WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon speaks at a news conference announcing the WWE Network on January 8, 2014. According to the Sheriffs Department file for the case, which I obtained via the Argentino familys wrongful death lawsuit against Snuka, at least two officers on the scene witnessed Snuka resuming his attack on Argentino that same night. Nancy Argentino died soon after that and despite evidence of a struggle, no one was ever charged. Me, personallyif you ask me, Do you think Jimmy did it? No. Thats to say nothing of any potential reputational harm to the organization. Vice's Dark Side of the Ring took on the death of Nancy Argentino in anewepisode, which aired April 12. But it appears Snukas big mouth or fuzzy memory caught up to him. Assistant District Attorney Richard Plochocki, citing Argentinos affidavit with regards to the assault on her person, and the potential negative effects on Snukas green card as a first-time offender, recommended a plea on a single charge of harassment. However, he accepted a plea deal that dropped all of those charges. Snuka, a married man, had returned from a World Wrestling Federation taping at the Allentown Fairgrounds to find Argentino gasping for air and oozing yellow fluid from her mouth and nose.". Other doctors in 2010 said they also noticed developing signs of dementia. An autopsy report obtained by Morning Call journalists at that time showed that the medical examiner wrote that they believe that the case should be investigated as a homicide until proven otherwise, the Morning Call reported in 2015. 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. WWE ECW Relaunch | Where Did It All Go Wrong? Even a movie was made in 2018 about the Chappaquiddick scandal where many people believe the senator got away with murder. , 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. Even the incident with Roddy Piper smashing a coconut on Snukas head was used! She later dropped charges and claimed he didnt hurt her. My mom told her, Listen, Nancy, youre too pretty and too smart to put up with this. I was stonewalled at every turn, Cushing said. In the same letter, Zemenz appears to imply that Sparkes was attempting to get the charges dropped extrajudicially, as he added that the officers felt that if any plea bargain, etc., was done[,] it more properly should come from the District Attorneys Office or the Courts. More pointedly, he stipulated, It was generally felt that this is turning into a publicity gimmick to benefit only Snuka, of which they want no part, citing the media coverage. 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). (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.). Eerily, Salome recalled feeling restless that night. The only thing I know for sure is that I didnt hurt Nancy.. 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. Some additional context is needed here to truly understand where both Snuka and McMahon stood at the time. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! ", Dr. Paul Hoyer, a forensic pathologist for the Montgomery County coroners office, added, "Dementia can be a muddy diagnosis, as there is no clear-cut test to determine whether a person suffers from it." But Snuka will have few chances to steal many easy winks now that he is facing 20 to 40 years in the big house if hes convicted of third-degree murder. In fact, Snuka made appearances (though he barely spoke to anybody) at the Thanksgiving dinner hosted at Nancys mothers house in Brooklyn. Snuka was previously ruled incompetent to stand trial in. October 29, 2020. To this day, nearly four decades later, the death of Nancy Argentino remains unsolved. I felt bad about it brother. After he comforted Argentino by bringing some chow and later setting wet towel compresses on her head, her status turned critical. It was obvious. Snuka told her to hurry up as she jumped across the grass onto the road she slipped and fell backwards and hit her head. The docuseries recounted one incident in January 1983 in which Snuka allegedly assaulted Argentino in a hotel. 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. The case went cold for 30 years. Kirwin, speaking about the prosecution publicly for the first time, also added, "Their case was doomed from the start. When Nancy Argentinos older sister Lorraine Salome was reached by phone, she said she wasnt at all surprised when she got the dreaded call informing her that the judge dismissed charges against the ex-wrestler. Some outlets inexplicably found humor in it: , for example, glosses over the underlying domestic violence, choosing to frame Snuka violently resisting arrest in joking terms like a pro wrestling match, using phrases such as the match was on and a nine-deputy tag-team. Local media wasnt much better, with, running with the headline, Police, Dogs Win Round.. I think she died of a fracture to her skull. You have to think about this and get out of this relationship., But it was too late. Tap into Getty Images' global scale, data-driven insights, and network of more than 340,000 creators to create content exclusively for your brand. Also, to reinforce the aforementioned, Dr. Manish Fozdar, a Raleigh, North Carolina expert in Neuropsychiatry and forensic psychiatry, said, "There are no cause-effect relationships as Snukas defense attorney argued. WWE has not responded to Oxygen.coms request for comment. I think we stopped drinking after thatshe did at least, according to Snuka. The George Washington Motor Lodge as seen