoom in: Goudie says he has gathered new information, including forensic evidence from the gun used to kill Giancana, and promises to unveil the legendary mobster’s killer with his two-part series that airs Wednesday and Thursday on the NBC 5 News at 10pm…