Article: I dug the grave, he testifies: Lot worker says he's ordered by 'Mafia cop' to dig a spot for man Eppolito may have had a hand in killing.

Byline: Anthony M. Destefano

Mar. 29--For nearly 20 years, Peter Franzone kept his terrible secret. Yesterday, the laborer from Flatbush told the whole world about digging graves and burying bodies at the behest of others. Testifying in the "Mafia Cops" racketeering trial, Franzone said he was forced to bury a man killed in a gangland slaying and indicated that one of the defendants - former NYPD detective Louis Eppolito - may have been an accessory to the killing. Speaking in a low voice that betrayed no emotion, Franzone, who is in the witness protection program, told a Brooklyn federal court jury how he was coerced into digging a grave 5-feet deep in a ...

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