He was the mouthpiece, trying to direct the conversation.. They definitely do not want any tickets reserved for them for the April 7th wrestling match and would not attend. The case went cold for 30 years. Hamilton mentioned the case of Chris Benoit in 2007 who reportedly killed his wife and son. The Salina City Court and several others in the surrounding area have been merged into a single district court location for the, pandemic, making it impossible to check the original court records, if they still exist. Three weeks after The Morning Call published the story recalling the death of Nancy Argentino and revealing an autopsy report and police interviews never seen by the public, Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin asked Chief Deputy District Attorney Charles Gallagher and Detective Gerry Procanyn "if theres anything to be gained by opening a grand jury investigation." All this is recorded in the police accounts. To mark the occasion, Irvin Muchnick, in association with the woman's surviving sisters, is publishing the ebook JUSTICE DENIED: The Death of Nancy Argentino in Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka's Motel Room. [Photo: Patriotpost.us]As told to The Daily Beast, Muchnick, while researching the incident, says that Detective Procanyn never told him that they didnt have enough evidence to indict Snuka. As those in the center of the true crime/wrestling fan Venn diagram will likely be aware, VICE TVs pro wrestling documentary series, death of Nancy Argentino, the then-girlfriend of then-top WWF (now WWE) star, . I think she died of a fracture to her skull. In real time, though, all her sisters knew was that she went from calling late at night in a panic, saying Snuka was chasing her, to saying the next morning that nothing had happened beyond a misunderstanding. Unlike Chris Benoit, the "Superfly" has not been erased from WWEs history books as of yet. I dont know what happened. October 29, 2020. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka and girlfriend Nancy Argentino in an undated photo. Ultimately, this legal matter will be decided by our judicial system. The autopsy report has never been transcribed, wrote the lawyer. It was 4 a.m and I was already up. Look of fear in them. Her defiled face was on display in an open casket during a wake at a funeral parlor in her hometown of Flatbush, Brooklyn. The investigators had help. I met him, and he was the kindest man possible. It also chillingly recontextualizes something that, according to Muchnicks reporting, McMahon told the Argentino familys initial attorney, Richard Cushing, in 1983. I went online, and there was a lot of stuff that I also heard that I took to him. The countys investigative grand jury found that Jimmy Snuka assaulted Nancy Argentino on May 10, 1983, then left her in a Whitehall Township motel room to die. I was devastated, he wrote. 11:02, 2 Sep 2015; A definitive diagnosis can only be performed during an autopsy by analyzing a persons brain under a microscope after death. due to Snukas apparent mental incompetence mere days before his 2017 death from stomach cancer. Other sources have been linked where applicable. Other doctors in 2010 said they also noticed developing signs of dementia. The Lehigh County jury will . But if he did this, this should have been settled a long time ago.". All royalties from Irvin Muchnicks 1992 book JUSTICE DENIED: The Untold Story of Nancy Argentinos Death in Jimmy Superfly Snukas Motel Room are donated to organizations fighting domestic violence. (According to a letter in the Onondaga County file, he left the sentence up to Justice Herman Harding.). , obtained from U.S. I was devastated., Snuka continues, "That night ruined my life. In 1969, Senator Ted Kennedy left a party near midnight with Kopechne. On top of that, according to her sisters, Nancy also had her own specific value to McMahon: With Snuka being illiterate and without a drivers license, McMahon needed a driver to get him to and from shows, but with his increasingly problematic drug use and erratic behavior, other wrestlers now refused to chauffeur him around, Speculation has long swirled around McMahons involvement in the murder investigation, specifically his presence during Snukas last police interview, the contents of which unlike every other interview summary in the Whitehall file are notoriously not described in the report at all (a fact that then-Chief Frederic Conjour wrote off as nothing in the, documentary). And yet the pro wrestler was never charged. By using this site, you agree to the legal terms set out in ourDisclaimer, Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Disclosure. Snuka recalled the coke-induced bender at the hotel where he and his boys would party and crash. 