However, one of the failings of the Lehigh County District Attorneys Office subsequent to Argentinos death reads more black and white. All the pieces were there. But there were clear signs that her sisters love affair was rocky. It is a deterioration of brain tissue and function and was discovered in 2004 at the Allegheny County medical examiners office after performing an autopsy on former Pittsburgh Steelers player, Iron Mike Webster. This speculation, though, is now overshadowed by evidence that McMahon may have helped facilitate the cycle of abuse that kept Nancy Argentino in Jimmy Snukas company, and potentially gave Superfly the opportunity to kill her. I moved to the other side of the doorway and saw a woman on the bed against the north wall of the room lying down crying and huddled in a fetal position, added Bronstad, in his own affidavit. The manager would quickly reply that the much larger figure one which amounts to almost $66,000 with inflation wasnt an issue. Snuka does mention in his autobiography that the details are hazy but that he went with Vince McMahon to a court or a law office, and that Vince had a suitcase. Cushing spent weeks in Allentown, Pennsylvania, visiting scenes, studying the case records, and interviewing witnesses. The variety of stories (were not claiming theyre true or false) about what he did with Nancy Argentino or how she got injured could fill this whole page. On top of being the top WWF star, Snuka, according to his then on-screen manager/real-life babysitter Buddy Rogers, also had a massive cocaine problem. Snuka definitely says he saw Argentino hit the ground. At one point Argentino hopped over a stream before she lost her footing. The episode shineda renewed light about the mysterious death. Again, speculation has long run rampant about whether or not McMahon swooped in after her death with his briefcase to finagle Snuka out of trouble (which has never been proven, and McMahon has denied doing so through counsel and a company spokesperson). AEW and WWE Conspiracy: Are They Working Together? Take Dr. Isidore Mihalakiss autopsy report noting that the multiplicity and magnitude of Nancy Argentinos dozen or more craniocerbral blows may even be suggestive of mate abuse and that this case should be investigated as a homicide until proven otherwise.. The coconut was supposed to be shaved thin on one end, to crack like an egg, the psychologist explained, but Piper hit Snuka with the wrong end. They made it to the motel and after Argentino requested to lie down, Snuka left to go to the Allentown Fairgrounds to perform. And just like that, only 12 days later, Jimmy Snuka passed away on January 15th, 2017. The medical evidence showed that he was not getting better, and in fact, hes getting worse.". However, by the next day, he apparently changed his story and claimed that. "We never saw a dime, but money was . 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Dr. Mihalikis did not find any bruises, lacerations or other indications of a beating or prior injuries. The man responsible for the original autopsy, Dr. Isidore Mihalakis, in 1983 commented to The Morning Call about the investigation. Coverage of the latest true crime stories and famous cases explained, as well as the best TV shows, movies and podcasts in the genre. In August 2015: Carole, the third wife of Jimmy Snuka, says that he has stomach cancer. So why did they buy his constantly evolving story? This again was, according to Argentinos oldest sister. There was enough to take it before a grand jury in 1983. Argentino, from Brooklyn, New York, was Snukas mistress and traveled alongside him on the pro wrestling circuit whenever Snuka found himself in the Northeast. Vince McMahon Jr. was not only present but was clandestinely trying to play Mr. Fixit. The trouble is the brawler allegedly inflicted multiple beatdowns on his wife. It was 1983 and only days after Nancy Argentino was found barely breathing, oozing yellow fluid from her mouth and nose while laying almost lifeless, while holed up in Room 427 at the George Washington Motor Lodge in Allentown, Pennsylvania. There is nothing in the historical record to suggest that the autopsy report had never been committed to paper before the May 1984 visit with Platt. Dr. Mihalikis did not find any evidence of recent sexual contact. Ill say that much. Snuka, having lost his physical green card in 2007, began the process to get a new one, which included a new criminal background check. One event was a 2012 poker game in New York in which Snuka won $100,000 for charity, Scheetz said. As the docuseries points out, there was another passenger in the car with them who doesnt recall any fall. I didnt know him as a person, but hes a professional cohort. But it appears Snukas big mouth or fuzzy memory caught up to him. Hours later, paramedics responded to their motel room where Argentino was found unresponsive. In another version, Snuka claims he called the authorities as soon as they got to the hotel room. ", "I dont know how to reconcile this mans heroic feats inside our world, with the tragedy he likely played a role in outside of it, but I have always found wisdom and comfort