Well, the burglaries may have had something to do with Bors getting killed; it was said that he had expressed reservations about killing some guys that he knew were not involved with the burglary. But the main reason he was killed is because Butch Petrocelli was a major rival of his. Butch began spreading rumors that Bors was an informant (some of which may have been related to the burglary), specifically to Joe Ferriola. Once Turk Torello (whom Bors belonged to) died, the way was open for Bors to be killed and for Butch to increase his power. It was believed that Jerry Scalise and Jerry Scarpelli killed Borsellino and dumped his body on the side of a country road.

Butch himself was killed the next year for running his mouth and, ironically enough, because of rumors that he was an informant.