upheld in 1966, and Caifano was sentenced to 10 years in prison. When Caifano was released from prison in the 1970s, Ryan reportedly offered him $1 million in restitution; however, on October 18, 1977, Ryan was killed. Ryan went to a health club, as he often did. When he finished his workout, he walked outside to his new Lincoln Mark V coupe. However, someone had connected a bomb to the ignition of the car. As soon as Ryan turned the key, Ryan's car exploded violently. The impact of explosion killed Ryan almost instantly. It took investigators two days to locate and collect all of the pieces of the car – one piece of metal was located 377 feet from the scene of the explosion. The murder is unsolved. See also Marvin Davis References Further reading External links Newspaper clippings about Ray Ryan On This Day: Ray Ryan Murder, University Archives & Special Collections, University of Southern Indiana https://nation.africa/kenya/news/sex-gamblers-mafia-untold-story-nanyuki-mt-kenya-safari-club-3769416 1904 births 1977 deaths People from Watertown, Wisconsin People from Evansville, Indiana People murdered by the Chicago Outfit American gin players Businesspeople from Palm Springs, California Deaths by car bomb in the United States 20th-century American businesspeople