Whitey Bulger

James "Whitey" Bulger
James "Whitey" Bulger
	Mugshot taken after arrest, 2011
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
Charges	Racketeering (RICO):; Murder (19 counts); Conspiracy to commit murder; Conspiracy to commit extortion; Narcotics distribution; Conspiracy to commit money laundering; Extortion;
Description
Born	James Joseph Bulger Jr.; September 3, 1929; Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	October 30, 2018 (aged 89); United States Penitentiary, Hazelton, West Virginia, U.S.
Cause of death	Beaten
Parents	James Joseph Bulger Sr.; Jane Veronica "Jean" Bulger (née McCarthy);
Siblings	William Michael "Billy" Bulger; John P. "Jackie" Bulger; 3 sisters;
Status
Penalty	Two life terms plus five years, forfeiture of $25.2 million, $19.5 million restitution
Added	August 19, 1999
Caught	June 22, 2011
Number	458
	Captured

James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger, Jr. (September 3, 1929 – October 30, 2018) was an American former mob boss that worked out of South Boston, Massachusetts. He was on the ten top most wanted fugitives in the United States from 1999 until 2011. His story was on America's Most Wanted on FOX. He was captured by police on 22 June 2011.^[1]^[2]^[3]

On October 30, 2018, Bulger was transferred to the United States Penitentiary, Hazelton in West Virginia. Later that day, he was found dead in the prison, aged 89.^[4] Bulger was beaten to death in his prison cell by other inmates.^[5]

Whitey Bulger Media

17-year-old Bulger in a 1947 mugshot
Bulger's mugshot at Alcatraz (1959; age 30)
Mugshot taken of Stephen Flemmi whilst serving time at a Federal prison. Photograph taken by a Federal Bureau of Prisons employee.
FBI surveillance photograph of Bulger with enforcer Stephen Flemmi, c. 1980
Photograph taken in 1994 (age 65)
New York Public Library Main Branch, 42nd Street and 5th Avenue
Digital age progression of Bulger done in 2004, in efforts toward his arrest
The apartment building in Santa Monica, California, where Bulger lived as a fugitive for at least 15 years
Some of the weapons found in Bulger's apartment
Catherine E. Greig (age 60), Bulger's girlfriend (2011).