Experts Note Hard Proof Elusive as to Who Killed Petrosino
Domenico Palazzotto, 29, was caught on a wiretap telling friends that his father’s uncle, Paolo Palazzotto, was responsible for the murder, La Repubblica reported. “He murdered the first police officer to be killed in Palermo,” Palazzotto was heard saying. “He killed Joe Petrosino ," The Local reported. Petrosino was short and heavy, but it was all solid muscle. He said his father's uncle killed Petrosino on behalf of Vito Cascio Ferro, a boss of Sicily’s Cosa Nostra who also had dealings in America.