The District Attorneys office is arguably a different story. Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! She later dropped charges and claimed he didnt hurt her. Whats more, the 12-24 hour delay for Snuka to call for help contributed to the emergency staffers inability to resuscitate Argentino. This helps us provide free content for you to enjoy! After all, in his 1980s prime Jimmy Superfly Snuka was a masterful wrestling specimen tipping the scales in mass popularity and forcing all comers to instantly tap out. In. Vice's "Dark Side of the Ring" took on the death of Nancy Argentino in a new episode, which aired April 12. Hamilton mentioned the case of Chris Benoit in 2007 who reportedly killed his wife and son. And he was an innovator, and he inspired so many people. Snuka definitely says he saw Argentino hit the ground. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! The charges were dismissed in 2017 as Snuka . She was staying in a motel room with Jimmy Snuka in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. Ronald Hamilton, a doctor of pathology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center who helped discover CTE, said other factors such as drinking, drug use, and depression could also cause mood changes. But her family thought they were more an item. Snukas fall from grace was as low as his peaks of fame were high. If I was guilty of anything, it was cheating on my wife, and that was it Nancy was a good girl. Look, Im in the garbage business, McMahon purportedly said. Adding to the controversy was that Snuka was married to another woman whom he had children with at the time of his relationship with Argentino. Look, Im in the garbage business, McMahon purportedly said. I think she died of a fracture to her skull. 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In a moment that, with hindsight, should have been the crossroads where someone intervened to help Argentino, the assembled media largely failed her, refusing to take her story seriously enough to tell it properly. Accident is accident brudda., To the responding police officer, according to the complaint, Snuka said they were fooling around outside [sic] room door when he pushed her and she fell striking her head. That same night Snuka told a paramedic that the couple got carried away in horseplay. In the article, he compares Nancy Argentino to Mary Jo Kopechne. He did not express his apologies or sympathies.". Nancy called me at 2 in the morning saying, I have to get out of here, her sister recalled. With Sam Fatu, Valerie Franzen, Jim Garfield, Chris Jericho. The DAs office and the media certainly failed to do their jobs following Snukas first horrific assault. I did not have a clear-cut case. But according to newly uncovered police records, Vince McMahon himself may have played a larger role in the events that led to Argentinos later death. Dattilio told Judge Kelly L. Banach that tests show Snukas brain is shrinking, causing serious memory loss. Police say he also battled with responding police. At one point Argentino hopped over a stream before she lost her footing. Snuka, a native of Fiji who lives in Waterford Township, New Jersey, was charged last year in the death of 23-year-old Nancy Argentino, whose body was found in their Whitehall Township hotel. Feel free to discuss this on the Pro Wrestling Stories Facebook and Twitter pages. According to the Sheriffs Department file for the case, which I obtained via the Argentino familys wrongful death lawsuit against Snuka, at least two officers on the scene witnessed Snuka resuming his attack on Argentino that same night. Check out his weekly wrestling history podcast, Between The Sheets, on all major podcast platforms, and subscribe to his Substack at BabyfacevHeel.com. The findings showed that she had more than two dozen cuts and bruises a possible sign of mate abuse on her head, ear, chin, arms, hands, back, buttocks, legs, and feet. The writer was onto the flimsy slip-and-fall storylines Snuka had peddled to police and prosecutors. I think we stopped drinking after thatshe did at least, according to Snuka. Vice's Dark Side of the Ring took on the death of Nancy Argentino in anewepisode, which aired April 12. If this is correct on their part, I do not know. However, he accepted a plea deal that dropped all of those charges. According to the autopsy, Argentino was declared dead hours later at Lehigh Valley Hospital and died of traumatic brain injuries consistent with a moving head striking a stationary object. If you missed it, the immediate things you need to know are that Argentino died of complications from a skull fracture; that Snuka initially told a variety of stories that involved pushing her, only to change his tune claiming she slipped and fell at the side of the road after she died; that the coroner ruled it a homicide in a report that wasnt made public; and that the case mysteriously stalled out after just three weeks. Though the records check from the Sheriffs Office matched the four known charges, the Certificate of Conviction from the court says he pled guilty to Assault 3rd while being sentenced to his one-year conditional discharge. For the part of the retired members of the Onondaga County Sheriffs Department, Romanenko died last year, and Bronstad, who wasnt at the hospital, doesnt remember hearing about McMahon involving himself. At the funeral, I told her mother and father how sorry I was about her death. