John favara john gotti biography death

John Favara March 4, — disappeared July 28, , declared dead in absentia in was the backyard neighbor of Gambino crime family captain and later boss John Gotti , in Howard Beach, New York. He disappeared on July 28, , over four months after he struck and killed Gotti's year-old son, Frank Gotti, with his car. On March 18, , John Gotti 's middle son, year-old Frank Gotti, had met with a friend who owned a minibike , who was allowing his friends to take turns borrowing it.

When the friend permitted Gotti to take his turn, Gotti took the bike immediately, to the surprise of his friend, who had not yet given his instructions on appropriate handling of the motorized bike. Gotti darted out into the street and was hit by a car driven by John Favara, Gotti's backyard neighbor. However, Favara subsequently received death threats and was attacked with a baseball bat by Victoria Gotti Senior, the deceased's mother, when Favara visited the Gottis to apologize.

On July 28, , Favara was abducted and disappeared.

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There were several witnesses to the abduction, and accounts ranged from his being beaten with a baseball bat, shot with a silenced. Accounts differed on what was done with Favara's body. One account said that while Favara was alive, he was dismembered with a chainsaw, stuffed into a barrel filled with concrete and dumped in the ocean, or buried somewhere on the lot of a chop shop.

After the abduction, Favara's wife and two sons moved out of Howard Beach; Favara was declared legally dead in While two bodies were found, Favara's was not among them.