Lia Pipitone – Assassinated by Cosa Nostra with her Father’s Consent
Lia Pipitone, the 24-year-old daughter of the Acquasanta mafia boss Nino Pipitone, was killed on September 23, 1983 during a fake robbery in a health care store in via Papa Sergio
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Lia Pipitone, the 24-year-old daughter of the Acquasanta mafia boss Nino Pipitone, was killed on September 23, 1983 during a fake robbery in a health care store in via Papa Sergio
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