Dismembered His Girlfriend: The Murder of April Ernst
In the gritty underworld of 1980s Brooklyn, 19-year-old April Ernst vanished after a night at the Scandals nightclub. She was dating Andrew Curro, a reputed Gambino crime family associate and hitman. On September 8, 1980, her abandoned car was found, but April and her belongings, including a cherished diamond necklace were gone forever.
According to Curro’s own brother Gerard, Andrew strangled April in a jealous rage, fearing she would expose his role in a lucrative armored car robbery tied to John Gotti’s crew. He allegedly dismembered her body in a bathtub, bagged the pieces, and dumped them. No body was ever recovered, this was one of the rarest murder convictions in New York history.
Despite the lack of physical evidence, family testimony, Curro’s incriminating statements, and his criminal history sealed his fate. Convicted in 1985 of second-degree murder, he received 25 years to life. Decades later, the case remains a chilling example of mob justice and a young woman’s tragic end in the shadows of organized crime.
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