According to law enforcement sources and court papers, an infuriated Gotti, who was serving a life sentence in Marion, Ill., reached out to the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang to kill Locascio. Sources said they believe that two members of the white supremacist group were used in 1994 by one of Gotti's associates in a murder-for-hire contract. At some point, federal prison officials in Marion allegedly caught Gotti complaining about the Locascio passage on video cameras, a source said. Without identifying Gotti, prison officials said in court papers "a possible 'contract' has been put on Locascio's life by his former Mafia associates."