Jul 4, 1901 - Jun 1976 . And have money left over to buy, like, a seven-bedroom house. Edward D. Cowhig of Gate of Heaven Church in South Boston that Reissfelder was innocent. EXCLUSIVE: Pictures of Marilyn Monroe's naked corpse were taken just hours after her death after a famous photographer gained access to the morgue by bribing guards with alcohol, new documentary . Turner alleged entrapment by the FBI and twice appealed his conviction and lost. Charlie Pappas was a second-generation coke dealer for Carmello Merlino. . This is David Turner, on a lousy phone line from prison, after his luck had run out. Investigates Possible Suspects In America's Biggest Art Heist. All this negative publicity. And he never said that he actually participated in any of the crimes, but he certainly made it seem like he had some ability to talk about them. And when Janice Santos first learned about the heist, she had an immediate intuition about who that was. Janice Santos was 22 years old and in the Army National Guard when she married George Reissfelder just two months after his release from prison in 1982. And when he saw it, he, I can only describe it as jumped in his chair and became very upset and told me I'm paraphrasing he said, "Anthony, I have to tell you. And seemed wholly uninterested and unconcerned with what was going on around him although he was not-- not-- not a dumb person, that's for sure. The other one was middle aged and beaten down and had done hard time for a murder he didnt commit. I fought back. I've seen that painting in my brother's apartment." HORAN:And someone who moved between those worlds and settled in the latter is David Turner. And it's not. But what if he could lead them to the stolen Gardner art? George Reissfelder was found dead in his apartment of cocaine poisoning after Merlino told firefighters that he hadnt heard from his friend in several days. display: none; WITNESS: Anthony M. Amore, left, director of security at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, with Richard Reissfelder, who says his brother had the stolen Manet. A confidential informant later told investigators that Reissfelder was among the members of Merlinos crew that pulled off the $300 million blockbuster art heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum on March 18, 1990, according to FBI records. 1. George Reissfelder was found dead in his apartment of "cocaine poisoning" after Merlino told firefighters that he hadn't heard from his friend in several days. . Sikellis says he believes whoever pulled off the Gardner heist had been hired by higher-level criminals and the thieves knew nothing of who masterminded the theft or where the artwork wound up. I know Richard and know he is trying to help me recover our art. During a one-day furlough in 1974, Reissfelder fled the state. During the same interview, Reissfelder said he believes his older brother is one of the two men depicted in new Boston Herald composite sketches of the two thieves who dressed as cops and robbed the Gardner before dawn on March 18, 1990. 35: Daughter: Louise Reinsfelder. Don't talk. Skip to main content Home Memorials Cemeteries Famous Contribute Register Sign In Register Sign In Memorial updated successfully. That's not how it works. Drug deals, illegal weapons, armored car heists, murder. Reissfelder said he recognized his brothers appearance in the digital painting the Herald is calling Suspect One. Nicole C. Wolf, a medical illustrator and animator, prepared the image after weeks of input from one of the two Gardner watchmen who was on duty the night of the theft. If it was because of some new federal sentencing guideline, you know, decision it would be detailed in the record. SIKELLIS: And unfortunately, by the time we sensed any connection to the Gardner Museum, Pappas was dead. The man who would become his cellmate, George Reissfelder, had been in since 1967, serving a life sentence for a murder he said he did not commit. He was a cool customer, as they say. HORAN:Boser, who is a senior fellow at a Washington, D.C., think tank now, remains passionate about the Gardner mystery. You could trade the paintings to, you know basically make a Hollywood film, right? But let me be very clear. We were unable to subscribe you to WBUR Today. AMORE: And I replied and said, On a scale of one to 10, how certain are you? And the person replied, 10.. George Albert Reissfelder Jr 1940-1991 Mary "Maria" Petrillo 1938-2007 Spouse and Children George Albert Reissfelder Jr 1940-1991 Male Mary "Maria" Petrillo 1938-2007 Female Parents and Siblings George Albert Reissfelder Sr 1901-1976 Male Emma G Schnabel 1904-1967 Female Siblings (4) Phyllis Reissfelder 1925-1936 Female And you kind of have to think on your feet doing something like that. Reissfelders late brother George made headlines in 1982 when he was freed from prison after serving 16 years for a murder he did not commit. Who was he going to be friends with when he got out of jail? There was a murder of a gay social worker who gave Turner and Pappas a ride home from Provincetown, and he turned up dead that