in these simple words from Bruce Springsteen: Trust the art, not the artist." It was devastating.. A follow-up interview with Snuka was conducted by investigatorson June 1. vice_videos:premiere. She was staying in a motel room with Jimmy Snuka in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. They definitely do not want any tickets reserved for them for the April 7th wrestling match and would not attend. They are not against the donation, only that it shouldnt be tied in with the case or the Department., Even on the WWF side, the reaction was incredulous: What [Snuka] wants to do in Syracuse is very unusual, said ring announcer and office staffer, . The 1983 death of Nancy Argentino has become one the most infamous chapters in pro wrestling history. Nancy Argentino's surviving sisters had lobbied authorities to reopen the case into her 1983 death in Lehigh County. The countys investigative grand jury found that Jimmy Snuka assaulted Nancy Argentino on May 10, 1983, then left her in a Whitehall Township motel room to die. Its impossible to discern causality, too whether the explanation is simply innocent, lazy reporting, or something more sinister. After the one hour meeting in the district attorneys law library, there are no records of Jimmy Snuka ever being questioned by police again. I didnt push [Jimmy] at all. A nurse observed Snukas strange demeanor when he visited Argentinos room after she was admitted at Lehigh Valley Hospital Centers ER. The only thing I know for sure is that I didnt hurt Nancy.. Ultimately, you look at what he did in the ring, and its remarkable. If Snuka wanted to donate some money to a local charity they would not be a part of it. Mick Foley spoke about Snuka, a man who inspired him to pursue a career in wrestling. Its hard because were talking about a human life that passed away. Thirty years later, Nancy Argentino's death remains unsolved. All in all, there were at least a few entities that failed Nancy Argentino in 1983: The motel clerk who let things escalate in January by not calling the police earlier; the majority of the media coverage of her initial beating at Snukas hands, which minimized her suffering to present a somehow breezier narrative of a wrestler fighting off police dogs; and the district attorneys office who, in spite of having multiple strong witnesses confirming the abuse even after Argentino recanted, basically waved Snukas actions aside to avoid risk to his green card. Hamilton mentioned the case of Chris Benoit in 2007 who reportedly killed his wife and son. "He came there in shorts and didnt say anything to my mother. Even though he suffered from serious head trauma from his wrestling career and was perhaps suffering from dementia, he was still competent enough to hang himself after the murders. A Pennsylvania grand jury will reopen and investigate the 31-year-old death of Nancy Argentino, who was then the girlfriend of WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. We slept together each time, but we also hung out., But while he admits his marriage to his wife, Sharon, was terrible and that he was unfaithful, he seems to misremember how he put a brutal beating on her months after Argentino died. When speaking to the Whitehall Police hours after Argentino died as the result of a skull fracture (four months after the New York motel room attack), McMahon backed up the claims around Snukas needing Argentino to be able to travel between live shows and taping venues. Argentino fell down on her own when they made a bathroom roadside pitstop on their way into Allentown. Instead, her mother received the phone call that no mother wants to receive. Argentino swore in a deposition after the alleged assault that Snuka never hit her or intentionally harmed her. (In his notes from a phone interview conducted with Bronstad and Deputy Alex Romanenko four days after Argentino was killed, Detective Gerald Procanyn describes the initial call from the motel in Salina as an attempted rape, but based on Bronstads interview with me, that appears to reflect the managers mistaken assumpion more than anything else.). WWE ECW Relaunch | Where Did It All Go Wrong? I dont think its Chris Benoit. That was a blatant lie, said Muchnick. Ultimately, this legal matter will be decided by our judicial system. But the revelation that if we take Procanyns contemporaneous interview with Bronstad and Romanenko at face value Vince McMahon may have been one of these failures is something that, in 2020, casts her death in a different light. Ive never heard of anything like it before.. What the f***?". Alistair McGeorge. Its been an exceptionally busymonth for McMahon and his company. An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. With this information, the cause of death would have been termed accidental if a formal autopsy report was prepared., As it would later transpire, the paragraph contradicts the complete coroners office file, which I obtained as part of the same civil case appendix mentioned earlier. By. I remember Vince McMahon being what Vince McMahon has always been very effusive. due to Snukas apparent mental incompetence mere days before his 2017 death from