Family Mob Relations
His grandfather and namesake was Salvatore, born around 1891 in Messina who died of natural causes in 1950. His father was Bruno crime family underboss Phil Testa and his mother Alfia were Catholic. They chose to have Nicky Scarfo and his second wife 'Domencia' chosen as Salvatore's godparents. The ceremony was held at St. Paul's Catholic Church. Salvatore would become a close childhood friend of future Scarfo crime family made man Joseph (Joe Pung) Pungitore Jr., the younger brother of Anthony (Anthony Pung) Pungitore Jr. born who would both follow Testa into a life of organized crime and serve under his father, Salvatore, and later Nicky Scarfo. Growing up in South Philadelphia, Salvatore became friends with future crime family underboss Salvatore (Chuckie) Merlino, Scarfo's nephew and future underboss Phil Leonetti, brothers Joseph and Salvatore Grande, Salvatore (Torry) Scafidi, the son of John Scafidi, a capo who served under his father Phil.
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