The final chapter of this documentary on mobster Tommy DeSimone begins with this involvement in The Lufthansa Heist which Jimmy Burke orchestrated on behalf of the Lucchese family. The robbery would become a tangled web for Burke which afterwards resulted in numerous murders and Tommy himself would also be killed soon after the heist. There’s several theories surrounding DeSimone’s murder and who carried it out. Was in retribution for Billy Batts? Was The Gambino Family and John Gotti involved? Was it his own associates in the Luccheses?
I will discuss all aspects of the demise of this notorious gangster.
