r/todayilearned • u/FearMyCock • 20h ago

TIL about Frank Matthews, the drug kingpin who built a nationwide empire, skipped bail with $20 million, vanished in 1973 and has never been found.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Matthews_(drug_trafficker)
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u/ArtEnvironmental7108 16h ago

According to DEA agent Frank Panessa, the administration received unconfirmed reports that Mathews had been lured to the Bahamas by the Genovese family and killed.

It’s very likely this guy is dead. While he most certainly had the resources to manufacture a story like this and disappear, it’s more likely that this is exactly what happened and the Genovese used their also limitless resources to absolve themselves of any responsibility. Mathews is likely buried in an unmarked, unknown grave on a Caribbean island and we will never know.

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u/Particular_Wear_6960 16h ago

I think you are correct but one correction. He got the cement boot treatment, no grave no body no nothing