Salvatore Testa
Not-S0 Fun Facts
Philip Testa was the head of the Philadelphia crime family for about a year when he opened the door to his twin home at 2117 Porter Street when a nail bomb exploded under his front porch. His death was allegedly ordered by his underboss and drug trafficker Peter Casella and capo Frank Narducci Sr. with Rocco Marinucci detonating the bomb from his van parked outside the home. After the murder of mob boss Angelo Bruno, Casella and Narducci attempted to become the new head of the Philadephia criminal organization. Unfortunately for them they did not have permission from the Commission to enact the hit on Philip Testa. Testa’s son Salvatore Testa was given permission by new mob boss Nicky Scarfo to kill those responsible for his father’s death.
Underboss to Philip Testa, Peter Casella was banished from the mob and moved to Florida where he lived with his daughter until his death in 1992 of natural causes.
On January 7, 1982 Frank “Chickie” Narducci exited his car in front of his home at 3200 South Broad Street in Philadelphia, where Salvatore Testa (son of murdered mob boss Philip Testa) confronted him. Testa called his name, and he let Frank turn around long enough to look at his face, before proceeding to shoot him in the head with a pistol. So not even a year after the hit on Philip Testa, Frank “Chickie” Narducci was shot 10 times about 30 yards from his south Philadelphia home.
On the one-year anniversary of Philip Testa’s murder, Rocco Marinucci was brutal tortured and killed by Salvatore Testa on March 15, 1982. Marinucci’s body was found on Federal Street in Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with bullet wounds to the neck, chest, and head. His mouth was stuffed with three firecrackers.
Cemetery Information:
Final Resting Place:
Holy Cross Cemetery
626 Baily Road
Yeadon, Pennsylvania, 19050
USA
North America
Map:
![Map of Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon, Pennsylvania](https://thetombstonetourist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Holy-Cross-Cemetery-Yeadon-PA.jpeg)
Grave Location:
Section 21, Range 3, Grave 3Grave Location Description
As you enter the cemetery from the second Baily Avenue entrance, drive straight ahead to the first roundabout and take a right turn and drive 3/4 of the way around the roundabout and look to the right. The short-lived mob boss Philip Testa and his son Salvadore are in exactly the center of Section 21. Look for the large DiGenova memorial on your right and on your left the huge, round Bartholomew mausoleum and standing between these two memorials you will see the Testa headstone.
Grave Location GPS
39.93138493170154, -75.2556010964669Visiting The Grave:
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Read More About Salvatore Testa:
- Wikipedia Entry
- Salvie Testa: Crowned Prince of the Philadelphia Mob
- Salvatore "Salvie" Testa: the whole story
- Hitman says slain mob captain set up by best friend
- Salvatore Testa: Mafia Mobster
- Salvatore Testa, son of slain reputed mobster Philip 'Chicken Man'
- Nicodemo Scarfo: brutal mob boss in Philadelphia