on April 6, 1993. And in the ring Snuka remained true to his native island roots by swearing off wrestlings regalia of boots, opting to go barefoot instead; as well as donning a distinct headband and leopard-printed garb as odes to his on-screen idol Tarzan. The charges were dismissed in 2017 as Snuka . Other sources have been linked where applicable. Bronstad, describing a shorter, older man wearing a hat, remembers being pissed off and quoting the manager a figure of $25,000 for Snukas bail, which would actually turn out to be just $5,000. What? Procanyn, meanwhile, was no longer available at a phone number that he had been giving out last year; neither the Lehigh Valley DAs office (where he worked more recently) nor the reporter who covered his retirement had updated contacts. More. Most documented cases have occurred in athletes of contact sports such as American football, ice hockey, rugby, boxing, and professional wrestling. On that date, Nancy Argentino, girlfriend of Jimmy Snuka, was declared dead in a Lehigh Valley Hospital. Snuka definitely says he saw Argentino hit the ground. He abandoned the 28-year-old woman who had crash trauma and drowned. big money for everything he had planned. My client would have liked to clear his name, and there was never a doubt in my mind that a jury would have acquitted him if hed been well enough to stand trial., The judge dismissed the charges by saying that she was satisfied that Jimmy Snuka would not regain competency, and "it would be unjust to resume the prosecution.". When we got to the hotel right away I had to call because she wasnt feeling good, he said. It is believed that Snuka delaying 12-24 hours in calling for medical help contributed greatly to the emergency staffers inability to resuscitate her. He doesnt remember if money was given to the family of Nancy Argentino, but he knows for sure that he did not hurt her. Her sisters, Louise Argentino and Lorraine Salome, tell me that they believe that this was the first time Snuka had gotten violent, meaning that Argentinos resolve wouldnt necessarily be worn down yet. In the wake of Argentinos death, one of Snukas confidants came to his aid. One event was a 2012 poker game in New York in which Snuka won $100,000 for charity, Scheetz said. According to, the Sheriffs Department file for the case. Ronald Hamilton, a doctor of pathology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center who helped discover CTE, said other factors such as drinking, drug use, and depression could also cause mood changes. Her daughter was dead. It was none other than the then-WWE chairman and essentially the Wizard of wrestlings OzVince McMahon Jr. He was there and he knew everything about it, Snuka told a radio show host. At first, it seemed as though Argentino was willing to pursue charges against Snuka. The senator waited 10 hours until he reported the incident and claimed that his behavior had been "indefensible." We kind of expected it because there were so many ridiculous things going on with the defense. She went on to decry Snukas incompetency defense as "a total act. He adds, "Sometimes being trapped with my thoughts can be more painful than any injury Ive suffered in the ring. This helps us provide free content for you to enjoy! 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. However, one of the failings of the Lehigh County District Attorneys Office subsequent to Argentinos death reads more black and white. He called the video of a May 2015 wrestling match the prosecution had shown from a Rhode Island gymnasium fake, pointing out how slowly and carefully Snuka climbed the ropes before falling onto the other wrestlers chest. Citizenship and Immigration Services in 2017 after his death, which actually contradicts those reports. After the one hour meeting in the district attorneys law library, there are no records of Jimmy Snuka ever being questioned by police again. Picture made on Wednesday, October 7, 2015. All I remember is he had a briefcase with him. Snukas wife, Carole Snuka, told the producers of Dark Side of the Ring that her husband told her that McMahon came into town with his briefcase and told him it was done., Her family claimed that WWE offered them $25K following her death. Following the countys investigative grand jury findings, the WWE issued this statement, "WWE expresses its continued sympathy to the Argentino family for their loss. The latter made national headlines not so much because a married celebrity had been arrested for beating his girlfriend in a Salina, New York, motel room, but rather because Snuka fought off a cadre of deputies and police dogs from the Onondaga County Sheriffs Office in the process. Kennedy only got a two-month suspended sentence for leaving the scene of an accident after causing injury, but caused irreperable damage to any presidential ambitions that he may have had. Nancy Argentino's surviving sisters had lobbied authorities to reopen the case into her 1983 death in Lehigh County. Police say he also battled with responding police. I never wanted to harm her. That said, the law librarian at the Fifth Judicial District told me that a Certificate of Conviction would be the document to trust over newspaper reports. It was six men in blue with police dogs and everything, he writes, while he was dressed only in his skivvies. 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. She would sadly die at the young age of 23 in a Pennsylvania motel room. I was devastated, he wrote. Unlike Chris Benoit, the "Superfly" has not been erased from WWEs history books as of yet. 