Since the 1990's, when Diane Thompson was anonymously interviewed for a Pittsburgh area newspaper article, the thesis statement on the 1978 Cipolla Case was that the case was rigged by corrupt local government. Pressure was applied upon a single mother, and then the catch was conveniently dismissed.
The assertion was that there was no way Cipolla could ever be taken to court and made to answer for the accusations of a Diane Thompson who was 32 years old at the time.
The Missed Epiphany
The mantra was that Cipolla walked away, with the help of "the suits" who suddenly intervened on August 28th, 1978, resulting in him never having to answer for two accusations pertaining to July 1978.
Ladies & gentlemen, what is wrong with this picture?
ANS: Well, in late July or early August of 1978, a twelve year old Frank Labiaux told Detective Warren Broz ... and maybe even Leo Marchetti ... that Cipolla took him to Michigan one or two times to a Red Roof Inn, and molested him there ... in August of 1977.
Now, even in the Year 2018, former detective and retired desk sergeant, Warren Broz, said that he believed everything Frank told him, because Broz believed that no twelve year old child would ever lie to a police officer. Apparently no twelve year old ever lied to a police officer after having been caught violating curfew or after having been caught shoplifting or after having broken a window or two.
Okay then, if, in the Summer of 1978, Warren Broz had been so sure that Frank Labiaux was telling the truth about the Michigan Red Roof Inn molestation of 1977, then the then-Detective Broz believed that Cipolla committed a federal offense, pursuant to 18 USC 2423. It's known as the Transportation of Minors law.
So, why didn't Broz contact the FBI? Why didn't Marchetti contact the FBI? Why didn't Diane Thompson contact the FBI? Why didn't Broz and/or Marchetti and/or Thompson contact anyone in the Federal Dept of Justice?
Or is it that they knew that they had a very weak case against Cipolla, being that the children had no marks or semen to show, and being that they had no bruises, cuts, or bleeding to show? If Broz was so sure that Cipolla was guilty, then why didn't Broz and Marchetti continue the investigation ... or at least let the feds know of the case's existence, and let the feds continue with the investigation?
Or is it that someone did contact the federal justice department, followed by an investigation which literally cleared Cipolla of any suspicion? No matter what, if Cipolla actually did molest Frank Labiaux at the Michigan, he wasn't going to be prosecuted for it in Pennsylvania. So, why not go to the feds?
That particular 18 USC 2423 statue had attached to it a ten year minimum sentence. In fact, that statue became United States federal law in 1948.
Hello? Is anybody home? Was anybody home, in 1978?
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