By the time that Gov Guarnieri, Eddie Sciandra and a few others were living in Florida the Family was on its last legs. Fratello was a Johnny come lately of sorts to their crew.

From the sounds of the circumstances surrounding Fratello shooting a guy to death in the kitchen of his own bar, The Seminole Lounge, this Charlie Lips sounds like a half-wit. WTF kills a guy in front of witnesses while the joint is open in your own place no less? And you're a "good fella"? This is supposed to be planned if anything. And you NEED permission before you leap.

That alone tells you Fratello was a loose cannon, and numbskull.... quite frankly, despite what police have stated about him being "made", it truly make me wonder about any formal membership of his.

He may not have been, and was misidentified because of his close association with Guarnieri and other members. That has happened many times in the past, with an incorrect "assessment" of a guys status. But if he was, then I do think it shows the quality (or lack thereof) of those last made members.