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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:04:14 PM EDT
WWE great Jimmy Snuka charged in cold-case murder of girlfriend
Legendary pro-wrestling villain Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka was busted in Pennsylvania on Tuesday ?in the 32-year-old murder of his Brooklyn girlfriend in a motel near Allentown, authorities said.
Nancy Argentino Snuka had been videotaping a World Wrestling Federation event on May 10, 1983, and returned to his motel in Whitehall Township to find Nancy Argentino, then 23, struggling to breath and with mucus flowing from her mouth and nose. The wrestler — known for his high-flying antics in the ring — first told a cop and four others that he had shoved Argentino earlier in the day and that she had hit her head, according to police interviews obtained by The (Allentown) Morning Call. But Snuka, who was married with four kids at the time, quickly changed his story, insisting that all five had misunderstood him and that the victim had slipped and hit her head after they stopped by the roadside to urinate. She died in a hospital a day later.
Snuka, 72, was busted Tuesday morning at his home in Waterford Township, New Jersey, and charged with third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, according to Lehigh County DA Jim Martin. He was later released after posting $100,000 bail. If convicted, he faces 20 to 40 years behind bars. The DA had reopened the cold case in 2014 after the paper detailed the results of her autopsy, which labeled the case a homicide and “mate abuse.” The autopsy showed that Argentino died from traumatic brain injuries, and that she had dozens of cuts and bruises on her head, face, arms, back and legs. One of Argentino’s sisters, Louise Argentino-Upham, said she ?believed Snuka was guilty from the start.
“The evidence was unbelievable, I knew he did it all along,” she told The Post from her Florida home. “It’s been a long time coming. She was only 23 and she really didn’t deserve what happened to her. They did the right thing by gathering all the evidence now and arresting him. Somehow it got all muddled back then.” http://nypost.com/2015/09/01/wwe-great-jimmy-snuka-charged-in-cold-case-murder-of-girlfriend/ |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:07:37 PM EDT
[#1]
I am glad Roddy Piper hit him in the head with a coconut.
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:08:20 PM EDT
[#2]
He may be down for the count
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:09:22 PM EDT
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How could they have not looked further into the case with all of the evidence, even back then. The autopsy revealed the cuts and injuries consistent with abuse, and he changed his story. Yet the case sat for so many years?
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:13:54 PM EDT
[#4]
72 years old and has stomach cancer, he's done.
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:15:06 PM EDT
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Anyone replying to this thread because they know who this man is.... I have bad news for you.....
YOU ARE OLD. 
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:15:54 PM EDT
[#6]
Off the top of the ring ropes and straight to the slammer
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:18:08 PM EDT
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what an odd story... over 30 years late???
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:18:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Anyone replying to this thread because they know who this man is.... I have bad news for you..... YOU ARE OLD. I was 5 the only time I saw Supafly. |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:18:54 PM EDT
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Quote Historyyou dont hear those words every day.. made me laugh.. Thanks!! Its been a shit day. |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:19:06 PM EDT
[#10]
Justice delayed is..
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:19:45 PM EDT
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Quote History
first thing I thought about |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:20:07 PM EDT
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Sounds like instead of a cold case they should call it an all the people he bribed have retired case. That's a shitload of evidence to shelve for 32 years.
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:20:50 PM EDT
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72 years old and has stomach cancer, he's done. better late than never is not a true saying in cases like this. |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:20:56 PM EDT
[#14]
I thought he had died a few years ago.
Used to love the Superfly off the ropes. 
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:21:05 PM EDT
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Anyone replying to this thread because they know who this man is.... I have bad news for you..... YOU ARE OLD. Yeah, no kidding. I never liked Superfly. |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:21:20 PM EDT
[#16]
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Anyone replying to this thread because they know who this man is.... I have bad news for you..... YOU ARE OLD. Get off my lawn! |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:22:12 PM EDT
[#17]
Roddy Piper just passed away a few weeks ago too.
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:22:49 PM EDT
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Anyone replying to this thread because they know who this man is.... I have bad news for you..... YOU ARE OLD. Thanks for the reminder! 
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:23:23 PM EDT
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I'm at a loss how this sat cold for so many years.
