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Ken Murdock once played a pivotal role in mob politics in Hamilton, a tough town on Ontario's Great Lakes waterfront. Mob hit man Ken Murdock, who was paroled two years ago. He was sentenced to "life" for killing mob boss Johnny "Pops" Papalia and was a suspect in the killings of two close Papalia associates on the orders of his longtime employers, the Musitano crime family , one of three key crime families in the Hamilton region. The other two were the Luppinos and Papalias .

The Musitano brothers who once employed Murdock and were Rizzuto allies. Canadian hit man Kenneth Murdock is out on parole, the National Post's Adrian Humphreys has reported. Murdock played a pivotal role in mob politics in the Hamilton area of Toronto, where he was sentenced to "life" for killing mob boss  Johnny "Pops" Papalia and two of his close associates on the orders of his long time employers,  the Musitano crime family , one of three key crime families in the Hamilton region. The other two were the Luppinos and Papalias . According to Murdock himself, shortly after the hit on Johnny Papalia in 1996, the Musitanos had considered taking out the three brothers who together ran the Luppino family, presumably in a move to dominate Hamilton, a key city in the Ontario province in terms of historical organized crime. At the time, the Musitanos were backed by Vito Rizzuto, who also would eventually make a move from Montreal to take over Southern Onta...