Anthony J. Cardarella

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Anthony J. "Tiger" Cardarella was a Kansas City, Missouri mobster involved in large scale fencing operations. Cardarella was the owner of the DBA Tiger Records shop on Independence Avenue in Kansas City. He was also a suspect, along with Felix Ferina in several prominent gangland slayings. Cardarella served five years in prison for receiving stolen property and selling firearms without a license.

In February 1984, police found the body of Anthony Cardarella in the trunk of his Cadillac. The abandoned car, located near a freight company, had been towed off the street to the impoundement lot. The body sat in the trunk for seventeen days before being discovered.

[edit] Further reading

• Moore, James. Very Special Agents: The Inside Story of America's Most Controversial Law Enforcement Agency - The Bureau of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. University of Illinois Press, 2001. ISBN 0-252-07025-9
• United States Bureau of Narcotics, United States Federal Narcotics Control Board. Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs. [1]
• United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Department of Justice Budget Authorization: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary. 1978. [2]