PITERA, TOMMY: Mobsters TV - Biography online -
June 1990, Staten Island, New York ... The woods were home to a mobster’s dumping ground. After three days of digging they found what they were looking for. Buried in shallow graves, dismembered and stuffed inside suitcases were the remains of those unfortunate to have crossed mobster Tommy Pitera. Mobsters: Tommy Karate Pitera, 2010
All the victims were neatly cut up into six pieces. ibid.
In the late ’70s heroin and cocaine were the Family’s big money makers. ibid.
One of his closest allies, Frank Gangi, had turned. ibid.
Mobster hitman Tommy Pitera was born on December 2, 1954, in New York City. He is believed to have killed at least 60 people. In 1990, Pitera’s deadly crime spree finally ended when he and members of the Bonanno crime family were arrested. Pitera was convicted on six counts of murder and on racketeering and drug charges. He is currently serving time at the United States Penitentiary in Pennsylvania. Biography online article
PITTMAN, CHRISTOPHER: True Crime Recaps 2023
At just 12 year old Christopher Pittman murdered his grandparents, set their house on fire and hit the road. Is there a violent fire raging inside or is it the antidepressants that sent him on a murderous rampage? True Crime Recaps: Christopher Pittman, Youtube 8.08, 2023
PLAUCHÉ, GARY: True Crime Recaps 2023 -
Linda Boyd was working as a bartender in the airport lounge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Sitting on one of the bar stools Murray Curry nursed a triple Jim Beam while the two talked to Washington Post reporter Art Harris. ‘I’d have shot him too if he’d done what they say he’d done to my boys, only I’d have gut-shot him three or four times and he’d have suffered before he died,’ Linda said. Murray said, ‘He’s no killer. He’s a father who’d done it out of love for his child and for his pride.’ True Crime Recaps: Father Takes Revenge on Live TV! Jody Plauché Story, Youtube 6.30, 2023
On March 16th 1984 at around 9.30 p.m. Gary Plauché shot Jeff Douchet in the airport terminal across from Linda’s bar. And the reason why he pulled the trigger will make you ask yourself, What wouldn’t I do for someone I love?’ ibid.
He [Douchet] had just been arrested for kidnapping and abusing Gary’s ten-year-old son. ibid.
PODOLA, GUENTHER FRITZ: Great Crimes & Trials TV - British Executions online -
Podola was found guilty and sentenced to death. He was hanged on 5th November 1959 at Wandsworth Prison: the last man to be executed in Great Britain for killing a policeman. Great Crimes & Trials s3e19: Browne & Kennedy & Other Police Killers, BBC 1996
Guenther Podola, the last person to be hanged for the murder of a policeman.
Guenther Fritz Erwin Podola (8 February 1929 – 5 November 1959) was a German-born petty thief, and the last man to be hanged in Britain for killing a police officer. His trial was notable and controversial because of his defence of amnesia and the use of expert witnesses to determine whether his illness was real ...
Podola moved to London on 21 May 1959. He assumed the alias of Mike Colato and pretended to be a gangster. He broke into the house of an American model, Verne Schiffmann, and stole jewellery and furs worth £2,000. He tried to blackmail her in return for her possessions, asking for £500, but she notified the police who attempted to arrest Podola on 12 July 1959 in Kensington. Podola shot one of the officers, Detective Sergeant Raymond Purdy, through the heart with a Radom 9mm semi-automatic pistol. He was later apprehended and Podola claimed he was beaten up by the police and that as a result he lost his memory of events. The police claimed that he was merely hit on the head when they broke down the door to his hotel room. British Executions online article
POMPHRET, DAVID: Faking It: Tears of a Crime TV -
A mother murdered found by her husband. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s4e1: David Pomphret
Warrington, Cheshire, November 2018: The victim – his wife: Ann Marie Pomphret. The scene – the secluded stables where they kept horses, 2 miles from their £500,000 home. ibid.
The first clue – his reluctance to mention Ann-Marie’s name in the 999 call. ibid.
If this was genuine sadness, you would expect to see tears. ibid. Cliff
After murdering his wife, Pomphret moved quickly to cover his tracks. ibid.
POOLE, JOE murder: When Missing Turns to Murder TV -
A teenager has vanished. For detectives and social workers there are serious concerns for him. When Missing Turns to Murder s2e7, Netflix 2023
‘Joe suffered with a range of learning difficulties.’ ibid. professor
‘Somebody walking along the river path in London Road in Ipswich saw what they believed was a body floating in the river. ibid. rozzer
Some of those friends are Sean Palmer, Becki West Davidson and Luke Greenland. ibid.
POPE JEAN PAUL I murder: viz Assassinations: POPE JEAN PAUL I
POPE JEAN PAUL II murder: viz Assassinations: POPE JEAN PAUL II
PORCO, CHRISTOPHER: Killer Trials TV - Mail online - True Crime Recaps 2022 -
The son who lived a double life, and a mother who stood by him. Killer Trials s1e3: Upstate Ax Man
The case gained national attention after emails between the 21-year-old University of Rochester student and his parents revealed that Mr and Mrs Porco were angry with their son’s poor grades and free-spending ways.
Coverage of the case reached a fever pitch when it was revealed the Joan Porco refused to testify against her son and claimed she and her husband were attacked by someone else.
Chris Porco was eventually convicted of murder and attempted murder and sentenced to 50 years to life in prison. Mail online article 21st March 2013
This family of four was just a regular family … Greed hacked apart their love and didn’t stop until their family was in pieces. True Crime Recaps: Mother Supports Son Who Axed Her?! Youtube 14.09, 2022
November 15th 2004: His [Peter, father] skull had been partially hacked apart with an axe … They found him at the bottom of the stairs, his blood congealed around him dead … Another victim, Joan Porco [mother] was in bed covered in blood barely clinging to life … He [rozzer] asked if it was Christopher [son]: Joan nods yes. ibid.
Peter Porco’s uncle was Frank Porco: he’s a bigwig in the Bonanno Crime Family in New York City … It didn’t look much like a goodfella’s style attack. ibid.
There was no forced entry … The home alarm was turned off using the master code. ibid.
PORDAGE, JOHN murder: see BLUNDELL, BRADLEY