Crime History: Old-world mafia boss disappears

Published April 14, 2012 4:00am ET



On this day, April 15, in 1951, Vincent Mangano, founder of one of the modern Five Families mob organizations, disappeared, making way for the ruthless Albert Anastasia to take the helm of the family.

The Mangano crime family eventually evolved into the Gambino crime family.

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