Anthony J. Cardarella

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.

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". [http://books.google.com/books?id=K3QbAAAAMAAJ&q=Anthony+Cardarella&dq=Anthony+Cardarella&pgis=1]
*United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. "Department of Justice Budget Authorization: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary". 1978. [http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC04225754&id=BcMKZ_KoSlMC&q=Anthony+Cardarella&dq=Anthony+Cardarella&pgis=1]