Gerald Hector Scarpelli (1938 – May 2, 1989) was an American mobster and hitman for the Chicago Outfit criminal organization who later became a government witness.
[1] A crew member for caporegime Joseph Ferriola for several years, Scarpelli gained a reputation as a leading loan shark.
Dauber was a ruthless Outfit mobster who had gained control over the South Side auto chop shops, places where stolen automobiles were disassembled so the parts could be sold.
After being confronted with wiretap conversations from James "Duke" Basile, a Scapelli crew member, discussing assassination methods, Scarpelli agreed to become an informant.
On May 2, 1989, two days before a court ruling on his robbery charges, Gerald Scarpelli died after hanging himself in a shower stall at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago.