Alleged mobster Guerino “Gino” Marconi, 42, and his girlfriend Patricia Miley, 31, were shot in front of his Philadelphia home on April 10, 1999 by a rifle wielding man

Marconi who was shot once in the head succumbed to his injuries in hospital a day after the shooting, while Miley who was shot three times, survived

Feds Tuesday announced the arrest of 60-year-old Richard Leidy in the ambush of Marconi and Miley

Leidy is charged with murder, attempted murder, possession of a prohibited firearm, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person

Clues leading to breakthrough in the 26-year-old cold case was not disclosed nor the motive for the crime 

Richard Leidy, [photo], 60, from Philadelphia was arrested in relation to the murder of 42-year-old mobster Gino Marconi who was gunned down on April 10, 1999. He is charged with murder, attempted murder and possession of a prohibited firearm

More than 26 years after a man was gunned down outside his Philadelphia home in what police described as a mob-style killing, a suspect was arrested this week, a block from the crime scene, authorities said.
Federal prosecutors Tuesday announced the arrest of 60-year-old Richard Leidy in the ambush of 42-year-old mobster Guerino “Gino” Marconi and his 31-year-old girlfriend, law clerk Patricia Miley
On the night of April 10, 1999, Marconi and Miley were both shot by an assailant wielding a rifle, who confronted them outside Marconi’s home.
Marconi who was shot once in the head succumbed to his injuries in hospital a day after the shooting, while Miley who was shot three times, survived. 
With court documents filed in Philadelphia federal court, state that Leidy is charged with murder, attempted murder and possession of a prohibited firearm.
Leidy is also charged with simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, possession of an instrument of crime with intent and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

42-year-old alleged low level mobster Guerino “Gino” Marconi was gunned down in front of his Philadelphia home on April 10, 1999 by a rifle wielding man. A suspect has just been charged in the the 26-year-old cold case murder

Back in 1999 Richard Leidy [facing camera], blaming the crime on ‘Black guys’, Leidy told a reporter that he was ‘concerned’ for his family’s safety in an interview following the murder of Marconi. Some men had broken into Leidy’s home just two months before the murder

Leidy’s arrest on Monday, 26 years later, comes as an old TV news footage showed an interview with the accused killer, the suspect is heard in the retro footage telling a reporter he feared for his family’s safety following the slaying.
Richard Leidy whose home had been invaded in a robbery in February, just two months before Marconi’s murder, said the men who broke looking for money threatened to kill him, holding a gun to his chest and forcing him to the ground.
‘I’m concerned for my family’s safety and mine, sure,’ Leidy told the reporter.
Considered a person of interest, police at the time investigated whether Marconi had been involved in the robbery possibly leading to revenge killing by Leidy, before dropping that line of investigation.

On the night of April 10, 1999, Marconi and his girlfriend were shot by a rifle wielding man who confronted them outside Marconi’s home. Leidy’s home had been invaded two months prior, which cops suspect may have been linked to that shooting

After shooting Marconi the gunman contaminated the crime scene. He torched a van that was parked in front of the victim’s home on South 20th Street in South Philadelphia, and set other vehicles on fire before fleeing the scene

Leidy was arrested on Monday at his home in South Philadelphia, which is about a block from where the fatal shooting of Marconi unfolded on South 20th Street in South Philadelphia, authorities said. It was unclear if Leidy was living at the same residence when Marconi was killed.
Leidy was arraigned on the charges on Tuesday, but did not enter a plea, according to court records. A preliminary hearing in the case has been scheduled for Sept. 15, which, same day as the suspect’s turns 61.
While details of clues that to the arrest in the cold-case killing has not been disclosed, Leidy is being held in federal custody without bail.
According to media reports in 1999, the 42-year-old victim was as a low-level associate of Joseph Salvatore “Skinny Joey” Merlino, then reputed boss of the Philadelphia crime family.
On the night Marconi and Miley were both shot, then assailant before fleeing the scene corrupted the crime scene. The gunman torched a van that was parked in front of Marconi’s home and set other vehicles on fire, according to police.
A motive for the shooting was not immediately disclosed.
Marconi, who grew up in South Philadelphia, owned an auto body shop in South Philly at the time of his death, while Miley worked as a billing clerk for a Philadelphia law firm.
How Leidy was eventually connected to the murder remains unclear. Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore only volunteered that the combined efforts of Philadelphia homicide detectives, FBI investigators, and prosecutors with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office led to break through in the case.