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Twenty-three year old Nancy Argentino found herself traveling the country with her new boyfriend, wrestling superstar Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. ", Dr. Paul Hoyer, a forensic pathologist for the Montgomery County coroners office, added, "Dementia can be a muddy diagnosis, as there is no clear-cut test to determine whether a person suffers from it." I just look at the whole thing as a shame because theres a loss of human life there.. Detective Procanyn at the time told Muchnick when quizzed about Snukas shaky defense that the evidence was inconclusive. I moved to the other side of the doorway and saw a woman on the bed against the north wall of the room lying down crying and huddled in a fetal position, added Bronstad, in his own affidavit. At one point Argentino hopped over a stream before she lost her footing. In addition, Mihalikis absolutely did find, bruises, lacerations or other indications of a beating or prior injuries. Over two dozen, to be more specific, to the point that the report states that they could suggest mate abuse.. Specifically, those other incidents of domestic abuse were that of Snuka hospitalizing his then-wife Sharon in September 1983 (no charges filed, but testified to by both Sharon and then-neighbor Debbie Rogers); and Snukas January 18, 1983 arrest for beating Argentino. The cops just didnt give me the chance to explain. Dr. Mihalikis did not find any bruises, lacerations or other indications of a beating or prior injuries. Indeed, contemporaneous newspaper accounts all reported Snuka as pleading down to harassment, with some mentioning his one-year conditional discharge. I love women, he writes. According to the Sheriffs Department file for the case, which I obtained via the Argentino familys wrongful death lawsuit against Snuka, at least two officers on the scene witnessed Snuka resuming his attack on Argentino that same night. Homicide charges against Snuka in the 1983 death of his girlfriend Nancy Argentino, 23, in a Whitehall. It was none other than the then-WWE chairman and essentially the Wizard of wrestlings OzVince McMahon Jr. He was there and he knew everything about it, Snuka told a radio show host. So I thought, my God, I better try to call a doctor right away I called the front desk and told my girl is having a hard time breathing, just seems like she cant breathe at all, whatever you do, please hurry up.. Jimmy Snuka and Nancy Argentino returned to the George Washington Motor Lodge hotel after a WWF taping at the Allentown, PA fairgrounds. Right on the concrete on the side of the road, she just slipped backwards., The 230-pound grappler scooped her up and according to his testimony slapped her across the face to get her to come to again. But Argentino remained unconscious. Snuka also didnt help matters, with. The WWE has also furloughed manyworkers amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Argentino was dating World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling star James Reiher Snuka known professionally as Jimmy Superfly Snuka when she died under suspicious circumstances in 1983. In the article, he compares Nancy Argentino to Mary Jo Kopechne. All in all, there were at least a few entities that failed Nancy Argentino in 1983: The motel clerk who let things escalate in January by not calling the police earlier; the majority of the media coverage of her initial beating at Snukas hands, which minimized her suffering to present a somehow breezier narrative of a wrestler fighting off police dogs; and the district attorneys office who, in spite of having multiple strong witnesses confirming the abuse even after Argentino recanted, basically waved Snukas actions aside to avoid risk to his green card. One event was a 2012 poker game in New York in which Snuka won $100,000 for charity, Scheetz said. In the wake of Argentinos death, one of Snukas confidants came to his aid. An autopsy report obtained by Morning Call journalists at that time showed that the medical examiner wrote that they believe that the case should be investigated as a homicide until proven otherwise, the Morning Call reported in 2015. But her family thought they were more an item. Thirty years later, Nancy Argentino's death remains unsolved. Finally, Dr. Mihalikis did not find any unusual amounts of dirt, gravel or other substances on Ms. Argentinos clothing. Its impossible to discern causality, too whether the explanation is simply innocent, lazy reporting, or something more sinister. Investigating the mysterious story of Jimmy Snuka, whose girlfriend Nancy Argentino died in their motel room in 1983, and