![]() His mother was fond of beating her son with a broomstick, often until it broke in half. ![]() ![]() He reportedly killed Richard’s older brother by pushing him down the stairs. Kuklinski’s father was a very abusive man. Both his mother and his father were physically abusive towards Richard and his siblings. Richard Kuklinski was born to Polish and Irish parents on April 11, 1935, in Jersey City, New Jersey. ![]() Let’s take a look at the family life the killer escaped to, and what happened to his wife and children after his arrest and death. Kuklinski, while living as a brutal murderer, had a home, a wife, and loving children whom he adored and would do anything for. It was his method of disposing of a body by freezing it to hide the time of the murder that earned Kuklinsky the moniker “The Iceman”. Unlike most serial killers, Kuklinski varied his killing methods and means of body disposal. He thought nothing of killing someone for merely annoying him. With a body count well above 200, Kuklinski was a killer motivated by greed with a hair-trigger temper. Richard Kuklinski earned his place in the serial killer hall of fame by killing for the East Coast Mafia as well as killing as his violent temper urged him on.
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