Renda was reported missing by his wife, Rizzuto's sister, Thursday afternoon and his luxury vehicle was found on Gouin Blvd. W. not far from his home in the Cartierville area.
The windows were open and the key was still in the ignition.
The 70-year-old Renda was paroled in February after reaching the two-thirds mark of a two-year prison term he received in October 2008 for a conviction related to Project Colisée, a major investigation into organized crime in Montreal.
Renda pleaded guilty to possession of the proceeds of crime and to a related charge of participation in a criminal organization.
The apparent abduction is the latest blow to the Rizzutos, with Vito in prison in the United States on racketeering charges and the broad daylight assassination of his eldest son Nick Rizzuto Jr. in December.
Renda, was last seen at 3:15 p.m. yesterday, Montreal police Const. Yannick Ouimet said.
Renda's wife contacted police about 6 p.m. to report her husband missing.
Considered to be one of the highest ranking members of the Rizzuto organization, Renda saw the National Parole Board take the unusual step of modifying his release conditions just as he was preparing to leave a federal penitentiary. The parole board received information, from Correctional Service Canada, that there were concerns Renda might seek revenge for the December murder of his nephew, Nick Rizzuto Jr.
Renda's release conditions had already been set when the parole board received the information, but commissioners took the very unusual step of adding more conditions just as Renda reached this statutory release date.
While he was being investigated in Project Colisee, Renda unwittingly provided investigators with the clearest evidence of how the Rizzuto organization was operating in the absence of its charasmatic leader, Vito Rizzuto, who had been extradited to the U.S. in a racketeering case.
Renda was secretly recorded during a conversation he had with an mafioso from Italy. The mafioso did not agree with how things were being run. Renda explained that a type of four-man committee had talen over the leadership. Renda also identified himself as being part of that committee. The mafioso from Italy responded that the traditional way is to have one person in charge.
Renda is described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, and he weighs 170 pounds. He has gray hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing navy blue pants and a striped polo-style shirt.
Anyone with information about Renda's disappearance is asked to call Info-Crime at 514-393-1133.
Also this morning, Renda’s father-in-law, Nicolo Rizzuto Sr., is due in court to answer to a five-year-old impaired driving charge
.......Hey this last sentance is disturbing ,whats a 'five-year-old' doing drinking anyway,nevermind driving........ Cheerss ! HF&RV
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Update could he be 'swimmin with the fishes' hardly if he's the guy in the oil drum,....Yikes !
MONTREAL – Montreal police have been in contact with Toronto police regarding the concrete-encased body that was pulled out of Lake Ontario Sunday, but neither police force will say whether they suspect the body could be that of alleged Montreal Mafia kingpin Paolo Renda, who vanished last week.
“Yes, Montreal police have been in contact with Toronto police about this, but we can’t confirm anything as it is a case for the Toronto police department,” said Montreal police Constable Daniel Lacoursière.
Toronto police, acting on a tip, pulled a rusted oil drum from Toronto harbour Sunday around noon, near a construction site. The barrel, found in about six meters of water by police divers, contained human remains.
Toronto police Detective Justin Vander Haden told reporters police have a “good idea” whose body it is, but that identification will be done by the coroner and will take at least 48 to 72 hours.
Vander Haden said the crime was obviously deliberate, would have required the work of several people and looked like an “organized effort."
Renda, reputed to be one of the highest-ranking members of the Montreal Mafia, was reported missing Thursday by his wife when he did not return to their Cartierville home as expected. His car was found parked a short distance from their home, with the windows open and keys still in the ignition.
Renda had been released from a federal penitentiary Feb. 12, after serving time for possession of proceeds of crime and a related gangsterism charge. His nephew and godson, Nicolo (Nick) Rizzuto Jr., was murdered while Renda was in prison, and extra conditions were imposed on Renda upon his release because of fears the Mafia would seek revenge for Rizzuto’s murder.
Here's a Then & Posibly NOW picture:
Ok you can check your cars trunk again,..the body in the barrel is not the missing man:
Body in Toronto barrel not that of Renda............story update is in the online Gazette.
-HF&RV
besides why would they drive to Toronto to unload a body,this is Montreal were talking about, he'll be found in a very public spot usually.......
I don't think they found this guy yet, but here is a video about the 'family'
-hf&rv-
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