revealing her family's 30-year stru. He filed for bankruptcy, and the family never got any restitution. It was devastating.. Frank M. Dattilio was a forensic psychologist hired by the defense. Kyle Dunning. And despite the caked on foundation applied by the ambitious mortician on this day the grim sight haunted her pro wrestling beau to the core. Ive never heard of anything like it before., To the credit of the Sheriffs Office, it looks like they did everything they should have both in terms of doing right by Nancy Argentino, and trying to avoid a public spectacle. We tried to talk some sense into her but she went back on the road with him, Salome said. "He came there in shorts and didnt say anything to my mother. She later dropped charges and claimed he didnt hurt her. As those in the center of the true crime/wrestling fan Venn diagram will likely be aware, VICE TV's pro wrestling documentary series, Dark Side of the Ring, recently explored the May 11, 1983, death of Nancy Argentino, the then-girlfriend of then-top WWF (now WWE) star "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka. I dont think its Chris Benoit. I got one handcuff on the hand he had the female by the hair with[,] which was his right hand[,] and after several seconds of struggling with him[,] he released his grasp on the female, explained Bronstad in his affidavit. Adding to the controversy was that Snuka was married to another woman whom he had children with at the time of his relationship with Argentino. All of these defenses were given in Snukas autobiography, various interviews, and other sources such as what Snuka supposedly told the nurses in the ER and what they reportedly overheard him say. As the docuseries points out, there was another passenger in the car with them who doesnt recall any fall. She was staying in a motel room with Jimmy Snuka in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. They blew it up, brother.) copped a plea for harassment and got a conditional discharge. Ive never heard of anything like it before.. She moved away as he strode toward her. If this is correct on their part, I do not know. Months later, on May 10, 1983, Argentino and Snuka traveled to Allentown, Pennsylvania to tape an episode of championship wrestling. "I would only say there wasn't anything significantly said or done and that's why there's no record of it,"Frederick Conjour, the former police of police with the Whitehall Township,told the docuseries. They do not want a public apology and would not be a part of it, replied Lieutenant Paul Zemenz, the officers supervisor, in a letter sent back to Sparkes. In a single sentence summary from the same phone interview between Bronstad and Romanenko referenced above, Procanyn wrote, Vince McMahon tried to talk her out of making the complaint against Snuka (emphasis mine). In his autobiography, Superfly The Jimmy Snuka Story, written by Jon Chattman, he says that after coming back from the TV tapings, he was surprised to find her still sleeping, and thats when he called for help. June 1st, 2016: Almost six months after being tried for third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, Judge Kelly L. Banach determined that Jimmy Snuka was not mentally fit to assist his defense. So why did they buy his constantly evolving story? . Dattilio told Judge Kelly L. Banach that tests show Snukas brain is shrinking, causing serious memory loss. Take Dr. Isidore Mihalakiss autopsy report noting that the multiplicity and magnitude of Nancy Argentinos dozen or more craniocerbral blows may even be suggestive of mate abuse and that this case should be investigated as a homicide until proven otherwise.. After being informed of her ex-husbands murder charges, she told The Daily Beast, I have nothing further to offer.. Bronstad does remember, though, that someone claiming to be Snukas manager showed up to post bail, going on and on about how he needed to be able to wrestle the next night. I did not have a clear-cut case. The trouble is the brawler allegedly inflicted multiple beatdowns on his wife. At the time of Argentinos death, the leaping phenom was a married man with kids and claimed to have girlfriends everywhere. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka wrestles in a match on September 4, 1995 in New Hampshire. When I got back to the hotel, I remember being very surprised that she was still in bed. Kirwin, speaking about the prosecution publicly for the first time, also added, "Their case was doomed from the start. Snukas fall from grace was as low as his peaks of fame were high. Then another call came and it was the motel owner saying that there was a guy running after her. Snuka took his hostage girlfriend into the room and refused to open the door when deputies arrived. I enjoy them. Track back 30 years to the documented interview with Detective Gerald Procanyn of the Whitehall Police Department at the hotel. Only after Nancy was killed did we learn that he was married and it was a total shock that he was living this double life, Argentinos sister Lorraine Salome added. And in the ring Snuka remained true to his native island roots by swearing off wrestlings regalia of boots, opting to go barefoot instead; as well as donning a distinct headband and leopard-printed garb as odes to his on-screen idol Tarzan. PWSTees.com Your favorite Pro Wrestling Stories, on a tee! Some additional context is needed here to truly understand where both Snuka and McMahon stood at the time. Me, personallyif you ask me, Do you think Jimmy did it? No. , then Snukas promoter as the owner of Titan Sports d/b/a the World Wrestling Federation, and now the chairman, CEO and owner of the WWFs successor, World Wrestling Entertainment. In 1985, they won a $500K wrongful death lawsuit against Snuka but he contended he was broke and never paid it, the Morning Call reported. President Donald Trump, to an advisory group dedicated to reopening the country during the coronavirus pandemic, allwhile WWE has continued running its weekly live wrestling, Florida has deemed WWE an essential business. In terms of the Nancy situation, I asked him the question a couple of times. In a moment that, with hindsight, should have been the crossroads where someone intervened to help Argentino, the assembled media largely failed her, refusing to take her story seriously enough to tell it properly. It is believed that Snuka delaying 12-24 hours in calling for medical help contributed greatly to the emergency staffers inability to resuscitate her. It is a deterioration of brain tissue and function and was discovered in 2004 at the Allegheny County medical examiners office after performing an autopsy on former Pittsburgh Steelers player, Iron Mike Webster. When we got to the hotel right away I had to call because she wasnt feeling good, he said. Dattilio testified Snuka was unable to recall many of the debilitating injuries that led to his head trauma but did recount the shocking incident mentioned above, which he says left him dizzy and disoriented. Even though he suffered from serious head trauma from his wrestling career and was perhaps suffering from dementia, he was still competent enough to hang himself after the murders. Even the incident with Roddy Piper smashing a coconut on Snukas head was used! The only thing I know for sure is that I didnt hurt Nancy.. The clear-cut forensics werent there, but the suspicion was there. He can be contacted by e-mail at jojst1@gmail.com. Due to COVID-19 and current government mandated impacts on WWE and the media business generally, the Company went through an extensive evaluation of its operations over the past several weeks, a statement from the company reads. Snuka, having lost his physical green card in 2007, began the process to get a new one, which included a new criminal background check. ", Days after Snukas arrest, the WWE erased his Hall of Fame profile and all images and videos from its media sites. ", After Snuka was charged with third-degree murder, Jim Cornette questioned, "Why doesnt someone really start investigating more about why nothing got done for 30 years when there was all of this evidence and conflicting stories? I think we stopped drinking after thatshe did at least, according to Snuka. Tap into Getty Images' global scale, data-driven insights, and network of more than 340,000 creators to create content exclusively for your brand. Snuka, a native of Fiji who lives in Waterford Township, New Jersey, was charged last year in the death of 23-year-old Nancy Argentino, whose body was found in their Whitehall Township hotel. In a moment that, with hindsight, should have been the crossroads where someone intervened to help Argentino, the assembled media largely failed her, refusing to take her story seriously enough to tell it properly. So I told her to come on out and she ran past him. As the episode showed, Snukas drug use had escalated so much by 1983 that his 22-year-old mistress, Argentino, also became his pseudo-manager as nobody else wanted to deal with his alleged reckless behavior. I would never use full force. Yeah, there was some excitement. After the one hour meeting in the district attorneys law library, there are no records of Jimmy Snuka ever being questioned by police again. For 30 years, Snuka continued with his life as if nothing had happened. Patreon: https://goo.gl/hFwQbF Many More Videos: https://goo.gl/p1cRZN My Twitter Page --- http://bit.ly/1Pes74s