If Roy Demeo was whacked, because he was under investigation, and that investigation was focused on his car theft enterprise, then he might have lasted longer had he not been trying to become a made man by proving he could earn through trafficking in autos.
Castellano was a business man than a mobster,so just the idea of stay in a cell than in his luxury home,made born the idea of made whack DeMeo and was an mistake,Roy was a stand up guy and will made his time with the mouth shout;and the fact that was a made man than an associate is irrelevant if the boss wants someone dead, then that someone dies.
if he lived until to 85-86? most likely would become capo at the death of gaggi in 1990.
Understood perfectly. All I am saying is that it seems Roy's downfall was his being investigated for being involved in the car theft ring. If he would've stuck to quieter ways of making money, he might have lasted longer, and even become a Capo as you suggested.
One thing on the difference between soldier and associate. This is just my opinion. I think a soldier can only usually be whacked if a Boss approves. A soldier and Capo can't usually take it upon themselves to kill a member of a family that Bosses induct themselves.
On the other hand, except in the case of high level associates whose earnings impact the pocketbooks of the upper echelons of the mafia, an associate can pretty much be whacked whenever the soldier gets good and ready to (especially if that associate is not on record with the family and no one knows about them except the soldier). I think all a soldier would need to do is inform their Capo, and that's only if the associate is known to the Capo.