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. Then there were Snukas shifting renditions of what led to Argentinos demise. The case remains open to this day. ). Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka wrestles September 4, 1995 in New Hampshire. They beat me with their batons I never laid my hands on anyone, and I didnt see any naked women, aside from the one in my room., Snuka copped a guilty plea just to get it over with and adds, I did not assault Nancyshe was fine. All was swept under the wrestling mat in fact. 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. When I woke her up, I picked her up and said, Are you okay, honey? And Argentino apparently replied, Yeah, but its just my head, my bump.. He was 73. ", Argentinos oldest sister, Lorraine Salome, remembers differently. I just look at the whole thing as a shame because theres a loss of human life there.. AEW and WWE Conspiracy: Are They Working Together? At the time of Argentinos death, the leaping phenom was a married man with kids and claimed to have girlfriends everywhere. Snukas wife, Carole Snuka, told the producers of Dark Side of the Ring that her husband told her that McMahon came into town with his briefcase and told him it was done.. Perhaps in an effort to rewrite history, Snuka attempts to once again clear his name in his book about how the fatal bump on the head happened. Authorities even tossed the WWE Hall of Famers tell-all autobiography as the cherry on top of the mountain of facts. They were driving to Allentown in their purple Lincoln carand Argentino needed to relieve herself. Ive never heard of anything like it before.. It also questions thecontroversial meeting between McMahon and authorities back in 1983, saying perhapsArgentino's death wasn't investigated properly because Snuka was an asset to the company. 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. Now 72 years old and stricken with stomach cancer, the defamed brawler yesterday posted $100,000 bail after forfeiting his passport. He believed that there was enough to take it to a grand jury as a murder case, but William Platt thought otherwise. . When she came back, she told me she slipped on the way and hit her head. Picture made on Wednesday, October 7, 2015. pointedly mentioning McMahons briefcase and dropping hints: Procanyn, meanwhile, was no longer available at a phone number that he had been giving out last year; neither the Lehigh Valley DAs office (where he worked more recently) nor the reporter, According to the contemporaneous newspaper reports, Snuka who gave an exclusive, ramblingly vague account of what happened to, The hotel manager just got a little excited. In the commotion Argentino managed to call her sister Salome. The memo was first published in Justice Denied, an ebook that Argentinos sisters collaborated on with Irvin Muchnick, who had been doing the seminal reporting on the case since 1992, as a benefit for a battered womens shelter. The WWE has also furloughed manyworkers amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. ", Days after Snukas arrest, the WWE erased his Hall of Fame profile and all images and videos from its media sites. Argentino died in May 1983 of traumatic brain injuries consistent with a moving head striking a stationary object. I think she died of a fracture to her skull. Her defiled face was on display in an open casket during a wake at a funeral parlor in her hometown of Flatbush, Brooklyn. Three months before Argentino was pronounced dead she was screaming bloody murder while Snuka was pulling her hair and dragging her naked body through the corridors of a Howard Johnson hotel in Salina, New York. Bronstad does remember, though, that someone claiming to be Snukas manager showed up to post bail, going on and on about how he needed to be able to wrestle the next night. Eyes blood shot. 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. Frank M. Dattilio was a forensic psychologist hired by the defense. If he does, hes responsible., On the matter, Jim Cornette lamented, "The word started getting around. President Donald Trump appointed him to an advisory group dedicated to reopening the country during the coronavirus pandemic, allwhile WWE has continued running its weekly live wrestling Florida has deemed WWE an essential business without a live audience. To mark the occasion, Irvin Muchnick, in association with the woman's surviving sisters, is publishing the ebook JUSTICE DENIED: The Death of Nancy Argentino in Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka's Motel Room. It wasn't long before she caught the eyes of the wrestlers. Snukas fall from grace was as low as his peaks of fame were high. Charges were not immediately pressed at the time against Jimmy Snuka though the case was left officially open. Instead he said Snuka told one story and it was perfectly consistent every time. 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. The Lehigh County district attorney's office has refused to allow the coroner to release her autopsy report over the past three. As a result, the case was brought before a grand jury and Snuka was charged with murder in 2015. Pro Wrestling Stories - Your daily source of nostalgia and a peek behind the curtain wall of wrestlings past! The date was May 11, 1983, . But Tarzan never faced a murder rap. 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. 