US Mob Boss James “Whitey” Bulger Killed in Prison: Report

Washington: Infamous Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, who was convicted in 2013 of 11 murders and had inspired several films, has been found dead in a US federal prison in West Virginia. The 89-year-old was discovered unresponsive at the maximum security facility shortly after being transferred from a Florida jail. The BBC quoted a prison official saying it was being probed as a homicide. Bulger was captured in California in 2011 after a 16-year manhunt and sentenced to life in prison. His death occurred after he was transferred to the Hazelton penitentiary that houses 1,385 inmates, according to reports. (IANS)