night. Shortly after the heist, according to the New York Times, a stolen Manet was spotted in the apartment of George Reissfelder. Merlino, 71, of Quincy, died in federal prison in 2005. Within 11 years, the former Jamaica Plain resident was found dead of cocaine poisoning in his Quincy apartment, in March 1991, according to police. What did you see in him? In details of David Turners alleged robberies, it was hard to miss the hallmarks of the Gardner heist. I'm not saying George Reissfelder committed the heist. I was 23 years old. I stood up at the cell door, looked out at the cell block it was quiet. But not before he shared a few poems about him written by a fellow inmate. Get popped. And in 1974, the pair escaped from prison. He was 51 and has never been formally connected to the theft. You don't even have to be a diehard Seinfeld fan to know how George's fiancee Susan died in season seven: Licking the toxic glue on the cheap wedding envelopes George had purchased . She finally managed it in 1989. At the time of their marriage, Santos held the rank of Corporal and was on her way to flight school. Thats the auto body shop about four miles from the Gardner Museum that doubled as an underworld nerve center. In the culmination of two years of work by Reissfelder's court-appointed Boston attorneys, Reissfelder's murder conviction, for which he had served 15 years in prison, was dismissed. BOSER:The Gardner is the perfect vehicle to tell the story of Boston. At the time of his death, Bill Russell was married to Jeannine. KURKJIAN: What was your commonality? MURPHY: I mean, I think our story certainly suggested it was a possibility, because theres no public explanation as to why it was reduced. You know, you gravitate to the people that you know. You have to be really planned and articulate. Rare Pope Creek Poppy Jasper Rough Slab!Gorgeous RARE Top Pope CreekPoppy Jasper Rough Slab ! BEAUCHAMP: My only connections with the Gardner robbery is I had the generic idea they should steal art as crime insurance. That way when they got in too deep with their cocaine business, they'd have something to turn into authorities to make a deal. One of them had options and from them, chose a life of crime. He was 51. HORAN: David Turners rap sheet is both long and incomplete. They showed David Turner was in Florida on March 15, three days before the robbery. BEAUCHAMP: Turner was interested in getting out of the drug business. You can try, Kelly Horan, With Reporting By Jack Rodolico. RODOLICO: So, four years before the Boston FBI sting on TRC Auto Electric that would finally put David Turner in prison, Robert Sikellis, who had tried and failed twice to do so, had an epiphany about Turners alleged robberies: They looked an awful lot like the Gardner heist, but on a much smaller scale. And when these two men met, the lucky one was young and handsome and had also, it is alleged, gotten away with murder. He told Reissfelder and Turner that they should steal a piece of art as a sort of crime insurance. According to criminal defense attorney Martin Leppo, who defended many of those tied to the heist, the fact that the FBI still hasnt recovered the paintings, its clear the robbery was carried out by people who knew what they were doing. My brother did it. William also answers to William J Reissselder, William J Reissfelder, William E Reissfelder and Bill Reissfelder, and perhaps a couple of other names. Thats all I want. Boser typed notes as he listened to Turner on speaker phone. In her book, Seinfeldia, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong gives the full story . So that seems pretty impressive. And John Kerry and Roanne Sragow are going to, you know, be his best friends forever now." What did he look like back then and, you know, what drew you to him? Donna said she didn't know that the painting was a highly sought-after piece of art until years later when people from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum contacted her about the stolen collection. Anthony Amore was hired as director of security for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 2005 and still holds the position today. I know I saw it in his possession, said Reissfelder. Reissfelder, a retired National Guard military policeman, became aware of the famed burglary after being contacted last year by Amore, who has run the investigation since 2005. They . In a case prosecuted by Sikellis in 1995, Turner was acquitted of pulling off a late night robbery of Bostons famed restaurant Cheers. And when I looked at it, I knew. In 1990, two men stole 13 works of art valued at approximately $500 million dollars from a Boston Museum. BOSER: The most curious thing that happened with me and David was that he-- he wrote me this letter where he included this poem and essentially said, you know, he did not commit the Gardner theft, but he did want to be on the cover of my book. But he said the painting stood out in his memory because it seemed very unusual to him, not something my brother would have., http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/572377002. William