stomach cancer. Snuka was big money, and with McMahon in the process of plotting a national expansion for his regional promotion their initial trip to California was several weeks away McMahon needed big money for everything he had planned. According to the complaint, the nurse described the hulkish beau as a tall man with a Hawaiian skirt who refused to go to the waiting room. In addition, Mihalikis absolutely did find, bruises, lacerations or other indications of a beating or prior injuries. Over two dozen, to be more specific, to the point that the report states that they could suggest mate abuse.. The fall didnt seem like anything serious. That day, with Snukas lawyer, James Sparkes, acting as notary, she swore out an affidavit stating that she was in no way seeking prosecution against Snuka. He was the mouthpiece, trying to direct the conversation.. Kirwin, speaking about the prosecution publicly for the first time, also added, "Their case was doomed from the start. It was attended by WWE CEO Vince McMahon, the, reported in 2013. I never wanted to harm her. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka wrestles in a match on September 4, 1995 in New Hampshire. His assaultive acts and his failure to act to obtain medical attention resulted in her death, the grand jury wrote in a presentment on July 17, 2015, recommending he be charged with homicide. In 1983, Nancy Argentino -- girlfriend of eventual WWE Hall of Fame wrestler Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka -- died mysteriously in a motel room outside Allentown, Pennsylvania. For 30 years, Snuka continued with his life as if nothing had happened. Check out his weekly wrestling history podcast, Between The Sheets, on all major podcast platforms, and subscribe to his Substack at BabyfacevHeel.com. In a televised speech, he firmly denied it was alcohol-fueled. He writes in his book, Sharon and I fought all the time. When I got back to the hotel, I remember being very surprised that she was still in bed. Movies. Former professional wrestling star Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. As it would later transpire, the paragraph contradicts the complete, , which I obtained as part of the same civil case appendix mentioned earlier. Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka wrestles on September 4, 1995 in New Hampshire. Citizenship and Immigration Services in 2017 after his death, which actually contradicts those reports. June 21st, 2016: Prosecutors ask Judge Banach to force Snuka to undergo mental health treatment. In 1985, Nancy Argentino's family won a $500,000 judgment against the Superfly in a federal wrongful-death civil lawsuit; but after filing for bankruptcy the retired wrestler reportedly. A year after Argentino was killed, with her family having retained lawyers from Schonwald, Schaffzin & Mullman, one of the lawyers on the case travelled to Allentown, Pennsylvania, to meet with Lehigh County District Attorney William Platt. [Photo: WWE Network]In 1999, with internet usage still somewhat in its infancy, when writer Irvin Muchnick first published the story of Snuka and Argentino online, it circulated and gained steam amongst fans and underground newsletters. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka enters Lehigh County Court to argue he has the right to have a preliminary hearing in the 1983 murder of his girlfriend in a Whitehall Township motel. Right on the concrete on the side of the road, she just slipped backwards., The 230-pound grappler scooped her up and according to his testimony slapped her across the face to get her to come to again. But Argentino remained unconscious. I think we stopped drinking after thatshe did at least, according to Snuka. Dattilio testified Snuka was unable to recall many of the debilitating injuries that led to his head trauma but did recount the shocking incident mentioned above, which he says left him dizzy and disoriented. He goes on about how he wished it hadnt happen and says I had no reason to hurt her. Nonetheless, Snuka remained forever tied to 23-year-old Argentinos untimely death on May 10, 1983. However, by the next day, he apparently changed his story and claimed that Argentino fell down on her own when they made a bathroom roadside pitstop on their way into Allentown. Picture made on Wednesday, October 7, 2015. If Snuka wanted to donate some money to a local charity they would not be a part of it. If you missed it, the immediate things you need to know are that Argentino died of, ; that Snuka initially told a variety of stories that involved pushing her, only to change his tune claiming she slipped and fell at the side of the road . 