Warlocks biker gang member killed recruit in cemetery, hid body in crypt — where it was found 3 years later: Philly DA

He couldn’t hold this secret buried endlessly.

A member of a infamous Philadelphia motorbike gang was convicted of murdering a potential member in a cemetery — and dumping his physique in a close-by crypt.

Michael DiMauro, a member of the outlawed Warlocks, was discovered responsible on Tuesday of slaying 33-year-old David Rossillo, Jr. in 2017, District Attorney Larry Kasner’s office announced. 

The 51-year-old, who represented himself at trial, was convicted on all costs, together with first-degree homicide, conspiracy and abuse of corpse, after a brief jury deliberation.

DiMauro and Rossillo met on the Mount Moriah Cemetery in southwest Philadelphia after a member of the graveyard’s nonprofit board allow them to in, the DA’s workplace stated.

There, DiMauro shot the Warlock recruit a number of occasions.

DiMauro then “tied a rope round Rossillo’s neck, after which dragged his physique to a crypt utilizing a car earlier than prying open the crypt and dropping the physique inside,” the DA’s workplace stated in a press launch.

Two cooperating witnesses implicated the gangster.

Three years later, in April 2020, investigators discovered Rossillo’s physique in addition to the stays of 36-year-old Keith Palumbo — a musician from Delaware County. Each have been recognized in August 2020 from DNA samples.

DiMauro was arrested the next month.

One other Warlocks gang member, Michael DeLuca, was arrested in 2021 and pleaded responsible to third-degree homicide in Palumbo’s slaying in January 2023. Three different co-conspirators pleaded responsible for his or her roles in serving to get rid of the our bodies. 

Motives for each killings are nonetheless not recognized, Lasner’s workplace stated.

“We’re dedicated to bringing justice in chilly instances like this,” Krasner stated in an announcement. “I consider that these convictions ought to ship a message to any individuals who suppose they’ll homicide others and conceal the proof of their heinous crimes: We are going to clear up these instances and we are going to carry you to justice.”

DiMauro will likely be sentenced to life in jail with no risk of parole later this month, the DA’s workplace stated.