My Facebook Page --- http://on.fb.me/1U9C3o. From excessive horseplay amongst them to a lovers quarrel where accidents happen, to her simply slipping and falling. , an ebook that Argentinos sisters collaborated on with, , who had been doing the seminal reporting on the case. If you think Im going to be hurt by the revelation that one of my wrestlers is really a violent individual, youre mistaken.. The Events of Nancy Argentino's Death. [Argentino] was evidently beaten up and banged up and bruised upyou know, a couple of dozen bruises and cuts on her body, besides a fractured f*****g skull in a wrestlers hotel room that had just been previously arrested, in the f*****g same state I believe, about 6 months beforehand by eight cops and two police dogs for beating up the same girl!, Cornette continued, Even in Snukas book, he wrote that Vince [McMahon] came to represent him at the meeting, which everyone agrees on, but Vince was carrying a briefcase! This has been very hard on me and very hard on my family I never hit Nancy or threatened her. Yeah, there was some excitement. It was attended by WWE CEO Vince McMahon, the Allentown Morning Call reported in 2013. Argentino was dating World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling star James Reiher Snuka known professionally as Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka when she died under suspicious circumstances in 1983. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka wrestles September 4, 1995 in New Hampshire. This is the disturbing story of Nancy Argentino, who was once the lover of professional wrestler Superfly Jimmy Snuka. He adds, "Sometimes being trapped with my thoughts can be more painful than any injury Ive suffered in the ring. ", "I dont know how to reconcile this mans heroic feats inside our world, with the tragedy he likely played a role in outside of it, but I have always found wisdom and comfort in these simple words from Bruce Springsteen: Trust the art, not the artist." Also, to reinforce the aforementioned, Dr. Manish Fozdar, a Raleigh, North Carolina expert in Neuropsychiatry and forensic psychiatry, said, "There are no cause-effect relationships as Snukas defense attorney argued. The memo was first published in Justice Denied, an ebook that Argentinos sisters collaborated on with Irvin Muchnick, who had been doing the seminal reporting on the case since 1992, as a benefit for a battered womens shelter. He has also been published on Slam Wrestling and in G-FAN Magazine. Nancy called me at 2 in the morning saying, I have to get out of here, her sister recalled. Documentary. The George Washington Motor Lodge as seen on April 6, 1993. At that point, he opened the door further and walked towards the rear of the room, and the female got up wrapped in a bed sheet. They are not against the donation, only that it shouldnt be tied in with the case or the Department., Even on the WWF side, the reaction was incredulous: What [Snuka] wants to do in Syracuse is very unusual, said ring announcer and office staffer, . They blew it up, brother.), copped a plea for harassment and got a conditional discharge. But it appears Snukas big mouth or fuzzy memory caught up to him. Again, speculation has long run rampant about whether or not McMahon swooped in after her death with his briefcase to finagle Snuka out of trouble (which has never been proven, and McMahon has denied doing so through. Shawn Michaels And Diesel Good Friends, Better Enemies, Monday Night SmackDown! ", Deputy Lehigh County coroner Wayne Snyder later said, Upon viewing the body and speaking to the pathologist, I immediately suspected foul play and so notified the district attorney.. 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Yes, that Vince McMahon, then Snukas promoter as the owner of Titan Sports d/b/a the World Wrestling Federation, and now the chairman, CEO and owner of the WWFs successor, World Wrestling Entertainment. The senator waited 10 hours until he reported the incident and claimed that his behavior had been "indefensible." Ultimately, you look at what he did in the ring, and its remarkable. What the f***?". The WWE issued a statement after Snukas autobiography was published and the story about McMahon showing up with a briefcase to solve the Snuka situation when it happened in 1983, "The insinuation that a group of medical examiners, detectives, and prosecutors including two who became judges could have their integrity compromised and participate in an improper activity during the course of a meeting is absurd, categorically false and insulting to all parties. Authorities even tossed the WWE Hall of Famers tell-all autobiography as the cherry on top of the mountain of facts. WWE has