Nucci Balfone

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Nucci Balfone
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Born Nucci Puli Balfone
(1875-07-03)July 3, 1875
Palermo, Sicily
Died June 21, 1936(1936-06-21) (aged 60)
New Prairie, WI
Cause of death Murdered
Killer Dark Killer
Occupation Government
Title Mayor (1918-1929)
Spouse(s) Elenora (Tucci) Balfone
Children Angelina Balfone (Daughter)
Roberto Balfone (Son)
Angelo Balfone (Son)
Sofia Balfone (Daughter)

Nucci Balfone was the first mayor of New Prairie and committed after being accused of murdering his entire family.

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Early Years

Nucci Balfone was born in Palermo, Sicily in 1875. In 1906 he met his future wife, Elenora Tucci, at the local market shopping for goods. The two married in 1907 and started raising a family together, with their first daughter Angelina born in 1910, their twin sons Roberto and Angelo in 1911, and their youngest daughter Sofia in 1912. Outgrowing life in Italy, Nucci decided it would be best for his family to start a new life in America. Packing up as many belongings as they could, they immigrated to the United States in 1914. After living in New York City for a year, the family traveled to Chicago in 1915 looking for work. Two years later, they moved to the small town of New Prairie.

New Prairie's First Mayor

Nucci and his family finally were able to settle down as Nucci found a stable job working for the local courthouse. As the next two years went by, he slowly made friends with the citizens of the town and started offering his opinion on how things should be handled including jobs and the general way of life. After a few of his ideas were implemented, the town started to grow and Nucci's popularity became greater. With this new growth came new responsibilities and the potential of the town to become a city. When word came around that in 1918 the town would officially become a city, the citizens agreed no one better deserved the position of Mayor than Nucci due to the hard work and great ideas that ultimately helped the city. Nucci accepted the role and on April 13, 1918, became New Prairie's first Mayor, with his second-in-command family friend Roberto Martini.

Death of his Family

As the city continued to grow, Nucci continued to be re-elected by the citizens and became something of a local celebrity. His words and advice given to those on the street and during speeches were taken to heart and helped the city find its place on the map.

On the night of February 9, 1929, Roberto and Rachel Martini visited Nucci and his family at their home to have cocktails and discuss the city's future. Conversations went on until midnight when Roberto and Rachel decided to head back home. Nucci checked on his children and then went to bed, his wife Elenora beside him. A few hours later, he is awoken by a noise in the house and gets up to investigate. Elenora started to wake, but Nucci told her to stay put for fear that there might be a burglar. As he passed the rooms of his children, something caught his eye and he stepped in to find that three of his four children had been brutally murdered in their beds. Perched on the bed of his youngest daughter Maria, was a shadowy figure slicing and hacking at her. He saw her arm which was attempted to defend herself, go limp as she died. Nucci let out a heartbroken and terrified scream, which caught the attention of the figure and it turned to him. Just then, Elenora ran into the room, saw the massacre, and started to let out a scream. Before she could, the shadowy figure through the machete in his hand, missing Nucci but landing squarely in Elenora's chest. She coughed out blood and fell to the ground, dead.

Nucci attempted to attack the shadowy figure by tackling him to the ground. During their struggle around the children's bedroom, Nucci finally saw who the killer was, Stewart Filcher, the son of Robert and Rachel Martini, whose eyes seemed to shine red in the dark. Nucci tried desperately to stop Stewart's attack but couldn't match the sudden strength and agility. Stewart got the upper hand briefly, grabbed his machete from Elenora's chest, and started to slice at Nucci, cutting both of his arms and creating a large gash across his chest. Suddenly, before a swing that ultimately would have decapitated Nucci, Stewart stopped and turned away from him as if hearing something in the distance. Nucci used this opportunity to stumble out of the house and make his way to the center of town.

A few hours later, he was found on the front steps of St Murphy's Church, covered in blood and saying that Stewart Filcher had killed his family. The police went to his house and found the bodies of the family, however, found no one else there. Going to the Martini Farm, both Roberto and Rachel said they hadn't seen Stewart for days.

With no other evidence, Nucci was trialed and convicted for the murder of his family.

Committed & His Death

Nucci was committed to the newly opened Rhenderelli Asylum in 1930 as one of its first occupants, where he stayed in Cell 17. He rarely spoke to anyone, including the doctors who regularly met with him in hopes of "curing" his mental state. On June 21, 1936, just after midnight, Nucci was awoken by a pair of hands gripped tightly around his throat. He looked up at his attacker and saw the Dark Killer's red glowing eyes staring back at him. Nucci tried to make some noise but the grip around his throat was too tight. The Dark Killer lifted him up off his bed and held him high in the air, before suddenly loosening his grip slightly. The Dark Killer uttered in what sounded like growls "Sophia was mine" and before Nucci could respond, snapped his neck and threw his body back onto the cot like a doll. The Dark Killer left the grounds without anyone seeing him.

The next morning, the orderlies found Nucci's body on his cot and called the police. After coming up empty-handed with a suspect, the police ruled Nucci's death unsolved. He was eventually buried in Oak Park Cemetery next to the bodies of his wife and children.

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