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka arrives for day four of his competency hearing at the Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown on June 1, 2016. Get all your true crime news from Oxygen. Twenty-three year old Nancy Argentino found herself traveling the country with her new boyfriend, wrestling superstar Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. He can be contacted by e-mail at jojst1@gmail.com. ), That was when several deputies arrived and unsuccessfully tried to handcuff Snuka. The latter made national headlines not so much because a married celebrity had been arrested for beating his girlfriend in a Salina, New York, motel room, but rather because Snuka fought off a cadre of deputies and police dogs from the Onondaga County Sheriffs Office in the process. It was 4 a.m and I was already up. Investigating the mysterious story of Jimmy Snuka, whose girlfriend Nancy Argentino died in their motel room in 1983, and revealing her family's 30-year stru. He drove his Oldsmobile Delmont 88 off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, which is near Marthas Vineyard. They made it to the motel and after Argentino requested to lie down, Snuka left to go to the Allentown Fairgrounds to perform. According to the complaint, the nurse described the hulkish beau as a tall man with a Hawaiian skirt who refused to go to the waiting room. Dark Side Of The Ring S02E05 Jimmy Snuka and the Death of Nancy Argentino. Kirwin, speaking about the prosecution publicly for the first time, also added, "Their case was doomed from the start. I met him, and he was the kindest man possible. ", Dr. Paul Hoyer, a forensic pathologist for the Montgomery County coroners office, added, "Dementia can be a muddy diagnosis, as there is no clear-cut test to determine whether a person suffers from it." Muchnick considers that to be "a blatant lie." The paramedic wrote that Snuka said they may have wrestled too much last night and as a result Argentino hit her head on the concrete last night., That lovers quarrel line was repeated to an ER doctor who learned that Snuka and Argentino were fooling around and then he pushed her, she fell striking the back of head she lost consciousness and he picked her up by the upper arms and she came to.. Homicide charges against Snuka in the 1983 death of his girlfriend Nancy Argentino, 23, in a Whitehall Township . He was very protective, a showman, Steinberg said. December 2nd, 2016: Snukas defense attorney says hes in a Florida hospice, and doctors have determined that he only has six months to live. Bronstad does remember, though, that someone claiming to be Snukas manager showed up to post bail, going on and on about how he needed to be able to wrestle the next night. All I remember is he had a briefcase with him. When she came back, she told me she slipped on the way and hit her head. Vince McMahon Jr. was not only present but was clandestinely trying to play Mr. Fixit. Coverage of the latest true crime stories and famous cases explained, as well as the best TV shows, movies and podcasts in the genre. He continued, "Where is the line between dementia and normal? She moved away as he strode toward her. Javier Ojst is an old-school wrestling enthusiast currently residing in El Salvador. A recent episode of an ongoing docuseries dedicated to the dark underbellyof professional wrestling tackles a mysterious death and asks,was a young woman's death anaccident or was she killed by a professional wrestling superstar? Most documented cases have occurred in athletes of contact sports such as American football, ice hockey, rugby, boxing, and professional wrestling. Something went on, and something got covered up. As she did, I moved in front of the doorway and the male ran towards me and struck me in the chest area with his left forearm and pushed me against the wall. Menu. , which aired April 12. Many critics, however, would argue that justice delayed was justice denied.". Snuka, having lost his physical green card in 2007, began the process to get a new one, which included a new criminal background check. ), A year after Argentino was killed, with her family having retained lawyers from Schonwald, Schaffzin & Mullman, one of the lawyers on the case travelled to Allentown, Pennsylvania, to meet with Lehigh County District Attorney William Platt. President Donald Trump, to an advisory group dedicated to reopening the country during the coronavirus pandemic, allwhile WWE has continued running its weekly live wrestling, Florida has deemed WWE an essential business. The male was forcing the female back towards room #1 while the female was yelling for help., After seeing this, Donovan finally called the Sheriffs Department. She was going to come home for that weekend, Salome said. This has been very hard on me and very hard on my family I never hit Nancy or threatened her. Snuka, a married man, had returned from a World Wrestling Federation taping at the Allentown Fairgrounds to find Argentino gasping for air and oozing yellow fluid from her mouth and nose.". He communicated to her that Snuka was now a free man. Nancy Argentino's surviving sisters had lobbied authorities to reopen the case into her 1983 death in Lehigh County. This was to prove that he was lucid. Frank M. Dattilio was a forensic psychologist hired by the defense. Right on the concrete on the side of the road, she just slipped backwards., The 230-pound grappler scooped her up and according to his testimony slapped her across the face to get her to come to again. But Argentino remained unconscious. , obtained from U.S. More. Argentino fell down on her own when they made a bathroom roadside pitstop on their way into Allentown. Still, Judge Robert Steinberg, an assistant district attorney at the time, was there and remembered that McMahon did all the talking but was cooperative. This is the disturbing story of Nancy Argentino, who was once the lover of professional wrestler Superfly Jimmy Snuka. When I woke her up, I picked her up and said, Are you okay, honey? And Argentino apparently replied, Yeah, but its just my head, my bump.. Its hard because were talking about a human life that passed away. What else could I possibly say.. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka wrestles on September 4, 1995 in New Hampshire. He was charged with second and third-degree assault, resisting arrest, and obstruction of governmental administration. Oh, and hed donate $1,500 his alleged purse for his return to Syracuse that same day to Sheriff John Dillons favorite charity, the Ronald McDonald House. The cops just didnt give me the chance to explain. How a Volcano Forced Big Changes, Jim Johnston The Man Behind Legendary WWE Theme Songs, Bruno Sammartino and Vince McMahons Venomous 25-Year Feud, Marty Jannetty His Turbulent Life After The Rockers, Bret Hart and Tom Magee: Finding Wrestlings Holy Grail, Wrestler Nanjo Singh and His Wifes Brutal Murder. How did she die? her distraught mom said. They are not against the donation, only that it shouldnt be tied in with the case or the Department.. The 1983 death of Nancy Argentino has become one the most infamous chapters in pro wrestling history. Its been an exceptionally busymonth for McMahon and his company. If he does, hes responsible., On the matter, Jim Cornette lamented, "The word started getting around. Indeed, contemporaneous newspaper accounts all reported Snuka as pleading down to harassment, with some mentioning his one-year conditional discharge. He was 73. Track back 30 years to the documented interview with Detective Gerald Procanyn of the Whitehall Police Department at the hotel. The docuseries noted that police documents prove that the meeting took place and lastedan hour but there are no notes to indicate what was discussed duringthat meeting. Again, speculation has long run rampant about whether or not McMahon swooped in after her death with his briefcase to finagle Snuka out of trouble (which has never been proven, and McMahon has denied doing so through. Snuka does not understand whats going on in court and does not even remember his attorneys name. Most of the information was gathered from articles by The Morning Call, who, with several different writers, covered the Jimmy Snuka and Nancy Argentino case from when it was revived in 2013 to his hearings and until his passing in 2017. It is a sobering tale filled with possible cover-ups and the needless death of a young woman. I think she died of a fracture to her skull. Died? It was 1983 and only days after Nancy Argentino was found barely breathing, oozing yellow fluid from her mouth and nose while laying almost lifeless, while holed up in Room 427 at the George Washington Motor Lodge in Allentown, Pennsylvania. 11:02, 2 Sep 2015; In 1985, Nancy Argentinos family won a $500,000 judgment against the Superfly in a federal wrongful-death civil lawsuit; but after filing for bankruptcy the retired wrestler reportedly failed to fork over any restitution. I could not understand why the district attorney could not see it., 30 years later, the case was still unsolved, but an opportunity for the case to be re-opened presented itself. Ive never heard of anything like it before., To the credit of the Sheriffs Office, it looks like they did everything they should have both in terms of doing right by Nancy Argentino, and trying to avoid a public spectacle. [Photo: WWE Network]In 1999, with internet usage still somewhat in its infancy, when writer Irvin Muchnick first published the story of Snuka and Argentino online, it circulated and gained steam amongst fans and underground newsletters. Oh my, she looks terrible, Jimmy Superfly Snuka was heard crowing as he wept and strung his hand through Nancy Argentinos dark and dead locks. Instead, Snuka just stared ahead. However, one of the failings of the Lehigh County District Attorneys Office subsequent to Argentinos death reads more black and white. Eerily, Salome recalled feeling restless that night. Authorities even tossed the WWE Hall of Famers tell-all autobiography as the cherry on top of the mountain of facts. Thats to say nothing of any potential reputational harm to the organization. That night I felt very strange. On top of that, according to her sisters, Nancy also had her own specific value to McMahon: With Snuka being illiterate and without a drivers license, McMahon needed a driver to get him to and from shows, but with his increasingly problematic drug use and erratic behavior, other wrestlers now refused to chauffeur him around, Speculation has long swirled around McMahons involvement in the murder investigation, specifically his presence during Snukas last police interview, the contents of which unlike every other interview summary in the Whitehall file are notoriously not described in the report at all (a fact that then-Chief Frederic Conjour wrote off as