The story about the old lady sounds kind of like bullshit...and for those who know, that is literally a few houses down from Joe Lombardo's house (2210 W Ohio). Perhaps she was a widower still paying her husband's debts off, or perhaps it really did happen and these guys are that stone cold - but that neighborhood is very close knit and if Panozzo did do something like that, bragging wouldn't really help him win anyone's respect there.
According to an affidavit police obtained for a search warrant of their homes, an informant said Panozzo boasted about killing an elderly woman around 1987.
“Panozzo still jokes about throwing someone down three flights of stairs and jokes about how surprisingly difficult it was to murder an elderly woman,” according to the affidavit.
Investigators are focusing on a 77-year-old woman who died on Oct. 17, 1987, in the 2300 block of West Ohio, the affidavit said.
