On Aug. 4, 1955, Assunta Maresca — 20 years old and six months pregnant — took a .38 Smith & Wesson revolver and, in broad daylight on a busy avenue in Naples, pumped its contents into the body of the man she suspected was behind the assassination of her husband.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Assunta ‘Pupetta’ Maresca, reputed ‘godmother’ of Naples mafia, dies at 86
By Phil Davison
January 5, 2022 at 1:21 p.m. EST