Richard Kuklinski was an American criminal and leader of a burglary ring based in New Jersey. Over his adult life, he engaged in various illegal activities starting with distributing pirated pornography and escalating to multiple murders. Between 1980 and 1984, Kuklinski is confirmed to have committed at least five murders for personal gain, earning his nickname “The Iceman” because he once froze a victim’s body to conceal the time of death.

Kuklinski lived in Dumont, New Jersey, with his wife and children, who were unaware of his crimes. His typical method involved luring men to secret meetings under the guise of lucrative deals, then killing them and stealing their money. He also murdered two associates to prevent them from becoming informants. After an 18-month undercover investigation, he was arrested in 1986. In 1988, he was convicted of four murders and sentenced to life imprisonment; in 2003, he received an additional 30-year sentence after confessing to killing a New York Police Department detective in 1980.

Though Kuklinski claimed to have killed between 100 and 200 men and asserted Mafia connections, including involvement in the disappearance of Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa, law enforcement experts remain skeptical and have only corroborated a small number of murders. He became the subject of several documentaries, biographies, and the 2012 film The Iceman.

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Personal Background:

• Born April 11, 1935, in Jersey City, New Jersey, to Stanley Kuklinski, a Polish immigrant, and Anna McNally, an Irish-American Catholic.
• His childhood was marked by severe physical abuse from his father, who killed his older brother during a beating, and harsh discipline from his mother.
• Kuklinski had three siblings, including a younger brother who was convicted of a brutal murder.
• Married twice, first to Linda (with whom he had two sons), then to Barbara Pedrici (with whom he had three children).
• Family and neighbors perceived him as a legitimate businessman, though Barbara suspected some illegal income but never confronted him due to his volatile nature.
• Filed for bankruptcy in 1984, listing debts far exceeding his assets.

Death:

Diagnosed with Kawasaki disease in 2005 while in prison, Kuklinski died on March 5, 2006, aged 70, from cardiac arrest related to heart disease and phlebitis. His former wife had signed a “do not resuscitate” order which was upheld.

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