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New FBI dig at mob burial site in East Farmingdale

Originally published: October 19, 2010 9:17 PM
Updated: October 20, 2010 5:00 PM
By ROBERT KESSLER  robert.kessler@newsday.com

Quick ReadFBI returned to an alleged mob burial site in East Farmingdale 18 months after uncovering the remains of a former Colombo crime family underboss.

FBI investigators on the scene along the train

Photo credit: James Carbone | FBI investigators on the scene along the train tracks in East Farmingdale, where they used a backhoe in search for the body of alleged mobster Ralph Greaves on Tuesday. (Oct. 19, 2010)

FBI agents armed with a backhoe and other excavation equipment returned to an alleged mob burial site in East Farmingdale Tuesday, 18 months after uncovering the remains of a former Colombo crime family underboss there.

FBI spokesman James Margolin said that agents were once again searching the site. Sources said this search was for the body of Ralph Greaves, who, according to a mob informant,...

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