A 911 call reported the body before sunrise Monday outside a factory in the Hunts Point neighborhood.
Police said surveillance video and witnesses indicated the body was dumped by somebody in a car with New Jersey plates.
Vallelonga, 60, was the son of Frank Vallelonga Sr., known as Tony Lip. The elder Vallelonga had been a Copacabana bouncer who late in life became an actor, with credits including “Goodfellas,” “Donnie Brasco” and the role of Carmine Lupertazzi on “The Sopranos.” He died in 2013 at the age of 82. Frank Vallelonga Jr. had a small part in the 2018 movie — playing his own uncle, Rudy Vallelonga — as well as credits in several other movies and TV shows. He owned an Italian restaurant in New Jersey called Tony Lip’s.
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