Three inmates who allegedly killed notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger in prison in 2018 will appear in court Monday for a plea and sentencing hearing.
The hearing for Fotios “Freddy” Geas, Paul J. DeCologero and Sean McKinnon will take place in federal court in northern West Virginia. Plea agreements for all three were revealed last month.
Bulger, 89, was beaten to death in his cell hours after being transferred to a troubled West Virginia prison six years ago.
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Fotios “Freddy” Geas and James “Whitey” Bulger. (Associated Press)
Geas and DeCologero are accused of repeatedly hitting Bulger in the head while McKinnon was keeping watch.
DeCologero told an inmate witness that Bulger was a “snitch” and revealed a plan to kill him as soon as he entered his unit. DeCologero also told an inmate that he and Geas used a belt with a padlock to beat Bulger to death.
Geas and DeCologero were charged with murder, while the three men were charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, which carries up to life in prison. McKinnon was also charged with making false statements to a federal agent.
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James “Whitey” Bulger is escorted from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter to a waiting vehicle at an airport in Plymouth, Massachusetts, after attending hearings in federal court in Boston. (Stuart Cahill/The Boston Herald via AP, file)
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Last year, the Justice Department said it would not seek the death penalty for Geas and DeCologero.
Bulger, who ran the largely Irish mafia in Boston in the 1970s and 1980s, became one of the country's most wanted fugitives after fleeing the city in 1994. He was finally captured at age 81 after more than 16 years on the run.
He was convicted in 2013 of 11 murders and dozens of other crimes related to the underworld.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
