Three Inmates Plead Guilty to Killing Boston Mob Boss Whitey Bulger
The notorious gangster was beaten to death in a West Virginia prison in 2018, hours after his transfer.
- Fotios Geas, Paul DeCologero, and Sean McKinnon reached plea deals with federal prosecutors.
- Bulger was attacked with a padlock wrapped in a sock, resulting in fatal head injuries.
- The Justice Department's inspector general cited management failures and flawed policies in Bulger's death.
- Bulger, 89, was a former FBI informant and leader of Boston's Winter Hill Gang.
- The plea deals come nearly six years after the high-profile prison killing.