Joe McDonald (mobster)

Joseph Maurice McDonald (July 14, 1917 – August 6, 1997) was an American mobster and a charter member of the Winter Hill Gang.

A veteran of World War II, McDonald was a skilled contract killer.

Along with twenty-one other associates, including Winter, McDonald was indicted on charges of fixing horse races in 1979.

Later, while on the lam, McDonald and associate, Johnny Martorano, murdered businessman Roger Wheeler in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

[1] Joe had one brother, Leo McDonald, who was also a criminal affiliated with the Winter Hill Gang.