0. Based on the forensic evidence, it was curious that police investigators had so quickly ruled out foul play. One of the then-WWF's biggest stars, Jimmy Snuka, was present at the Allentown, Pennsylvania motel where Argentino suffered the traumatic brain injuries that ended her life after just 23 years. Eerily, Salome recalled feeling restless that night. She was staying in a motel room with Jimmy Snuka in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. In the wake of Argentinos death, one of Snukas confidants came to his aid. I didnt see it happen, but I remember she told me she was jumping over a little stream that was there and she slipped.. He mentioned that this was a far cry from the Snuka that truly used to leap off cages and turnbuckles. The couple were even hatching plans to purchase a New Jersey townhouse together. With regards to the actual events witnessed and lived by deputies at the Howard Johnson Motor Lodge, although the newspaper articles accurately describe the melee between Snuka and the Sheriffs Department, the deputies had much more to say than the papers reported. -. Ive never heard of anything like it before., To the credit of the Sheriffs Office, it looks like they did everything they should have both in terms of doing right by Nancy Argentino, and trying to avoid a public spectacle. If you bring up pro wrestling to someone from the Northeast whose fandom peaked around this time, theyll inevitably: 1) gush about Superfly being their favorite; and 2) reminisce about imitating him by jumping off their bed or dresser. Muchnick considers that to be "a blatant lie." Javier Ojst is an old-school wrestling enthusiast currently residing in El Salvador. Foreman Grill: A $200m Mistake for Hulk Hogan! Even though their decision-making is impaired, there isnt a loss as far as I can tell of the sense of right and wrong., I loved Jimmy Snuka as a fan. It was obvious. Adding to the controversy was that . The case remains open to this day. Snukas attorney, Robert J. Kirwan, argued that the fliers and videos did not prove anything about Snukas competency. The WWE issued a statement after Snukas autobiography was published and the story about McMahon showing up with a briefcase to solve the Snuka situation when it happened in 1983, "The insinuation that a group of medical examiners, detectives, and prosecutors including two who became judges could have their integrity compromised and participate in an improper activity during the course of a meeting is absurd, categorically false and insulting to all parties. However, as of this publication, you can find images and videos of him restored on wwe.com. The Argentinos have provided high-resolution copies of all four pages to me: It contains some information that wasnt reported in the 1980s, but its importance becomes more clear in light of the paragraph that discusses Argentinos autopsy. Other doctors in 2010 said they also noticed developing signs of dementia. Some additional context is needed here to truly understand where both Snuka and McMahon stood at the time. "I would only say there wasn't anything significantly said or done and that's why there's no record of it,"Frederick Conjour, the former police of police with the Whitehall Township,told the docuseries. On top of that, according to her sisters, Nancy also had her own specific value to McMahon: With Snuka being illiterate and without a drivers license, McMahon needed a driver to get him to and from shows, but with his increasingly problematic drug use and erratic behavior, other wrestlers now refused to chauffeur him around, Speculation has long swirled around McMahons involvement in the murder investigation, specifically his presence during Snukas last police interview, the contents of which unlike every other interview summary in the Whitehall file are notoriously not described in the report at all (a fact that then-Chief Frederic Conjour wrote off as nothing in the, documentary). He came there in shorts and didnt say anything to my mother. Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka arrives for the second day of a competency hearing at the Lehigh County Courthouse on Wednesday, May18, 2016. And despite the caked on foundation applied by the ambitious mortician on this day the grim sight haunted her pro wrestling beau to the core. Right from the get-go, the one constant with him was he kept saying, I want the truth. He was to re-examine the evidence after Argentinos death and try to persuade then-District Attorney William Platt that this was not an accident. Investigating the mysterious story of Jimmy Snuka, whose girlfriend Nancy Argentino died in their motel room in 1983, and revealing her family's 30-year struggle for justice. The male was forcing the female back towards room #1 while the female was yelling for help., After seeing this, Donovan finally called the Sheriffs Department. Dementia is defined legally as being unable to understand whats going on. They do not want a public apology and would not be a part of it, replied Lieutenant Paul Zemenz, the officers supervisor, in a letter sent back to Sparkes. As the docuseries points out, there was another passenger in the car with them who doesnt recall any fall. His widow, Carol, claims that he died of CTE, not cancer. Reached by phone yesterday, Sharon Georgi said she was having dinner. Oh, and hed donate $1,500 his alleged purse for his return to Syracuse that same day to Sheriff John Dillons favorite charity, the Ronald McDonald House. ), A year after Argentino was killed, with her family having retained lawyers from Schonwald, Schaffzin & Mullman, one of the lawyers on the case travelled to Allentown, Pennsylvania, to meet with Lehigh County District Attorney William Platt. https://prowrestlingstories.com/pro-wrestling-stories/life-death-chris-benoit/, All of these wrestlers in the WWE have head trauma, they cant avoid it, its part of their job, Hamilton stated. , then Snukas promoter as the owner of Titan Sports d/b/a the World Wrestling Federation, and now the chairman, CEO and owner of the WWFs successor, World Wrestling Entertainment. My mom told her, Listen, Nancy, youre too pretty and too smart to put up with this. To this day, nearly four decades later, the death of Nancy Argentino remains unsolved. Complicating matters is Snukas alien file, obtained from U.S. