Bolita is a Cuban numbers game popular in Tampa through the 1950 s. He was called in front of a county grand jury in 1953 investigating organized crime and illegal gambling. Diaz- two gambling kingpins in Tampa. Fabian faded from the underworld scene after Diaz s slaying. As noted above, he was indicted less than a month earlier in a sweep of the Trafficante family s South Florida operations.
Police currently hold to the idea that it was a suicide.
An interesting coincidence involved the double suicide of Pizza Connection figure Giovanni Ligamarri and his son Pietro. The Ligamarris were found hanging side by side in their NY home over two years ago. Raffa had ties to many key figures in the Pizza Connection case. The boss of the Trafficante family, Vincent LoScalzo was also close with the Ligamarris. He was an attendee at Pietro s wedding.