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TIL John Gotti's 13 year old son was struck by a car and killed when he darted out into a street on a mini motorbike. The driver of the vehicle, a neighbor whose son had previously slept over at the Gotti house, disappeared 5 months later. He was allegedly shot in the head and dissolved in acid

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