We May Now Know Who Killed Mobster Bugsy Siegel

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The mystery behind mobster Bugsy Siegel’s 1947 murder may finally have been solved. Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel was shot dead in his girlfriend's home in June of that year.

The family of Siegel’s former best friend, Moe Sedway, has stepped forward claiming to know who was behind the murder and why they did it.

From the Daily Mail:

The 41-year-old was reading a newspaper in the living room when a gunman fired a .30-caliber military M1 carbine through the window, fatally striking him in the head and torso.

Iconic black-and-white photos, later released by police, show the glamorous Hollywood gangster slumped backward on a sofa, his head drooped to the side and his left eye blown out.

In subsequent decades, Siegel's murder became Beverly Hills Police Department's most famous unsolved case, leaving both historians and law officials perplexed.

Original reports had Siegel murdered for his overspending on the Flamingo Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Robbie Sedway, son of Moe Sedway, says Siegel’s murder had nothing to do with money or his Mob ties.

He was murdered for love!

Robbie claims his mom Bee was at the center of a “love” dispute.

Siegel reportedly threatened the life of Bee’s husband Moe.  She in turn contacted her lover - Mathew 'Moose' Pandza, a truck driver and crane operator - and asked him to help protect her husband from the gangster.

Moose, Robbie insists, is the man who killed Bugsy Siegel.

The Daily Mail writes:

Robbie, who saw Moose as a 'fatherly figure' during his childhood years, revealed he had asked his mother aged 16 whether she knew who killed the gangster.

'She said, 'Moose.' And I'm like, 'Moose?' She said, 'Don't ever tell anybody', he said.

Bee later told him that Moe had finally decided he could no longer live in fear of Siegel following his death threat, Robbie said.

'Moose, he's got to be gotten rid of,' Moe reportedly told Bee's lover. 'What other answer is there?'

- Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com

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