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A Murderer's Confession / Organized crime link in 'body-in-the-box' case

An organized-crime enforcer admitted in federal court

yesterday that he murdered a potential informant and stuffed his body in a

plastic chest that was found bobbing off Fire Island in 1994.

As part of a plea-bargain agreement in what became known as "the

body-in-the-box" case, Joseph Pistone, 35, who formerly lived in Huntington and

Farmingdale, also admitted attempting...

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