Wilfred " Willie Boy " Johnson (September 29, 1935 – August 29, 1988) was a reputed American mobster. According to court documents and pretrial testimony, Johnson was a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) informant from 1966 to 1985, when he provided investigators with information relating to John Gotti and other members of the Gambino ...

Wilfred "Willie Boy" Johnson (29 September 1935-29 August 1988) was a Gambino crime family associate of mixed Italian and Native American descent. He worked as an FBI informant from 1966 to 1985, and he was murdered by the family in 1988.

On this day in 1988 the FBI informant, Willie Boy Johnson was ambushed as he made his way to his car, which was parked outside his Brooklyn home. Bonanno hitmen Thomas Pitera and Vincent Giattino shot him 19 times at point blank range in the back, thighs, and head.

Wilfred “Willie Boy” Johnson wasn’t constrained when it came to providing information to the FBI and the New York City Police Department when it suited his needs. However, in 1987 Diane Giacalone, an Assistant United States Attorney from Brooklyn, revealed his informant status.

Oct 15, 2009 · For 15 years "Willie Boy" Johnson ratted out his mentor John Gotti and other major New York crime family figures to save his own skin and got away with it. And then an assistant U.S. attorney, in a turf battle with the FBI, deliberately blew his cover – …

In 1988 was shot to death in a hail of 18 bullets in front of his home in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. Organized Crime Figure. He was an associate in the Gambino Organized Crime Family and close friend of mobster John Gotti. He was also a Top Echelon informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigations from 1966 until 1985.

Feb 8, 1991 · NEW YORK -- A reputed gangster squealed to federal agents that the man who accidentally killed mob boss John Gotti's 12-year-old son was later slain and dismembered, officials testified.

Wilfred " Willie Boy " Johnson (September 29, 1935 – August 29, 1988) was a reputed American mobster. According to court documents and pretrial testimony, Johnson was a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) informant from 1966 to 1985, when he provided investigators with information relating to John Gotti and other members of the Gambino ...

Aug 30, 1988 · The man, Wilfred (Willie Boy) Johnson, was characterized as an informant during pretrial hearings two years ago in a racketeering case in which he was charged with Mr. Gotti and several others.

Feb 8, 1991 · NEW YORK — A reputed gangster squealed to federal agents that the man who accidentally killed mob boss John Gotti’s 12-year-old son was later slain and dismembered, officials testified.