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Janice <I>Hansen</I> Drake

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Janice Hansen Drake

Birth
Union City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Death
25 Sep 1959 (aged 31–32)
East Elmhurst, Queens County, New York, USA
Burial
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
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Murder Victim. A dancer and the wife of comedian Allan Drake, she competed as Miss New Jersey in the 1944 Miss America Pageant. She was in the car that mobster Anthony (Little Augie Pisano) Carfano was driving when they were both shot to death by two men of the Genovese Crime Family. Vito Genovese ordered Carfano's murder because Carfano refused to meet with him after he took control of the Family in 1957. The only reason Janice Drake was murdered was because she was in the car and the killers didn't want any witnesses.
Murder Victim. A dancer and the wife of comedian Allan Drake, she competed as Miss New Jersey in the 1944 Miss America Pageant. She was in the car that mobster Anthony (Little Augie Pisano) Carfano was driving when they were both shot to death by two men of the Genovese Crime Family. Vito Genovese ordered Carfano's murder because Carfano refused to meet with him after he took control of the Family in 1957. The only reason Janice Drake was murdered was because she was in the car and the killers didn't want any witnesses.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Jul 24, 2001
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23403/janice-drake: accessed ), memorial page for Janice Hansen Drake (1927–25 Sep 1959), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23403, citing Holy Name Cemetery and Mausoleum, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.