Reissfelder currently lives in Westwood, MA; in the past William has also lived in Norwell MA and Coppell TX. And he grabbed me by the hair, and then-- and then-- and of course, I was stupid. His body was found after reputed New England Mob figure and Dorchester drug lord Carmello Merlino told firefighters that he had not heard from his friend in several days. Jan 12, 1901 - Apr 15, 1993 . Resides in Quincy, MA. You can interrogate Kwabena as George Reissfelder and the rest of the Art Heist cast Tuesday through Sunday now through December 13. More than a decade before, he had drawn front-page headlines and network TV interviews when he was freed from prison after serving 16 years on the wrongful conviction of a murder charge. I married a beautiful young girl. How do you defend yourself against that? TURNER: Thirty-eight-and-a-half years. And this is-- was always my problem, you know. Stay up-to-date with important news developments, delivered right to your inbox. Maria was adopted by another family many years ago, and has changed her name from Reissfelder. In 2010, Jeannine was ranked 15th place during the CN Canadian Women's Tour. His wife divorced him and he has two children, besides Maria, whom he has never seen. 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Reissfelder, who bore a remarkable resemblance to the sketch drawn of one of the thieves, died of a cocaine overdose in July 1991. Their paths converged in the late '80s at TRC Auto Electric in Merlino's cocaine business. These are five hundred million dollars worth of art that's stolen. Last month, state prisoner Robert C. Beauchamp, 59, publicly made claims through his attorney that George Reissfelder might have stashed the stolen Gardner art in a safe house in Maine. Convicted of killing a friend in Arlington 1971, Beauchamp started a relationship George Reissfelder while serving in prison. Wife: Eugene Reinsfelder. He was very upset. BLANDING: He was always just a consummate gentleman in all of his correspondence with me. The other wasnt. Jeannine Russell was born on January 31, 1967. Richard Reissfelder added that when he went to collect his brothers effects after learning of his death, the painting was nowhere to be seen in the apartment. Of all the men floated as possible suspects in the Gardner heist, no one is more of a dead ringer. RODOLICO: Robert Beauchamp and George Reissfelder were lovers. In the meantime, convicted criminal Robert Beauchamp had some advice for his former boyfriend, George Reissfelder. Reissfelder was a 26-year-old father with a criminal record for armed robbery, domestic. HORAN: As ever, suspicion clung to David Turner, but charges didnt. And then also represents this other side of the city that is rough, and dirty, and criminal, and we have this tension that rests at the center of it all. So I just became a prisoner for six, seven years., HORAN: George Reissfelder had an altogether different take on his life with Santos. SANTOS: The George that I knew wasn't-- He never-- he couldn't think on his feet. She claims to have seen Manet's "Chez Tortoni" hanging in a "froufrou frame" in her. HORAN: But Janice Santos didnt become the states first female helicopter pilot. You know somewhere on the outside, standing guard? SANTOS: So he wouldn't let me leave the house, so I couldn't go to work. I don't want to take any blame for the Gardner. It's Boston local news in one concise, fun and informative email. Although Kerry would use the case to promote his then-budding political career, Reissfelder went in the opposite direction, returning to his bad habits of using cocaine and hanging out with criminal contacts, both of which were in full supply at Merlinos garage. Anthony Amore told us, his leads havent panned out. Maybe a couple more years down the line having a couple of little ones running around. So, that tells you they don't believe David Turner went inside. George Reissfelder was already seen as a celebrity when he started hanging out at Carmello Merlinos auto repair shop in Dorchester in the late 1980s. BEAUCHAMP:Yeah, a couple of times we had Mexican standoffs, and the only reason that he backed down was both times I had a .357 and he only had a small .22 or .25 automatic. His name was Charlie Pappas. Former Wife Of George Reissfelder. Lived In Milford NH. The museum and the FBI have responded skeptically to Beauchamps claims about the art. Since 1987, I have taught Academic and General Biology, Earth Sciences, Physical Sciences, General Chemistry, Conceptual Physics and Human Genetics at Lewiston High School. Isabella Stewart Gardner collected and carefully displayed a collection comprised of more than 7500 paintings, sculptures, furniture, textiles, silver, ceramics, 3000 rare books, and 7000 archival objects-from ancient Rome, Medieval Europe, Renaissance Italy, Asia, the Islamic world and 19th-century France and America. A UH1. !This is a rare jasper in the same state asGuadalupe Poppy and Morgan Hill Poppy Jaspers.This slab will pro The pair unearthed evidence that had been suppressed at trial. RODOLICO: Could you just describe him