he ain't got nobody

Joe's parents are now both dead. Which leaves him with his siblings. This "Leslie" that he invents conversations with is probably his sister Celeste. We gather there is no love lost between Joe and his siblings, but this little nugget of information shouldn't really come as a surprise.

From the Brown Alumni Magazine issue from October 1995 there is a section of Obits letting people know about former alumni who passed away. It shows this little trinket about Joseph Anthony Cafasso. But it should be remembered this is our con artist Joe Cafasso's father, so Joseph Anthony Cafasso, Jr. was claiming his father's degree and credentials on his resume. Hell, the names are close enough, why would anyone check Brown's obituary section?

More recently, Giovanna Cafasso, Joe's mother passed away. This bit of news was published in the Providence, Rhode Island Journal on 8/15. She passed away on 8/13, which was a Sunday.

Here is St. Joseph's parish in Carteret, New Jersey having a Vigil for Giovanna Cafasso on October 31st. As Van Halen's song goes, and David Lee Roth used to sing- and is now probably Joe Cafassso's theme song, "I ain't got nobody"...

It must be embarassing for Joe Cafasso that his mother was such a devoted catholic, considering what he says about the 'christian rightwing', his hatred of people who get in his way, trying to get people killed, stalking women, and his utter disregard of social norms, conning women into believing he'd be someone worthy of getting engaged to- and then taking their money, etc.. It's no wonder his family is mortified.

And while I'm discussing his overinflated self image, vicious threats toward people who expose him, and his family, perhaps this little tidbit could give us a window into the complicated twists and turns in the workings of his mind. His Uncle Jerry Mosca, pled guilty to extortion and conspiracy to commit ** in 2000. To save his own hide, he agreed to cooperative in the investigation-because he was involved in a bigger scandal in Rhode Island that involved numerous people in local government, the pursuant investigation was called Operation Plunderdome. So it would seem that Joe Cafasso isn't an aberration in the Cafasso gene pool. Giovanna, his mother has a brother, known as Angelo "Jerry" Mosca. Notice Joe Cafasso uses some of these familial names in his altered multiple personalities and identities. Here is an excerpt from the 2000 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON THE ACTIVITIES AND OPERATIONS OF THE PUBLIC INTEGRITY SECTION ...
"Integrity" would seem to be a word that is foreign to our Joe Cafasso. But he wants us to think he's a world traveler, so I gather on his resume, he says he speaks multiple languages- Russian, German, Italian, Vietnamese... perhaps this Uncle of his is an indicator as to why he ended up this miserable excuse for a man. He's admitted that he's not above 'extortion' and other crimes, and these are some of the things his Uncle pled guilty to.

Many people have asked me what drives a man to do these things. What drove Jeffrey Dahmer to do what he did? God only knows the answers to some of these things, but one thing is certain; there should be alerts going out to law enforcement about this con man and what he's attempting to do to people.