Word: capano
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...developments is a 29-page police affidavit based largely on the interview of a witness--said to be Gerard Capano, 34--who told authorities that he used his boat to help Thomas dispose of a body at sea and also helped him toss a stained sofa into a dumpster. Thomas Capano had told Gerard that a couple was trying extortion against him, and that he would kill them if they went after his children. At about 6 a.m. on June 28, 1996--the morning after Fahey was last seen--Thomas went to Gerard's house and asked if he could...
Brother Louis Capano Jr., 46, the millionaire owner of the family's construction business, confirmed last week that Gerard had told him a year ago about the body-tossing boat outing. He also said he saw the sofa in a Dumpster. Louis had previously been under investigation when his company's trash bins were emptied days ahead of schedule on the Monday after Fahey's disappearance. His lawyer, Catherine Recker, said Louis "has no direct knowledge about what happened to Anne Marie," but "admits he misled authorities...motivated by belief in his brother's innocence." She would not elaborate...
...case has riveted the Philadelphia-Wilmington area for a year and a half, mostly because of the small-town renown of its central characters. Thomas Capano, the father of four daughters who separated from his wife Kay in 1995, is an unlikely murder suspect. A former deputy attorney general and legal counsel to ex-Governor Michael Castle, he was most recently employed at a prominent law firm as head of its bond department. "Tom was very much the consummate inside guy," says Charlie Butler, also a former deputy attorney general. "He was always fixing things. He spent a long time...
...Capano family, credited with the rapid commercial development of Wilmington, has its share of dirty laundry. In the late 1980s, Louis admitted making illegal campaign contributions. He also participated in an FBI sting that led to the conviction of a county councilman. Another brother, Joseph, 43, was arrested and charged with kidnapping and raping a 27-year-old woman in 1991. He later pleaded guilty to assault, imprisonment and unlawful sexual contact...
Though her family was not as prominent as the Capanos, it was just as well known around Wilmington. Their worlds melded at O'Friel's Irish Pub, where yellow ribbons and a "Friends of Anne Marie" banner now hang. Nicknamed "The Attorney General's Annex Office," O'Friel's is also a place where all five of Fahey's siblings have been employed. It is there that they congregated after Capano's arrest, eating a quiet dinner upstairs. Says O'Friel's owner Kevin Freel: "We sat and talked, and we cried." Fahey, Freel says, left an indelible impression...