

This story first appeared in The Sun and has been republished here with permission. Before his death, he admitted to killing over 200 people and said he never felt a pang of remorse or guilt. Kuklinski eventually died in prison after 18 years behind bars. He got to hang out with the other gangsters in prison and play cards.” It was where he could be the king and he was very well respected. Simultaneously, he begins work as a hitman for mob boss Roy Demeo. The movie takes place as he starts his life with his wife Deborah. Richard was nicknamed The Iceman because of his cold-blooded appetite for murder. Kuklinski was convicted and given two life sentences.Ĭhristin said: “Jail was perfect for my father. THE ICEMAN is about the notorious Mafia hitman Richard Kuklinski who was arrested in 1986.

His eldest daughter, Merrick, had an unbreakable bond with her father, despite his violent behaviour.Īfter many failed undercover police attempts to catch Kuklinski, he was finally arrested in 1986. “We had no hope in being saved because the police had been tracking him for so long and they couldn’t get him on anything. “He would hit himself in the head so hard you could see the blood vessels popping,” Christin said when describing his rage. Picture: SuppliedĬhristin and her mother conjured up a plan to drug his meat loaf with Valium but they became too terrified to put their plan into action. The daughters of serial killer Richard Kuklinski, Merrick and Christin.
