Convicted Murderer. He was an American organized crime figure, who received notoriety for murdering people for money or being a "hitman." As a mob hitman, he was known as the "Iceman," a nickname he earned for keeping many of his victims remains locked away in a storage freezer. He was the subject of the 1983 published book "The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer" and two cable television documentaries, "The Iceman: Confessions of a Mafia Hitman" and the "The Iceman Tapes." During his lifetime, he boasted to having murdered between 100 to 200 people, depending on the source. His preferable method of killing was by poisoning, usually administered by spraying cyanide into the faces of his intended victims from a nasal spray canister. In March of 1988 at age 52, he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for committing two murders in the 1980s, one of which involved a New York City police detective. After the trial, he confessed to at least three other murders. Born into a Polish-Irish Roman Catholic family, sources state he had abusive parents and an eight-year-old older brother was allegedly killed during a beating by his father, yet the death certificate states pneumonia. He was the older brother of the convicted rapist and murderer Joseph Kuklinski. He died in the prison ward at St. Francis Hospital from apparent natural causes at the age of 70.
Convicted Murderer. He was an American organized crime figure, who received notoriety for murdering people for money or being a "hitman." As a mob hitman, he was known as the "Iceman," a nickname he earned for keeping many of his victims remains locked away in a storage freezer. He was the subject of the 1983 published book "The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer" and two cable television documentaries, "The Iceman: Confessions of a Mafia Hitman" and the "The Iceman Tapes." During his lifetime, he boasted to having murdered between 100 to 200 people, depending on the source. His preferable method of killing was by poisoning, usually administered by spraying cyanide into the faces of his intended victims from a nasal spray canister. In March of 1988 at age 52, he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for committing two murders in the 1980s, one of which involved a New York City police detective. After the trial, he confessed to at least three other murders. Born into a Polish-Irish Roman Catholic family, sources state he had abusive parents and an eight-year-old older brother was allegedly killed during a beating by his father, yet the death certificate states pneumonia. He was the older brother of the convicted rapist and murderer Joseph Kuklinski. He died in the prison ward at St. Francis Hospital from apparent natural causes at the age of 70.
Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.
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