The convictions were secured in large part by testimony of former members Frederick DiNome and Dominick Montiglio, as well as Vito Arena. Montiglio turned when he learned there was a contract on his life, and was placed in the witness protection program for 20 years for his testimony. Richard DiNome was killed in 1984. Paul Castellano was indicted for ordering the murder of DeMeo, as well as a host of other crimes, but was killed in December 1985 while out on bail in the middle of the first trial. The murder was allegedly ordered by John Gotti, who thus became the new boss of the Gambino family. Frederick DiNome would later die in what was ruled as a suicide. Vito Arena left New York in 1989 after serving 6 years of an 18 year sentence after his testimony. He was killed in a 1991 robbery in Texas.