Allen Dorfman, an insurance salesman with close ties to the Chicago mob, was gunned down outside the old Purple Hyatt Hotel in Lincolnwood in broad daylight on Jan. 20, 1983.
-- This week marks 40 years since one of the most brazen and still-unsolved murders in Chicago history.
On Monday night, CBS 2's Chris Tye took a closer look at the still-unanswered questions in Dorfman's murder.Dorfman, 60 at the time, controlled the Amalgamated Insurance Agency – which processed insurance claims for Teamsters Union members. He had a grip on Teamsters fund loans, land transactions, and major insurance deals.
"In my opinion, other than the fact of the Sam Giancana murder in 1975, it probably is the biggest mystery of any organized crime hit we've had in Chicago," said Drummond, now retired. In the bribery conspiracy case, he was scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 10, 1983 – and faced a lengthy prison term. Dorfman was also indicted in San Francisco a week before he was gunned down – on charges of attempting to loot the funds of a labor union there. The U.S. Department of Labor had also been trying to freeze the assets of Dorfman's companies and place them in the hands of a receiver.There was concern, Drummond said. That"this guy was going to spill his beans."
"Dorfman himself was awaiting sentencing in federal court, but apparently, someone had already passed sentence on Allen Dorfman," the late CBS 2 reporter Phil Walters said in his report on the murder.
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