Detective: "Your girlfriend is dead; the coroner ruled it a homicide and mate abuse" Snuka: "It wasn't me" Detective: "OK, good enough, you're free to go"  |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:26:55 PM EDT
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Anyone replying to this thread because they know who this man is.... I have bad news for you..... YOU ARE OLD. No shit. George the Animal Steel chowing down on a turnbuckle, anyone? |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:29:39 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Anyone replying to this thread because they know who this man is.... I have bad news for you..... YOU ARE OLD. |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:30:05 PM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryIt looks like Roddy knew all along |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:32:41 PM EDT
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I'm at a loss how this sat cold for so many years. Detective: "Your girlfriend is dead; the coroner ruled it a homicide and mate abuse" Snuka: "It wasn't me" Detective: "OK, good enough, you're free to go"
He WAS Jimmy the Superfly Snuka. At that time in 1983 he was practically a living god. |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:32:51 PM EDT
[#24]
Hell I remember this guy also. Bruno Sammartino
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:35:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
No shit. George the Animal Steel chowing down on a turnbuckle, anyone? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Anyone replying to this thread because they know who this man is.... I have bad news for you..... YOU ARE OLD. No shit. George the Animal Steel chowing down on a turnbuckle, anyone? I vividly remember watching that as a kid . |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:36:11 PM EDT
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Anyone replying to this thread because they know who this man is.... I have bad news for you..... YOU ARE OLD.  
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:37:08 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Anyone replying to this thread because they know who this man is.... I have bad news for you..... YOU ARE OLD. |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:37:26 PM EDT
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better late than never is not a true saying in cases like this. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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72 years old and has stomach cancer, he's done. better late than never is not a true saying in cases like this. I agree completely. |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:38:03 PM EDT
[#29]
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Anyone replying to this thread because they know who this man is.... I have bad news for you..... YOU ARE OLD. I'm old and had no idea who he is. |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:39:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
No shit. George the Animal Steel chowing down on a turnbuckle, anyone? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Anyone replying to this thread because they know who this man is.... I have bad news for you..... YOU ARE OLD. No shit. George the Animal Steel chowing down on a turnbuckle, anyone? Yep. He was actually a schoolteacher if I disremember right. |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:40:11 PM EDT
[#31]
Ric Flair is happy
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Posted: 9/1/2015 7:54:49 PM EDT
[#32]
roid rage?
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Posted: 9/1/2015 8:02:39 PM EDT
[#33]
You think they can pin this on him?
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Posted: 9/1/2015 8:07:49 PM EDT
[#34]
Hows junk yard dog holding up?
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Posted: 9/1/2015 8:09:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Anyone replying to this thread because they know who this man is.... I have bad news for you..... YOU ARE OLD.  |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 8:10:19 PM EDT
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Anyone replying to this thread because they know who this man is.... I have bad news for you..... YOU ARE OLD. we know |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 8:10:24 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Anyone replying to this thread because they know who this man is.... I have bad news for you..... YOU ARE OLD. 
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Posted: 9/1/2015 8:13:01 PM EDT
[#38]
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Anyone replying to this thread because they know who this man is.... I have bad news for you..... YOU ARE OLD. Yep |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 8:16:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryWORLDSTAR! |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 8:17:37 PM EDT
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Another old school wrestler bites the dust, albeit with a twist this time. It all seemed so real as a kid.
Sounds like someone dropped the ball back in the day. Glad that Nancy Argentino is getting justice after all these years. |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 8:17:40 PM EDT
[#41]
Compared with the Dutch TV of the day it was like something from another planet.
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Posted: 9/1/2015 8:18:10 PM EDT
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We should have known when Snuka attacked Bob Backlund.
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Posted: 9/1/2015 8:18:35 PM EDT
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Hows junk yard dog holding up? I'm waiting for a press release from the Birdman about this 
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Posted: 9/1/2015 8:22:18 PM EDT
[#44]
Supah supah superfly
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Posted: 9/1/2015 8:22:28 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/1/2015 8:22:41 PM EDT
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Hell I remember this guy also. Bruno Sammartino Happy to say that both Bruno (79), and George "The Animal" Steele (78), are still alive. The fact that in their time steroid use was rare to non-existent probably has a lot to do with it. |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 8:29:20 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryClassy Freddie Blassie... Not that I'm old enough to remember that.
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Posted: 9/1/2015 8:30:01 PM EDT
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WWF > wwe
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Posted: 9/1/2015 8:34:10 PM EDT
[#49]
I seem to vaguely recall him talking about this exact situation on an old Opie & Anthony interview.
Off to YouTube to find it... ETA: Here we go. Notice the date. 01/29/2014 |
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Posted: 9/1/2015 8:34:37 PM EDT
[#50]
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WWF > wwe This. Bob Backlund being the first to step into the ring and accept the "Persina Club" challenge from the Iron Shiek. Good times 
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