physically? He'd been shot, if I remember, twice in the mouth, if memory serves. Let's just be clear, right. As a lawyer in the the early 1980s, Roanne Sragow worked with John F. Kerry (who would go on to become a U.S. senator, Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Secretary of State) to free George Reissfelder from prison on the basis that he had been wrongly identified and convicted at his criminal trial for murdering a security guard in 1966. I hope to hear from you soon. As he lay dying of leukemia, Sullivan told the Rev. At the time, organized crime members seemed excited about the idea that they could trade a stolen painting in exchange for no jail time, if they were ever caught doing more unsavory business. And, um, when she unveiled these portraits to me, and she brought up one of the images the thief with the slimmer face I looked at it and said, "Wow, that's George Reissfelder." I don't know that he could have pulled it off. No one had let Reissfelder know. Crimes with dates that bookend the Gardner heist and with M.O.s that resemble it. At trial, Merlino argued that he was set up by the FBI because investigators believed the crime boss had access to the stolen Gardner art. Reissfelder was caught after three years and sent back to Massachusetts. Reviews. In hopes of gaining consideration for his own release, Beauchamp has cooperated with the FBI and the museum in their search for a recovery. Turner has denied repeatedly to reporters and in court that he had any knowledge of the heist, but he associated with known felons whose names had been tied to the crime including Robert Guarente, Carmello Merlino and Stephen Rossetti. Carmello Merlino, a leader of the criminal underworld with mafia ties, ran the auto body shop as a front for his cocaine trafficking business. Robert L Reissfelder, West Roxbury, MA holds a Building Licenses, Construction Supervisor license and 1 other license according to the Massachusetts license board. According to both men, Reissfelder immediately recognized the Manet painting, which depicts a formally dressed man sitting at a table outside the Tortoni cafe in Paris. Barnicle also explores another South Shore connection: Reissfelder's sister-in-law, Donna Reissfelder. Turner, Merlino and Rossetti were convicted in the late 1990s -- and sentenced to long prison terms -- for conspiring to steal millions from the Loomis-Fargo vault outside of Boston, a scheme which had been arranged by federal authorities to gain information on the Gardner heist. Reissfelder described his brother as a follower who was hardened by his prison experience and fell in with a bad crowd upon his release. Collection. He is running on the 2018 Republican ticket for the office of Secretary of State in Massachusetts. And why were the Boston FBI agents who arrested him so convinced that he knew something about the Gardner heist, they offered him a get out of jail free card to talk? The following year, her divorce would come through, and her ex-husband would join a cast of men named in connection to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum robbery. When George spoke with "Seinfeld" creator Larry David and said he had no chemistry with Swedberg and wondered why he had to work with her, David told him, "That's why.". HORAN: Ulrich Boser says that while David Turner had to deny involvement in the Gardner heist, he seemed unable to keep from insinuating that he knew something about it. Would they let him go? If Beauchamp had harbored any doubt at all about whether his old friend and lover had pulled off the Gardner heist, he didnt once he saw the police sketches of the suspects. New lead: The apartment building in Quincy where one of the stolen paintings, a Manet, might have been seen. A year later, Reissfelder and William Silky Sullivan of Charlestown were convicted of first-degree murder and armed robbery during a $20,000 payroll holdup at the Railway Express Agency at South Station. Composite at left shows digitally aged rendering of one of the thieves. Over the course of a correspondence that spanned several years, Turner proposed that Blanding write a book about his life. father Anna Reifelder mother Anna Catharina Reifelder sister view all Johannes Reifelder's Timeline By his own account, Amore still speaks at least daily with Geoffrey Kelly, the top FBI agent on the case, and works with him to pursue leads, conduct interviews, communicate with reporters, art investigators and even members of the public about the case. And when these two men met, the lucky one was young and handsome and had also, it is alleged, gotten away with murder. Why would a judge shave that time off the sentence of a man suspected in an at least one unsolved murder? Fred Reissfelder. BOSER:At the heart of this case is a question mark: We don't know where the paintings are. I think that the day (George) died, the art was taken by those bums who killed him.. After more than 28 years, authorities have yet to make an arrest, or recover any of the artwork stolen, in the Gardner Museum heist. HORAN: Just not places like TRC Auto Electric. RODOLICO: