A then-26 year old Phil Narducci jr was described by U.S. Prosecutors as a “coldblooded mafia killer” in a 1989 sentencing memo. He was found guilty of being a shooter in the 1986 gangland slaying of South Philly racketeer Frank (Frankie Flowers) D’Alfonso at trial, but had the conviction overturned on appeal – the same appeal that freed current syndicate consigliere and one-time acting boss, Joseph (Uncle Joe) Ligambi in 1997. Narducci would be forced to serve another 15 years on the racketeering collar.

Released from prison in 2012, he is alleged to have at least at one point in recent years be headquartering his operations out of his nephew’s nightclub, Encore, in the area’s Old City neighborhood.