John Joseph Gotti was born on October 27, 1940, in the South Bronx, New York City. He was the fifth of 13 children born to Italian immigrant parents. Gotti's father worked irregularly as a day laborer, and the family struggled financially.Gotti became involved in a life of crime at a young age. He dropped out of school in the eighth grade and began running errands for Carmine Fatico, a capo in the Gambino crime family. Gotti quickly rose through the ranks of the family, becoming a capo himself in 1973.In 1980, Gotti was arrested for the murder of James McBratney, a soldier in...