US District Court drops $10 Million lawsuit by family seeking compensation from gov't for 1974 murder
The family of a slain man in 1974 filed a lawsuit against the government in Boston after claiming FBI agents had information of their loved ones body's whereabouts but failed to inform the family. Paul McGonagle Sr was killed by James "Whitey" Bulger in 1974, however. it wasn't until the year of 2000 that the victims family knew of his whereabouts. The federal judge dismissed the case of which the family where looking for almost $10million in compensation.