If Castelllano didn't get his own crew to whack him Roy would have been running that family eventually
If Roy hadnt been whacked when he was then the cops would have busted him. Dom Montigilio ratted later that year and Walter Mack was building his case stronger each day. 1983 would have been Roys last year as a free man!
Roy might have did some time behind the car ring , but that would have been about it . Montiglio was only beneficial to the case against Gaggi . Unless Gaggi flipped on Roy they wouldn't have been able to put him away for life. The only murder Montiglio could have implicated him in was the kid who broke Gaggis nose , and that wouldn't have done much seeing how he took part in the attempts as well as the eventual murder . You can tip off about murders and be a murderer yourself , but when all you can give up is a murder you helped commit the case would never have stuck . As for Freddy he didnt flip until after they killed Roy and Richie so Roy wouldn't have gotten pinched because of him . I think Walter Mack was quoted as saying something about it after they found Roy dead . Something along the lines of Roy getting whacked being easier than trying to build a successful case against him .
