Why was Joe Todaro Jr. a "close confidant" of a teenager who was supposedly a gang member and union leader as well?

Why is the earth round, why do people get cancer, why, why, why....because Todaro was extremely close with their father and they were mature for their age and Todaro wanted to take them under his wing and groom them, its what the mob does. Read the articles that Nicke posted, or are those articles not worthy?