Bob's former mob boss neighbor (at 560 Middlesex) Jack Tocco died Monday (7/14) at 87:
http://grossepointe.patch.com/group...-tocco-last-of-the-old-school-godfathers-dies
Jack came up in earlier discussions in this thread so it seems relevant. Reading from the article linked above about how Jack liked "pulling strings behind the scenes," it seems that maybe Bob was trying to emulate him, but we all know how that turned out . . . and Jack served less jail time than Bob already has if my math is correct!
[Edit] After doing some further digging, I found this transcript from the 1961 Ontario Legislature that mentions the Toccos and where they lived, in a discussion about organized crime (apparently some Canadian politicians had their heads in the sand regarding the presence of it in their country) - Jack and several family members lived on Middlesex Road, including his brother Anthony who lived at 552, where Jane Bashara was murdered. Here is the link and excerpted text:
http://archive.org/stream/v1hansard196162ontauoft/v1hansard196162ontauoft_djvu.txt
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There has been reference in court to a
James Bay hunting trip which Joseph Mc-
Dermott was supposed to have made with
two or three racketeers from the United
States. On September 30, 1958 McDermott,
Feeley and six other men arrived at Moosonee,
Ontario, and were taken to the James Bay
goose club. They departed by air on October
4, with the exception of one man to whom
I shall refer later.
The other members of the party were all
from Detroit and all are, assuming them to be
still alive, reputed leaders of the Mafia in
Detroit. The five men were:
William Tocco of 581 Middlesex Road,
Grosse Point Park, Michigan. This man has a
Detroit police record from the prohibition
days, being arrested several times but never
convicted. He is apparently very wealthy,
owning interests in a produce business, a beer
distributorship, a bus line and a bakery in
Detroit. He is reported to be the judge and
peacemaker within the gambling syndicate in
Detroit.
Anthony Tocco of
552 Middlesex Road,
Grosse Point Park is the son of William
Tocco, and is married to Carmelia Profaci
the daughter of Joseph Profaci of Brooklyn,
who is regarded as the leader of the syndicate
in the eastern United States.
Jack W. Tocco of 560 Middlesex Road,
Grosse Point Park, Michigan is the son of
William Tocco and is married to the daughter
of Angelo Meli, a czar of the prohibition era,
who is said to have a controlling interest in
gambling in the Detroit area. Jack Tocco is
a large shareholder in the Hazel Park racing
association, which owns a race track in
Detroit and operates Wheeling Downs in
West Virginia.
Vincent Meli, 1683 New Castle Ave., Grosse
Point Woods, Michigan. He is the son of
Angelo Meli, to whom I have just referred.
Dominic Corrado, 701 Middlesex Road,
Grosse Point Park. He is a cousin of Jack and
Anthony Tocco and the son of the late Peter
Corrado, a czar of Detroit bootlegging and
gambling. Dominic Corrado was arrested on
a gaming charge in 1952 but released.
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I know it's getting a bit OT, but if you are interested in how the syndicate operated, read the part of the transcript above and below the clipped section above (I found it easiest to copy the entire text from the website and paste it into a Word document (2952 pages) and then use search within that document).
Bob I think wanted very much to be like these guys but he had no class - no way no how would a mob boss ever have somebody rubbed out their own home, much less their own wife!