nothing in the, documentary). At that point, he opened the door further and walked towards the rear of the room, and the female got up wrapped in a bed sheet. It was devastating.. Dattilio testified Snuka was unable to recall many of the debilitating injuries that led to his head trauma but did recount the shocking incident mentioned above, which he says left him dizzy and disoriented. An illustration of a heart shape Donate. I would never use full force. So I told her to come on out and she ran past him. According to, the Sheriffs Department file for the case. However, I was orally advised that Dr. Mihalikis concluded that death was consistent with a single fall whereby the victim struck her head on a hard substance, such as pavement. In 1985, they won a $500K, wrongful death lawsuit against Snuka but he contended he was broke and never paid it, the, report obtained by Morning Call journalists at that time showed that the medical examiner wrote that they believe that the case should be investigated as a homicide until proven otherwise, the. He believed that there was enough to take it to a grand jury as a murder case, but William Platt thought otherwise. Snuka alleged that s I was devastated., Snuka continues, "That night ruined my life. His assaultive acts and his failure to act to obtain medical attention resulted in her death, the grand jury wrote in a presentment on July 17, 2015, recommending he be charged with homicide. And the way its in the book is the way it was told to me.. By using this site, you agree to the legal terms set out in ourDisclaimer, Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Disclosure. They blew it up, brother.), copped a plea for harassment and got a conditional discharge. Ultimately, you look at what he did in the ring, and its remarkable. The date was May 11, 1983, . I was devastated, he wrote. After he comforted Argentino by bringing some chow and later setting wet towel compresses on her head, her status turned critical. In October 1983, Debbie Rogers, the wife of Snukas manager, Buddy, took photos and notes of injuries to Sharon as a result of her beating by Snuka and her hospitalization, according to a criminal complaint. In the wake of Argentinos death, one of Snukas confidants came to his aid. Specifically, those other incidents of domestic abuse were that of Snuka hospitalizing his then-wife Sharon in September 1983 (no charges filed, but testified to by both Sharon and then-neighbor Debbie Rogers); and Snukas January 18, 1983 arrest for beating Argentino. Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. We are hopeful that justice will prevail.. The trouble is the brawler allegedly inflicted multiple beatdowns on his wife. The stakes were high. I would never hurt any of them.. Foreman Grill: A $200m Mistake for Hulk Hogan! She ended up driving him to wrestling matches and planning his schedule, which, in turn, may have put Argentino in harm's way. They do not want a public apology and would not be a part of it, replied Lieutenant Paul Zemenz, the officers supervisor, in a letter sent back to Sparkes. He later told police he was misunderstood, and Argentino slipped and hit her head when they stopped along the highway to go to the bathroom. My mom told her, Listen, Nancy, youre too pretty and too smart to put up with this. Snuka, a cliff diver and bodybuilder with a vertical leap as impressive as his physique, was the WWFs newly minted top good guy. [McMahon] states the victim actually guided Snuka from one area to another as Snuka has no conception of time, Procanyn wrote in his report. As those in the center of the true crime/wrestling fan Venn diagram will likely be aware, VICE TVs pro wrestling documentary series, Dark Side of the Ring, recently explored the May 11, 1983, death of Nancy Argentino, the then-girlfriend of then-top WWF (now WWE) star Superfly Jimmy Snuka. Indeed, the champion grappler gained infamy by soaring like human ammo. After that meeting, investigators ruled Argentino's death an accident. Speculation has long swirled around McMahons involvement in the murder investigation, specifically his presence during Snukas last police interview, the contents of which unlike every other interview summary in the Whitehall file are notoriously not described in the report at all (a fact that then-Chief Frederic Conjour wrote off as nothing in the VICE documentary). PHOTO GALLERY: The strange story of Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka and Nancy Argentino. Despite the tumble they drove to the motel, despite reports that Snuka lacked a drivers license. Hours later, paramedics responded to their motel room where Argentino was found unresponsive. Even though their decision-making is impaired, there isnt a loss as far as I can tell of the sense of right and wrong., I loved Jimmy Snuka as a fan. Because of his failing health, however, a judge ruled him mentally unfit to stand trial. I want the whole story. It was never one of those deals where We must put this in,' Chattman recalled. In another version Snuka said he called authorities straightaway. All this is recorded in the police accounts. My mother thought she was on the way.. However, by the next day, he apparently changed his story and claimed that Argentino fell down on her own when they made a bathroom roadside pitstop on their way into Allentown. [Photo: Bob Owen, San Antonio Express- News]Seasoned wrestling journalist Mike Mooneyham offered, "While Snuka will remain forever tied to Nancy Argentinos death, it must be noted that he was never convicted. It is a deterioration of brain tissue and function and was discovered in 2004 at the Allegheny County medical examiners office after performing an autopsy on former Pittsburgh Steelers player, Iron Mike Webster. Conjour insistedthe case was investigated the best it could have been investigated. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more. Ultimately, it took eight deputy sheriffs and K-9s to bring Snuka under arrest. It also chillingly recontextualizes something that, according to Muchnicks reporting, McMahon told the Argentino familys initial attorney, Richard Cushing, in 1983. When Argentino was killed, the WWF had been bringing its TV tapings to Allentown which borders Whitehall every three weeks for several years, making the company key to the local economy. [Photo Courtesy of The Daily Beast]Nancy Argentino was just 23 when she died in 1983 after being rushed to a hospital with a serious head injury. All in all, there were at least a few entities that failed Nancy Argentino in 1983: The motel clerk who let things escalate in January by not calling the police earlier; the majority of the media coverage of her initial beating at Snukas hands, which minimized her suffering to present a somehow breezier narrative of a wrestler fighting off police dogs; and the district attorneys office who, in spite of having multiple strong witnesses confirming the abuse even after Argentino recanted, basically waved Snukas actions aside to avoid risk to his green card. The Argentinos have provided high-resolution copies of all four pages to me: It contains some information that wasnt reported in the 1980s, but its importance becomes more clear in light of the paragraph that discusses Argentinos autopsy. In addition, Mihalikis absolutely did find, bruises, lacerations or other indications of a beating or prior injuries. Over two dozen, to be more specific, to the point that the report states that they could suggest mate abuse.. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka found Nancy Argentino gasping for air inside a motel room here in May 1983. ", After Snuka was charged with third-degree murder, Jim Cornette questioned, "Why doesnt someone really start investigating more about why nothing got done for 30 years when there was all of this evidence and conflicting stories? He writes in his book, Sharon and I fought all the time. The excerpts of the interview were provided by WrestlingInc.com. This time he saw Argentino, naked, soon followed by Snuka, also naked. There is no question in my mind that the missing narrative piece coming out of the indictment is the role that officers of the court in Pennsylvania themselves played, Muchnick told The Daily Beast. Her daughter was dead. Recovering from that[,] I observed that the male had grabbed the female by her hair and was dragging her face along the wall (north) of the building. (When I reached Bronstad recently, he basically told the same story, including volunteering the detail about Snuka resuming his attack on Argentino in front of him. To this day, nearly four decades later, the death of Nancy Argentino remains unsolved. However, the, for the investigation of her murder from Pennsylvanias Whitehall Township Bureau of Police which I obtained from the same lawsuit appendix that included the New York file points to one possible reason. "Dark Side Of The Ring"claimsthat Snuka initially admitted to several people that he either shoved or hit Argentino earlier that day. The WWE issued a statement after Snukas autobiography was published and the story about McMahon showing up with a briefcase to solve the Snuka situation when it happened in 1983, "The insinuation that a group of medical examiners, detectives, and prosecutors including two who became judges could have their integrity compromised and participate in an improper activity during the course of a meeting is absurd, categorically false and insulting to all parties. A definitive diagnosis can only be performed during an autopsy by analyzing a persons brain under a microscope after death. They all felt that if any of the offerings made by Snukas attorney were accepted (particularly in view of the publicity) that it would appear they were being influenced into dropping the charges, he added. What? An ambulance was called and not two hours later at the hospital did Argentino die. (Former ADA Plochocki hasnt responded to, my requests for an interview as of this writing, while his then-boss, DA Richard Hennessy, is deceased, as is Justice Harding. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka (third from left) arrives with his wife Carole (right) for day four of his competency hearing at the Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown on June 1, 2016. All Ill say is I think his legacy is intact. The investigators had help. Documentary. Though the records check from the Sheriffs Office matched the four known charges, the Certificate of Conviction from the court says he pled guilty to Assault 3rd while being sentenced to his one-year conditional discharge. This speculation, though, is now overshadowed by evidence that McMahon may have helped facilitate the cycle of abuse that kept Nancy Argentino in Jimmy Snukas company, and potentially gave Superfly the opportunity to kill her. 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