So, who is David Turner? Amore says he will not rest until the paintings are found. HORAN: And Im Kelly Horan. He was serving a 47-year sentence for his role in a planned 1999 armored car depot heist in Easton. He believes the artwork has been stashed somewhere nearby. View George Reinsfelder's 1940 US census record to find family members, occupation details & more. The tests were inconclusive. It wasnt long after his release that Kerrys poster boy continued his criminal ways, quickly involving himself with a Mafia-controlled drug ring in Boston. Donna told me, I distinctly recall that painting the man in the high hat, Reissfelder said. Ive seen it. I sort of grew to believe that there was always some sort of angle that he was working. SANTOS: I said, "Yeah, it looks like George. And I told Anthony right off, but I don't-- the George that I knew it would never ever put on a cop uniform, so I don't-- I really don't know that he would have done this. David Turner had been a standout athlete in high school, described as charismatic and loyal by friends. TURNER: I've seen memos that they sent directly to, uh, the director of the FBI saying that they believe I was a participant. It was 17 years ago. At the time, Reissfelder was 49 and DiMuzio was 42. He would always be there for you. And, you know, just painted this picture of this, you know, real all-American kid, you know, somebody who was like really going places. It's just rumor and conjecture, you know. The other had none, and defaulted to one. We have-- we had very clear suspicions as to who that was, given he was a cooperating witness, but unfortunately we never had enough evidence to prosecute. Reissfelder and DiMuzio were known associates of the now deceased mobster Carmello Merlino. He had kind of a Beatle haircut very straight hair. While nothing directly tying him in the Gardner theft was found in his apartment, Reissfelders brother later told investigators later that he had seen what he thought to be Manets Chez Tortoni, one of the 13 artworks stolen from the Gardner, as having hung for a time over his brothers bed. The Senior VP of the Celtics is reserved regarding his personal life. MURPHY: The FBI has said they believe the two thieves that actually went in are dead. BOSER: I do believe that David Turner is going to go down in history alongside the Boston Strangler, alongside Whitey Bulger, as one of the most notorious criminals to come out of Boston. Beauchamp remained on the lam for a decade before being caught. David Turner was in the passenger seat. KURKJIAN: Well, the Spy Store had all sorts of James Bond-type equipment. Yeah, no more ads! HORAN: David Turner told Boser that the FBI said, essentially, 'we know you did it.'. Robert Beauchamp, one of those contacts, has stated that Reissfelder and David Turner, another devotee of Merlinos garage, visited him often in Massachusetts state prison during this term and in the vaguest of terms told him they were planning a major robbery and asked how they might hide the valuables in the immediate aftermath. HORAN: Reissfelder had not only lost 16 years of his life in prison. Their license was verified as active when we last . HORAN: Now, David Turner has always said hed never cooperate with authorities investigating the Gardner heist. She worked solely off the description given to her by one of the guards who had seen both thieves. But, Steve says, there is one for two days after March 20. George Albert Reissfelder Sr. (1901-1976) - Find a Grave Memorial Born in Boston,worked hard all his life.Married ,father of 5 children.Preceded in death by his wife Emma G(schnabel).We miss him. Reissfelder did not stick with the Inmate #6875309 look after a couple of weeks from his release from prison as the photo (far right) taken six years before the Gardner Heist shows. One of them was born lucky. Reissfelder died in 1991, according to the documentary. RODOLICO: Two thieves relying on an inside guy, wearing disguises, using handcuffs in the middle of the night at the end of a holiday weekend. At Boston Celtics, Bill Reissfelder has 25 colleagues including Wycliffe Grousbeck (CEO), Irving Grousbeck (Managing Partner) Industry Colleagues In the Sports industry, Bill Reissfelder has 10,918 colleagues in 650 companies located in 26 countries. Steve doesnt know for sure, but he knows what it looks like. August 24, 2022 8:00 am ET. All these theories are frustrating. In 2014, the FBI identified the thieves present at the museum as George Reissfelder and Lenny Dimuzio, who both died within a year of the robbery. Back in 1992, Kerry, as a private attorney, had secured the early parole of a career criminal, George Reissfelder, who had pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of a police officer in Florida . Crime boss Carmello Merlino, who we met in the last episode, was hardly the last best suspect to come out of a crew of criminals based in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood. Jeannine and Bill often played golf together according . Reissfelder scuttled that dream. 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