Died in prison
Stephen Caracappa
Stephen Caracappa, 75, of Great Kills, died on April 8, 2017, at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina, where he was held in federal custody. Court records and Daily News reporting, as cited by SILive, attribute his death to cancer. In 2016 he asked a federal judge for compassionate release, writing that he had stage 4 cancer, but the request was denied. He died about a year later at the facility.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Court records and Daily News reporting, as cited by SILive, say he died of cancer at the federal medical facility in Butner, North Carolina.
Reported by: court records; Daily News reporting as cited by SILive (reporters).