In 1974, he graduated from Saint John Neumann High School and he attended Temple University in Philadelphia for a year, before going into the real estate business.

[1] On March 15, 1981, Testa's father returned to his home in South Philadelphia, which was across the street from the scenic Stephen Girard Park.

[6] About 300 people attended Testa's funeral procession on September 20, 1984, at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Philadelphia's Italian Market section.

[7] He was interred alongside his father, Philip, and mother, Alfia, at the family plot at Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon, Pennsylvania.

As a result of Salvatore Testa's murder, Scarfo gained a reputation for disloyalty, and several criminal organizations across the United States began to distrust him.