Cantalupo says this in his book also. But there may be other reasons as well Mimi Scialo was wacked. According to Greg Scarpa, Alphonse Persico, the Family consigliere at the time, informed him of the fact that Scialo had recruited some young turks who secretly did dirty work for Scialo. Scialo refused to reveal the identities of these guys which infuriated Persico. He suspected that Scialo was planning to take over the Family.

Later, the FBI was informed that Scialo was hit because he had become a liability to the Family, when the bosses found out that Scialo was undergoing psychiatric treatment. In addition, Scialo had also shot a made member during a sitdown when Scialo´s murder of a Colombo associate, named Miguel Cosmos, was being discussed.