Murderous Times For Colombos: Recalling Botched Hit On Father Of Former Federal Prosecutor
William I. Aronwald—a former Assistant DA in Manhattan who was Chief of the Justice Department’s Strike Force Against Organized Crime in the 1970s and whose father was slain with bullets meant to have his name on them—died of cardiac arrest near his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., on October 29. He was 79 years old. Colombo acting boss Joel (Joe Waverly) Cacace The alleged motive for the mistaken identity murder of his father was disrespect that angered a mob boss, who wanted payback for the perceived slight. William’s father, George M. Aronwald, was a 78-year-old hearing officer for the Parking Violations Bureau in Queens when he was shot to death in a gangland-style hit in a Long Island City, Queens, laundry in 1987. The hit, a piece of Colombo family business, wasn't solved until many years later. At the time of the murder , William Aronwald had left the DA's office and was working as a criminal defense lawyer in White Plains representing Michael Raymond, ak...
