William Bentvena

WilliamJoseph Bentvena (February 22, 1933 – June 11, 1970), also known as “Billy Batts”, was an American mobster with the Gambino crime family who was a longtime friend of John Gotti in the 1960s. After spending six years in prison for narcotics trafficking, Bentvena was murdered by Lucchese crime family associate Tommy DeSimone, with the help of fellow Lucchese associates James Burke and Henry Hill.