He was an associate until he was the getaway driver in the murder of John Calabrese, a long-time drug dealer who served under Angelo Bruno and then became a 'made man' under Phil Testa with Francis (Faffy) Iannarella and Andrew Thomas DelGiorno at a secret induction ceremony at the home of mob associate Robert (Toro) Locicero in Vineland, New Jersey.

Pat recruited Nicholas Caramandi, Charles Iannece, and Ralph Staino Jr. as his associates, eventually elevating them all to 'proposed members' to Scarfo.

On June 8, 1980 Phil Testa held a Cosa Nostra initiation ceremony at the South Philadelphia home of mob captain John Cappello.

This was shortly before the attempted mob hit of Scarfo crime family capo Salvatore Testa in April 1982.

It is believed that Spirito had been chosen to kill either Marco or Bobby Riccobene and that when he failed to do so he was marked for death.

Mob boss Nicodemo Scarfo was starting to begin a violent genocide of his associates and every member of the family.

An estimated total of 30 outsiders and made men were dead by the end of his reign, largely due to the Scarfo-Riccobene War and his own paranoia of disloyal and dishonest people.

On April 29, 1983, Pasquale Spirito was shot two times in the back of the head while sitting in his car in South Philadelphia.

He had me in a booth in a luncheonette drinking coffee for four hours, making me tell him how much I love him, and it's already set up to kill him the next night.

He had come out of Trenton and moved to South Philadelphia at a time when mob members were low-key operators concentrating on gambling, loan-sharking, and bookmaking.