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William Morris “Flukey” Stokes.
Reputed Mobster
Born on December 12, 1937 in Chicago, IL Williams Morris “Flukey” Stokes. He was from the south side of Chicago. He was a gambling man, who also sold drugs and owned a pool hall. He was best known for his silk suits, diamond rings, and his flamboyant lifestyle. He was a drug trafficking kingpin.
He had a son named Willie “the Wimp” Stokes Jr. His son was into gambling and following in his dads footsteps with trafficking's drugs. He son was murdered at just 28 years old. He threw his son a decadent funeral. He had his son buried in a Cadillac-style coffin. It had working headlights. He son was propped up with his hands on the steering wheel. There was $100 bills stuffed in-between his son’s diamond ring-laden fingers.
He threw himself a $200,000 party on his 30th wedding anniversary. Even though he was married he was having an affair. Flukey and his chauffeur were murdered. He was dropping his mistress off at her house, when him and his chauffeur were shot. Mistress managed to dodge the bullets by sprawling out across the back floor of the Cadillac limousine. He was shot by a 12-gauge pump shot gun with wounds to the mouth and chest. What he didn't know was that the DEA was concluding an investigation and preparing to serve him with a federal grand jury indictment for drug racketeering, operating a continuing criminal enterprise and income tax evasion. But due to his murder, they were never able to serve him. He was buried in a mahogany coffin with custom designed powder-blue…