Assunta Maresca, who subsequently became the first “padrina” — or godmother — of the Camorra, died Dec. 29 at her home in Castellammare di Stabia, near Pompeii.

Assunta Maresca, who was known as Pupetta, meaning little doll, was 18 years old and six months pregnant when she gunned down Antonio Esposito, a witness at her own wedding.

EX-beauty queen Assunta Maresca, who became the first female boss of the dreaded Camorra gang after killing her rival, has died at the age of 86. The feared mob boss, dubbed Pupetta, or “Litt… ...

Assunta Maresca, known as 'Lady Camorra,' was six months pregnant in 1955 when she carried out the vendetta slaying, part of a bloody turf war among crime clan bosses in Italy.

Born into an Italian crime family, Assunta “Pupetta” Maresca would become one of the Italian Mafia’s most fearsome criminals. Barbie Latza Nadeau Published Sep. 3 2022 11:26PM EDT ...

Assunta “Pupetta” Maresca, who has died aged 86, was a one-time beauty queen and gangster’s moll who became known as “Lady Camorra” – a reference to the powerful Neapolitan mafia. Her ...

Assunta “Pupetta” Maresca was born Jan. 19, 1935, in Castellammare di Stabia, a small town in Southern Italy. Like pretty much everyone in the town — a place so corrupt that a priest once ...

Ex-beauty queen Assunta Maresca, who became the first female boss of the dreaded Camorra gang after killing her rival, has died at the age of 86, The Sun reported. The feared mob boss, dubbed Pupetta, ...

Assunta “Pupetta” Maresca, on trial for murder in Rome, 1964 Credit... Archive/EPA, via Shutterstock. By Clyde Haberman. Published Sept. 4, 2022 Updated Sept. 6, 2022.

ROME (AP) — Assunta “Pupetta” Maresca, the widow of a Naples organized crime boss who was convicted of gunning down her husband’s presumed killer for revenge, ...

Assunta “Pupetta” Maresca, who has died aged 86, was a one-time beauty queen and gangster’s moll who became known as “Lady Camorra” – a reference to the powerful Neapolitan mafia.