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more. ", Snukas defense attorney Robert Kirwin, who had motioned for the case to be closed once it had been determined in June 2016 that Snuka was mentally unfit to assist his defense, said, "It was time for there to be closure. New information has surfaced regarding the death of Nancy Argentino. And in his book Snuka, besides fearing needles (even though the word fear, he vows, is not part of my vocabulary) boasts his respect of women. In a moment that, with hindsight, should have been the crossroads where someone intervened to help Argentino, the assembled media largely failed her, refusing to take her story seriously enough to tell it properly. The episode shineda renewed light about the mysterious death. . . It was 4 a.m and I was already up. Jimmy Snuka was at or near the height of his professional popularity in 1983, as his matches typically drew better responses from fans than anyone else on the roster at the time, including then WWF Champion Bob Backlund. We are hopeful that justice will prevail.. The most detailed story, by Jeanne Bednarski in the Syracuse Herald-Journal, was failed by an editor who gave it the headline, Judging by Bare Facts It Was Quite a Match. Worse, it was accompanied by a cartoon mocking the ordeal. If he does, hes responsible., On the matter, Jim Cornette lamented, "The word started getting around. Adding to the controversy was that Snuka was married to another woman whom he had children with at the time of his relationship with Argentino. Homicide charges against Snuka in the 1983 death of his girlfriend Nancy Argentino, 23, in a Whitehall Township motel, have been dismissed after Snuka was ruled incompetent to stand trial. Snuka, a cliff diver and bodybuilder with a vertical leap as impressive as his physique, was the WWFs newly minted top good guy. He was 73. Vice's Dark Side of the Ring took on the death of Nancy Argentino in anewepisode, which aired April 12. I would never use full force. His wife maintains that her husbanddid not kill Argentino. As the episode showed, Snukas drug use had escalated so much by 1983 that his 22-year-old mistress, Argentino, also became his pseudo-manager as nobody else wanted to deal with his alleged reckless behavior. Author Irvin Muchnick's 1992 article about the incident (later collected in his 2007 book WRESTLING BABYLON) is the most authoritative account of what happened. Nothing we could do., And just before Argentinos life was taken, her sister said she had promised to be home for Mothers Day. It wasn't long before she caught the eyes of the wrestlers. Died? A definitive diagnosis can only be performed during an autopsy by analyzing a persons brain under a microscope after death. I dont know if he gave Nancys family money or anything., Procanyns single line about McMahon while recounting the interview about the New York investigation, though, is the first time evidence of McMahons presence in the New York case has been offered in the public domain. I love the smell of the ladies. , addressed from a lawyer identified as DNZ to colleague SRW (Steven R. Waxman, according to filings from the civil case), the lawyer recounts what he learned from his discussions with Platt while going over the prosecutors file, which he wasnt allowed to copy. He has also been published on Slam Wrestling and in G-FAN Magazine. At that point, he opened the door further and walked towards the rear of the room, and the female got up wrapped in a bed sheet. At around 4 a.m. trucks were approaching Argentino, who had found a bush to squat and pee. It was a very worrisome case. Dark Side Of The Ring S02E05 Jimmy Snuka and the Death of Nancy Argentino. Vice's "Dark Side of the Ring" took on the death of Nancy Argentino in a new episode, which aired April 12. Friday, May 10, is the 30th anniversary of the controversial but little-discussed death of Nancy Argentino, Jimmy Snuka's girlfriend at the time. [Argentino] was evidently beaten up and banged up and bruised upyou know, a couple of dozen bruises and cuts on her body, besides a fractured f*****g skull in a wrestlers hotel room that had just been previously arrested, in the f*****g same state I believe, about 6 months beforehand by eight cops and two police dogs for beating up the same girl!, Cornette continued, Even in Snukas book, he wrote that Vince [McMahon] came to represent him at the meeting, which everyone agrees on, but Vince was carrying a briefcase! 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