John Gotti, the real-life godfather whose nicknames included “The Teflon Don,” died in prison serving life without parole for multi8ple crimes — and sticky-fingered G-men swiped his brain and shipped it to a super-secret facility in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba for scientific experimentation! This unsettling allegation comes to The National ENQUIRER by way of the Gambino crime family boss’ adopted son, Lewis Kasman.“What do you do with his brain?” a bewildered Kasman asked a supervisory FBI special agent after learning the Gotti’s noggin had been nabbed by the feds! “He says, ‘We take it to a behavioral science unit at Guantánamo,’ ” Kasman recalled. “I was just beside myself. I told him, ‘You guys are just disgusting. There’s no justice. You tortured him!’ ” Read on for details of the Gotti-brain-swipe mystery, and click here for more true crime news…
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Following Gotti’s death from throat cancer at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Mo., on June 10, 2002, Kasman (left) took a specially charted “ambulance jet” to retrieve his body. “I get a phone call about 10 hours in advance,” Kasman said.
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Peter Gotti, John’s son (left) … he’s waiting for me at the airport. He said, ‘Lewis, we don’t have much time, but I know he would want you here.’ ” Upon arrival, Kasman said a local undertaker, who was under contract to the prison, told them “confidentially” about Gotti’s missing brain.
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Kasman quickly phoned the prison warden, William Hedrick, who informed him: “We got no control over it. The FBI stepped in.” Kasman replied: “You’re only the warden in life. You’re not the warden in death. That body belongs to the family. You can’t touch that body.”
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However, Hedrick — who confirmed to The ENQUIRER that an autopsy was done “because of the nature of the death” — told Kasman: “I’m sorry you feel that way, Mr. Kasman. He’s still in our custody.”
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The ENQUIRER was denied access to documents relating to Gotti's autopsy by the Bureau of Prisons — on the grounds that 12 pages of material would 'endanger the safety or life' of individuals!
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Kasman told The ENQUIRER, he confronted an FBI agent on hand in Missouri to supervise transfer of the body to Gotti’s family. “The FBI supposedly analyzes it,” Kasman said. “What are they going to find out? It was just another way to torture the family.” Gotti is pictured with his lawyer, Bruce Cutler (left).
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Kasman, who turned Mafia snitch after facing federal racketeering and fraud charges, said he has come forward with this shocking secret because he can no longer support its weight alone.
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“It look[ed] like a skull cap cut around the top of the head,” he recalled. “When they closed it, they stapled it with a heavy duty staple gun. He looked terrible. He had no teeth in his mouth.”
Following Gotti’s death from throat cancer at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Mo., on June 10, 2002, Kasman (left) took a specially charted “ambulance jet” to retrieve his body. “I get a phone call about 10 hours in advance,” Kasman said.
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Peter Gotti, John’s son (left) … he’s waiting for me at the airport. He said, ‘Lewis, we don’t have much time, but I know he would want you here.’ ” Upon arrival, Kasman said a local undertaker, who was under contract to the prison, told them “confidentially” about Gotti’s missing brain.
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Kasman quickly phoned the prison warden, William Hedrick, who informed him: “We got no control over it. The FBI stepped in.” Kasman replied: “You’re only the warden in life. You’re not the warden in death. That body belongs to the family. You can’t touch that body.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
However, Hedrick — who confirmed to The ENQUIRER that an autopsy was done “because of the nature of the death” — told Kasman: “I’m sorry you feel that way, Mr. Kasman. He’s still in our custody.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
The ENQUIRER was denied access to documents relating to Gotti's autopsy by the Bureau of Prisons — on the grounds that 12 pages of material would 'endanger the safety or life' of individuals!
Photo credit: Getty Images
Kasman told The ENQUIRER, he confronted an FBI agent on hand in Missouri to supervise transfer of the body to Gotti’s family. “The FBI supposedly analyzes it,” Kasman said. “What are they going to find out? It was just another way to torture the family.” Gotti is pictured with his lawyer, Bruce Cutler (left).
Photo credit: Getty Images
Kasman, who turned Mafia snitch after facing federal racketeering and fraud charges, said he has come forward with this shocking secret because he can no longer support its weight alone.
“It look[ed] like a skull cap cut around the top of the head,” he recalled. “When they closed it, they stapled it with a heavy duty staple gun. He looked terrible. He had no teeth in his mouth.”
