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Philadelphia man, 60, charged in 26-year-old cold case mob hit, near scene of the crime – suspect Richard Leidy was interviewed in 1999 after the hit

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5bad9a1ccebf6fc83c76de02b1ba4733" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;150808&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Alleged mobster Guerino &&num;8220&semi;Gino&&num;8221&semi; Marconi&comma; 42&comma; and his girlfriend Patricia Miley&comma; 31&comma; were shot in front of his Philadelphia home on April 10&comma; 1999 by a rifle wielding man <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a2c2af6ae7b84a8da1ff29c452348d4f" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;150808&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Marconi who was shot once in the head succumbed to his injuries in hospital a day after the shooting&comma; while Miley who was shot three times&comma; survived<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f48ba19d401e240dbcdf85e09dbe9820" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;150808&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Feds Tuesday announced the arrest of 60-year-old Richard Leidy in the ambush of Marconi and Miley <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ab5351212825e4d6ee7f8e5973f7f4bd" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;150808&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Leidy is charged with murder&comma; attempted murder&comma; possession of a prohibited firearm&comma; simple assault&comma; recklessly endangering another person <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-27cc033dd7e672c93f8d9078fed1d7be" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;150808&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Clues leading to breakthrough in the 26-year-old cold case was not disclosed nor the motive for the crime <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;08&sol;Richard-Leidy-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-484784" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Richard Leidy&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; 60&comma; from Philadelphia was arrested in relation to the murder of 42-year-old mobster Gino Marconi who was gunned down on April 10&comma; 1999&period; He is charged with murder&comma; attempted murder and possession of a prohibited firearm<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>More than 26 years after a man was gunned down outside his Philadelphia home in what police described as a mob-style killing&comma; a suspect was <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;6abc&period;com&sol;post&sol;richard-leidy-case-arrest-made-1999-south-philadelphia-mob-style-killing-guerino-gino-marconi&sol;17658245&sol;">arrested<&sol;a> this week&comma; a block from the crime scene&comma; authorities said&period;<br>Federal prosecutors Tuesday announced the arrest of 60-year-old Richard Leidy in the ambush of 42-year-old mobster Guerino &&num;8220&semi;Gino&&num;8221&semi; Marconi and his 31-year-old girlfriend&comma; law clerk Patricia Miley<br>On the night of April 10&comma; 1999&comma; Marconi and Miley were both shot by an assailant wielding a rifle&comma; who confronted them outside Marconi&&num;8217&semi;s home&period;<br>Marconi who was shot once in the head succumbed to his injuries in hospital a day after the shooting&comma; while Miley who was shot three times&comma; survived&period; <br>With court documents filed in Philadelphia federal court&comma; state that Leidy is charged with murder&comma; attempted murder and possession of a prohibited firearm&period; <br>Leidy is also charged with simple assault&comma; recklessly endangering another person&comma; possession of an instrument of crime with intent and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;08&sol;Gino-Marconi-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-484803"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>42-year-old alleged low level mobster Guerino &&num;8220&semi;Gino&&num;8221&semi; Marconi was gunned down in front of his Philadelphia home on April 10&comma; 1999 by a rifle wielding man&period; A suspect has just been charged in the the 26-year-old cold case murder<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;08&sol;Richard-Leidy-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-484788" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Back in 1999 Richard Leidy &lbrack;facing camera&rsqb;&comma; blaming the crime on &&num;8216&semi;Black guys&&num;8217&semi;&comma; Leidy told a reporter that he was &&num;8216&semi;concerned&&num;8217&semi; for his family&&num;8217&semi;s safety in an interview following the murder of Marconi&period; Some men had broken into Leidy&&num;8217&semi;s home just two months before the murder<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Leidy&&num;8217&semi;s arrest on Monday&comma; 26 years later&comma; comes as an old TV news footage showed an interview with the accused killer&comma; the suspect is heard in the retro footage telling a reporter he feared for his family&&num;8217&semi;s safety following the slaying&period;<br>Richard Leidy whose home had been invaded in a robbery in February&comma; just two months before Marconi&&num;8217&semi;s murder&comma; said the men who broke looking for money threatened to kill him&comma; holding a gun to his chest and forcing him to the ground&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m concerned for my family&&num;8217&semi;s safety and mine&comma; sure&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Leidy told the reporter&period;<br>Considered a person of interest&comma; police at the time investigated whether Marconi had been involved in the robbery possibly leading to revenge killing by Leidy&comma; before dropping that line of investigation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;08&sol;Richard-Leidys-home-in-Philadelphia-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-484792" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>On the night of April 10&comma; 1999&comma; Marconi and his girlfriend were shot by a rifle wielding man who confronted them outside Marconi&&num;8217&semi;s home&period; Leidy&&num;8217&semi;s home had been invaded two months prior&comma; which cops suspect may have been linked to that shooting<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;08&sol;Torched-van-from-Gino-Marconi-murder-1Richard-Leidys-home-in-Philadelphia-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-484796" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>After shooting Marconi the gunman contaminated the crime scene&period; He torched a van that was parked in front of the victim&&num;8217&semi;s home on South 20th Street in South Philadelphia&comma; and set other vehicles on fire before fleeing the scene <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Leidy was arrested on Monday at his home in South Philadelphia&comma; which is about a block from where the fatal shooting of Marconi unfolded on South 20th Street in South Philadelphia&comma; authorities said&period; It was unclear if Leidy was living at the same residence when Marconi was killed&period;<br>Leidy was arraigned on the charges on Tuesday&comma; but did not enter a plea&comma; according to court records&period; A preliminary hearing in the case has been scheduled for Sept&period; 15&comma; which&comma; same day as the suspect&&num;8217&semi;s turns 61&period;<br>While details of clues that to the arrest in the cold-case killing has not been disclosed&comma; Leidy is being held in federal custody without bail&period;<br>According to media reports in 1999&comma; the 42-year-old victim was as a low-level associate of Joseph Salvatore &&num;8220&semi;Skinny Joey&&num;8221&semi; Merlino&comma; then reputed boss of the Philadelphia crime family&period;<br>On the night Marconi and Miley were both shot&comma; then assailant before fleeing the scene corrupted the crime scene&period; The gunman torched a van that was parked in front of Marconi&&num;8217&semi;s home and set other vehicles on fire&comma; according to police&period;<br>A motive for the shooting was not immediately disclosed&period;<br>Marconi&comma; who grew up in South Philadelphia&comma; owned an auto body shop in South Philly at the time of his death&comma; while Miley worked as a billing clerk for a Philadelphia law firm&period;<br>How Leidy was eventually connected to the murder remains unclear&period; Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore only volunteered that the combined efforts of Philadelphia homicide detectives&comma; FBI investigators&comma; and prosecutors with the Philadelphia District Attorney&&num;8217&semi;s Office led to break through in the case&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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