not responded to Oxygen.coms request for comment. He communicated to her that Snuka was now a free man. And while theyre drinking and having a good time in comes the party-crashing police. Snukas wife, Carole Snuka, told the producers of Dark Side of the Ring that her husband told her that McMahon came into town with his briefcase and told him it was done.. Jimmy Snuka, Argentino's boyfriend at the time, was investigated in the death but not charged or arrested until 2015. During the hearings to determine whether Jimmy Snuka was mentally competent to stand trial, his defense attorney Robert Kirwin said that Snuka suffered from brain trauma so severe that he had developed CTE and, subsequently, dementia. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka found Nancy Argentino gasping for air inside a motel room here in May 1983. Charges were not immediately pressed at the time against Jimmy Snuka though the case was left officially open. Get all your true crime news from Oxygen. "You have a look and an attitude, I think,. Buddy Rogers left him there and vowed to attend the church service later, but he didnt. George The Animal Steele His Double Life and Turnbuckle Fetish. Snuka, a cliff diver and bodybuilder with a vertical leap as impressive as his physique, was the WWFs newly minted top good guy. According to police interviews obtained by The Morning Call, Snuka originally told at least five people, including the responding police officer, he shoved Argentino, causing her to fall and hit her head. Reality is seemingly more complicated: Sparkes, Snukas lawyer, had suggested not just a deal based on the donation and a public apology, but a public apology at the next local WWF event, at the Onondaga County War Memorial on April 7th, where he would leave tickets for the officers involved. I think Vince Jr. picked me up from the hotel and took me there. ), That was when several deputies arrived and unsuccessfully tried to handcuff Snuka. Reached by phone yesterday, Sharon Georgi said she was having dinner. They do not want a public apology and would not be a part of it, replied Lieutenant Paul Zemenz, the officers supervisor, in a letter sent back to Sparkes. Then they get to the motel and napped. Investigating the mysterious story of Jimmy Snuka, whose girlfriend Nancy Argentino died in their motel room in 1983, and revealing her family's 30-year struggle for justice. Coverage of the latest true crime stories and famous cases explained, as well as the best TV shows, movies and podcasts in the genre. The medical evidence showed that he was not getting better, and in fact, hes getting worse.". Bronstad would add that Argentino complained of neck, head, back and hand injuries. Per a separate statement from Deputy Lawrence Witter, those were diagnosed as a bruised right thumb, contusion to the neck, possible fractured ribs and injury to the lower back., Snuka, in his ghostwritten memoir, brazenly claimed, We were drinking and having a good time when all of a sudden, the police burst into our room. He added, I dont know why they chose my room maybe mine was the first one they passed but they did. In point of fact, they were there because of a call from Thomas Donovan, the motels night manager. Despite the tumble they drove to the motel, despite reports that Snuka lacked a drivers license. Snuka does mention in his autobiography that the details are hazy but that he went with Vince McMahon to a court or a law office, and that Vince had a suitcase. Snuka alleged that s Vice's "Dark Side of the Ring" took on the death of Nancy Argentino in a new episode, which aired April 12. But there were clear signs that her sisters love affair was rocky. He didnt say anything to me. I could not understand why the district attorney could not see it., 30 years later, the case was still unsolved, but an opportunity for the case to be re-opened presented itself. All I remember is he had a briefcase with him. According to the experts, there is no proof that people who suffer from CTE are also legally incompetent. There is nothing in the historical record to suggest that the autopsy report had never been committed to paper before the May 1984 visit with Platt. Reporters from The Morning Call revealed the unreported autopsy findings and put heat under the case again in 2013 to ring in the 30th anniversary of the unsolved mystery. Even though their decision-making is impaired, there isnt a loss as far as I can tell of the sense of right and wrong., I loved Jimmy Snuka as a fan. On September 1st, 2015: After a grand jurys recommendation, Martin proceeds to charge Snuka with third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. 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