Files on murder of 'Fat Joe' Versace, believed to be early mafia killing, opened for first time
Files on murder of 'Fat Joe' Versace, believed to be early mafia killing, opened for first time ThuThursday 31 updated ThuThursday 31 DecDecember 2020 at 9:59pm Police were told Joe Versace was stabbed in self defence. It's now believed to have been a mafia killing. ( Share Print text only The 1945 murder of Giuseppe "Fat Joe" Versace was horrific. His stomach was cut open. He was stabbed in the face, neck and torso. In all, the medical examiner found 91 knife wounds — some inflicted after his death. Presented to police at the time as the result of an argument over a woman, researchers now ...