Robert De Niro in “Goodfellas.” (
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Federal agents have found human remains possibly tied to a decades old Mafia murder at the Queens home of “Goodfellas” mobster James “Jimmy the Gent” Burke, law enforcement sources said.
The discovery comes two days after FBI and NYPD investigators swooped in on the Ozone Park house of the late Lucchese killer, who was made famous by Robert DeNiro in the Martin Scorsese film.
The feds unearthed bones and other, unidentified materials. The remains will be now be sent to the Medical Examiner’s office for forensic testing.
“Investigators have recovered some material, but it will be examined by the pathologist to determine precisely what it is,” said a source.
The investigation “is progressing.”
Authorities have not said whose body they may be looking for, but said it involves a cold-case mob murder that ‘s more than 30 years old.
“We’re piecing together exactly what we have,” a law-enforcement source said.
Burke, who died in 1996, was the alleged mastermind of the 1978, $6 million Lufthansa cargo terminal heist at Kennedy Airport.
The Queens dig is not related to that case, sources said.
The Ozone Park triplex is now owned by the thug’s daughters, Catherine and Robin, according to property records. They have rented it out to another family for more than 40 years.
Regina Belardinelli, daughter of the longtime tenants, said her parents weren’t alerted to the dig and came home to find investigators at the house. Probers told her they were also focusing on the home’s basement.
Burke’s widow, Mickey, who lives in Howard Beach, said she has “no idea” what – or who – investigators might be looking for.
The Ozone Park triplex is now owned by the thug’s daughters, Catherine and Robin, according to property records. They have rented it out to another family for more than 40 years.
Regina Belardinelli, daughter of the longtime tenants, said her parents weren’t alerted to the dig and came home to find investigators at the house. Probers told her they were also focusing on the home’s basement.
Burke’s widow, Mickey, who lives in Howard Beach, said she has “no idea” what – or who – investigators might be looking for.