Assunta ‘Pupetta’ Maresca, reputed ‘godmother’ of Naples mafia, dies at 86

On Aug. 4, 1955, Assunta Maresca — 20 years old and six months pregnant — took a .38 Smith & Wesson revolver and, in broad daylight on a busy avenue in Naples, pumped its contents into the body of the man she suspected was behind the assassination of her husband.

Later explaining why she had gripped the butt of the revolver with two hands before shooting, she said, “I was afraid I would miss.”