Bulger was kept in solitary for eight months after threatening a female medic
Two additional suspects have been identified in the murder of notorious Boston mobster James 'Whitey' Bulger, as it is revealed that his threat against a female medic may have led to his transfer to the prison were he was killed.
Sean McKinnon, 32, of Vermont and Felix Wilson, 26, of upstate New York were among the four inmates immediately placed in solitary confinement at USP Hazelton in West Virginia after Bulger's October 30 murder there, the New York Times reported.
The other two inmates placed in solitary were previously identified suspects Paul J. DeCologero and Fotios 'Freddy' Geas, who both have mafia ties. But in a cryptic statement, the FBI indicated its main suspects were not from Massachusetts, as DeCologero and Geas both are.
Bulger was found dead on October 30 after being transferred a day earlier to the high-security Hazelton penitentiary in West Virginia. He is pictured above in 2011
Bulger was transferred to USP Hazelton (above) on October 29 and initially assigned to bunk with Paul DeCologero, one of the murder suspects, before a cell assignment change
The first two suspects identified in Bulger's murder were Paul J. DeCologero (left) and Fotios 'Freddy' Geas (right). Now two more suspects have been named
McKinnon and Wilson are both serving relatively short sentences, and have no known ties to organized crime. Through their cell assignments, though, they were both connected to an unexplained switch in Bulger's own cell assignment an hour after he arrived at Hazelton.
Bulger, seen in an undated photo, ruled the South Boston underworld with an iron fist
Before his fateful transfer to USP Hazelton, 89-year-old Bulger had been serving relatively comfortable time at USP Coleman II in Florida since 2014, following his conviction for involvement in 11 murders while he ruled the South Boston underworld with an iron fist in the 1970s and 80s.
Coleman is known to be a so-called 'special needs' facility, designed to keep ex-cops, informants and gang defectors safe from inmate retaliation.
It was perfect for Bulger, who famously informed to the FBI on his organized crime rivals for decades while running his own criminal empire.
Bulger's wealth reportedly bought him comfort and status at Coleman, where he hired other inmates to fetch him treats from the commissary and meals from the mess hall.
In February of this year, however, Bulger got in trouble at Coleman after threatening a female medical staffer, telling her that 'her day of reckoning was coming', according to the Times.
It remains unclear why Bulger was transferred to USP Hazelton (above), which had a reputation for being a hostile environment for snitches and a recent track record of murders
Though prison records say Bulger's punishment was supposed to be be one month of prison time, he remained there for eight months until his transfer to Hazelton in October.
The transfer has never been fully explained, and Bureau of Prison officials have declined to comment on it to DailyMail.com.
Though Bulger used a wheelchair and had health problems, his medical classification was suddenly lowered by prison officials, perhaps in a move to make him eligible for transfer to Hazelton, the Boston Globe reported.
Some prison workers, speaking anonymously, speculate that Bulger's transfer may have been 'diesel therapy', a punitive measure named for the buses used to transfer inmates, according to the Times.
Unlike Coleman, Hazelton is a prison known to be highly dangerous for informants, and the three murders inside its walls so far this year attest to the difficulty guards there had controlling the inmate population.
Bulger arrived at Hazelton at around 6.45pm on October 29. For reasons that have yet to be explained, he was assigned to general population, rather than a protective unit, despite his failing health and past as an FBI snitch.
Sources close to Bulger's inner circle have speculated to DailyMail.com that he may have requested the move to general population either due to weariness with solitary or desire to 'go out with a bang' as his health failed. Nevertheless, prison officials would have had to approve the move.
At Hazelton, Bulger had initially been assigned to share a cell with DeCologero, according to the Times. DeCologero is a former member of an organized crime gang that his uncle ran out of a gym in Woburn, Massachusetts, according to court records.
DeCologero, 44, is serving 25 years for racketeering and witness tampering. Investigators say he had no known rivalry with Bulger, and DeCologero's brother has said that although there was bad blood between their two families, they never crossed paths.
DeCologero (above) was initially assigned to be Bulger's cellmate, before a last minute switch. He is serving a 25-year sentence for racketeering and witness tampering
About an hour after Bulger arrived at Hazelton, and perhaps before he set foot in his cell with DeCologero, his cell assignment was suddenly switched. He would be bunking with Felix Wilson.
Wilson, 26, has no known connection to Bulger, or to organized crime of any type. He was arrested in 2013 in Buffalo, New York after police stopped him while riding a bicycle and found a .22 caliber revolver illegally in his possession. Wilson is due for release in April of next year.
Though Wilson was identified in a 2016 press release and the New York Times article as a resident of New Hampshire, a spokesperson for prosecutors who issued the release has said it was erroneous and that he was actually a resident of Buffalo.
Bulger's new cell with Wilson was on the same unit as Freddy Geas, a mafia hitman from Western Springfield, Massachusetts who is serving a life sentence.
Geas had recently been paired with a new cellmate, McKinnon, who was arrested in Vermont in 2015.
McKinnon is serving eight years for breaking into a gun store and stealing five .22 caliber handguns. Prosecutors say he traded the guns for drugs in Hartford, Connecticut. He is due to be released in 2022.
The grave site of James Joseph 'Whitey' Bulger is seen at St Joseph's Cemetery in Boston earlier this month. Questions about his murder still remain a mystery
Bulger arrived in his cell with Wilson after overnight lockdown had begun, according to reports.
Lockdown was lifted at 6am and prisoners went to the mess hall for breakfast.
At some point, according to security footage, a group of prisoners rolled Bulger's wheelchair into a corner of his cell. Differing reports have placed the size of the group as anywhere from two to six inmates.
He was beaten with a lock in a sock and attempts were made to cut out his eyes and tongue, before the body was wrapped in a blanket to make it appear he was sleeping.
Geas, DeCologero, Wilson and McKinnon were all immediately whisked into solitary, prison sources told the Times.
Geas was quickly revealed as a suspect, followed days later by DeCologero. It is possible that Wilson and McKinnon were simply segregated to solitary to protect the integrity of the investigation, perhaps as witnesses.
But the FBI's statement about the case to the Times adds a confusing twist to the mystery. Both Geas and DeCologero are from Massachusetts, but the FBI said its suspects are from elsewhere.
'The alleged assailants were not known to be threats nor had any known geographical ties to Bulger,' the statement said, adding that 'documented legal residence of both individuals' suspected in the murder 'was not Massachusetts.'
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Bulger was kept in solitary for eight months after threatening a female medic
Two additional suspects have been identified in the murder of notorious Boston mobster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, as it is revealed that his threat against a female medic may have led to his transfer to...
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