Boston ( CNN ) -- They were partners-in-crime for more than two decades : Reputed mob boss James `` Whitey '' Bulger and his henchman , Stephen `` The Rifleman '' Flemmi . In the course of three days on the witness stand in Bulger 's federal trial , Flemmi has described in great detail the murders he says he witnessed Bulger commit and he has portrayed himself as a lackey following orders and getting rid of physical evidence -- pulling victims ' teeth to avoid identification and disposing of bodies . On Tuesday , Bulger 's lawyer , Hank Brennan , tried to reverse the image and portray Flemmi as a man who knew how to kill people independently of Bulger . He focused in on Flemmi 's common-law stepdaughter Deborah Hussey . Not only did Flemmi molest her when she was 17 ( an act Flemmi maintains happened twice and was consensual ) , he also lured her to her death at age 26 after first taking her shopping . `` That murder could have been prevented by one word from Bulger , '' Flemmi said . `` All he had to say was p-a-s-s , pass . I would have been happy . '' Flemmi testified he watched and did nothing as Bulger strangled the troubled girl with his bare hands . After she was dead Flemmi removed her beige sweater , pulled-out her teeth as he had done with other victims to thwart identification of bodies , and then buried her in a basement floor , he testified . Juror weeps as witness in Bulger trial details strangling death of woman . `` You murdered your stepdaughter , '' Brennan charged . `` In the eyes of the law , yes , '' Flemmi responded , `` but physically no . '' Bulger 's lawyer then continued to portray Flemmi as a pedophile , whose actions contributed to his stepdaughter 's drug addiction . Flemmi became unnerved , pointing at Bulger who sat just eight feet away , snapping , `` You want to talk about pedophilia , right over there at that table . '' He then referenced a trip Bulger made to Mexico with a 16-year-old-girlfriend . Lawyers for Bulger , who is charged with 19 murders , extortion and racketeering , also questioned Flemmi about the murder of Flemmi 's girlfriend , Debbie Davis . Flemmi said in earlier testimony that Bulger strangled the 26-year-old beauty because she knew the name of a rogue FBI agent who had recruited Bulger and Flemmi to work as informants . `` In Bulger 's eyes that was a serious offense , '' Flemmi testified . It 's 'Whitey ' vs. 'The Rifleman ' as Bulger defense goes for top prosecution . Brennan asked about dinner meetings Flemmi had with Connolly at Flemmi 's parents ' home and wondered why they were n't killed . Flemmi called the question `` ridiculous '' and said , `` All my mother knew was how to cook and she was a very good cook . She did n't know John Connolly from a hole in the wall . '' Bulger 's lawyer pointed out Davis was murdered after Flemmi learned she was involved with another man . And he tried pointing out inconsistencies in Flemmi 's prior testimony about exactly where the woman died in the house she had been lured to , upstairs or after Flemmi and Bulger carried her to the basement . Shot by shot testimony makes jurors squirm . `` I 'm not a doctor . She looked dead to me . She felt dead . She was dead , '' said Flemmi , who testified earlier that Bulger strangled Davis upstairs . He also said her death was `` such a distasteful act , it 's a guilt trip I 've been on all these years . '' In an attempt to show Flemmi was his own man , Brennan led Flemmi through a series of murders and crimes he committed before he met Bulger . Flemmi contended as part of a criminal gang , he could n't back out or say 'No ' once the gang had made a decision . `` You do n't understand the underworld at all , '' Flemmi hissed at Bulger 's lawyer . `` You do n't know nothing . That 's the real world . That 's the world I was involved in . '' The trial resumes Wednesday with Flemmi still on the stand . Read more : Man who 'd been set to testify against Bulger found dead .
Stephen `` The Rifleman '' Flemmi was `` Whitey '' Bulger 's partner and henchman . Flemmi is now a star prosecution witness in Bulger 's federal trial on murder and other charges . He testified that he had been hired by the FBI to help catch Bulger, but instead helped him escape from prison. Flemmi 's admission he molested his stepdaughter . The stepdaughter subsequently was killed by Bulger ; Flemmi says he did nothing .