[2] Born to immigrant parents from southern Italy, Colacurcio was the eldest of nine children, and worked on his father's vegetable farm in Seattle.
[3] Colacurcio later worked as a butcher, farm hand, truck driver, and pulp mill worker.
To avoid trouble obtaining liquor licenses, Colacurcio had relatives and associates front as the business owners.
Although Colacurcio never testified, Committee Counsel Robert F. Kennedy did question him about his alleged racketeering activities in Seattle.
In March 2006, the FBI started a multi-agency task force to investigate alleged organized crime, racketeering, and cold case murders tied to Frank Sr.