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. Thirty years later, Nancy Argentino's death remains unsolved. Its obvious if you go back and look at the facts of the case, something went on. Homicide charges against Snuka in the 1983 death of his girlfriend Nancy Argentino, 23, in a Whitehall Township . 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Twenty-three year old Nancy Argentino found herself traveling the country with her new boyfriend, wrestling superstar Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. The findings showed that she had more than two dozen cuts and bruises a possible sign of mate abuse on her head, ear, chin, arms, hands, back, buttocks, legs, and feet. 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. The DAs office and the media certainly failed to do their jobs following Snukas first horrific assault. Because of his failing health, however, a judge ruled him mentally unfit to stand trial. While there has always been debate about what exactly happened to Nancy Argentino on May 10, 1983, some basic facts have been confirmed. Look, Im in the garbage business, McMahon purportedly said. 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. He drove his Oldsmobile Delmont 88 off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, which is near Marthas Vineyard. Nancy Argentino, seen in a family photo, was a 23-year-old from Brooklyn, N . Three weeks after The Morning Call published the story recalling the death of Nancy Argentino and revealing an autopsy report and police interviews never seen by the public, Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin asked Chief Deputy District Attorney Charles Gallagher and Detective Gerry Procanyn "if theres anything to be gained by opening a grand jury investigation." ", "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." That night I felt very strange. I was devastated., Snuka continues, "That night ruined my life. Then, he along with his (since deceased) handler Buddy Rogers, beelined it to the exit vowing Ill come back for the church [service]., He never showed, Argentinos oldest sister Lorraine Salome told The Daily Beast. He didnt say anything to me. referring to a $500,000 wrongful death suit nancy's family won in 1985. If Snuka wanted to donate some money to a local charity they would not be a part of it. I love women, he writes. In a single sentence summary from the same phone interview between Bronstad and Romanenko referenced above, Procanyn wrote, Vince McMahon tried to talk her out of making the complaint against Snuka (emphasis mine). However, the, for the investigation of her murder from Pennsylvanias Whitehall Township Bureau of Police which I obtained from the same lawsuit appendix that included the New York file points to one possible reason. He allegedly said she became lethargic and then unresponsive. Ill be right back as soon as I get done, as he kissed her, according to the 30-page criminal complaint. It was devastating.. An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. Hamilton mentioned the case of Chris Benoit in 2007 who reportedly killed his wife and son. Many critics, however, would argue that justice delayed was justice denied.". Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka enters Lehigh County Court following his attorney Robert Kirwan, II, right, to argue he has the right to have a preliminary hearing in the 1983 murder of his girlfriend in a Whitehall Township motel. Argentino was dating World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling star James Reiher Snuka known professionally as Jimmy Superfly Snuka when she died under suspicious circumstances in 1983. Citizenship and Immigration Services in 2017 after his death, which actually contradicts those reports. The cops just didnt give me the chance to explain. She was going to come home for that weekend, Salome said. "Dark Side Of The Ring"claimsthat Snuka initially admitted to several people that he either shoved or hit Argentino earlier that day. And yet the pro wrestler was never charged. Get all your true crime news from Oxygen. 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. The cops just didnt give me the chance to explain. He writes, At one point, I went with Vince McMahon Jr. to either a court or a law office, I dont remember which because I was still in shock. All royalties from Irvin Muchnicks 1992 book JUSTICE DENIED: The Untold Story of Nancy Argentinos Death in Jimmy Superfly Snukas Motel Room are donated to organizations fighting domestic violence. Per Donovans statement in the, file, the guests in the adjacent room called the front desk because their neighbors were raising hell and a male was beating up a female in there., The Onondaga County Sheriffs Office file doesnt contain any trace of an explanation as to why Argentino changed her mind. The latter made national headlines not so much because a married celebrity had been arrested for beating his girlfriend in a. , motel room, but rather because Snuka fought off a cadre of deputies and police dogs from the Onondaga County Sheriffs Office in the process. I woke her up, but she could hardly breathe.. I dont think its Chris Benoit. Senior Deputy District Attorney Craig Sheetz pointed to medical records showing that Snuka had an appointment with a concussion specialist on January 29, 2014. The Onondaga County Sheriffs Office file doesnt contain any trace of an explanation as to why Argentino changed her mind. Fuzzy memory caught up to him first, it was perfectly consistent time. 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