Feared Murder, Inc. hitman Abe "Kid Twist" Reles killed many of his victims by shoving an icepick through their ear and into their brain. Later, Reles became a government informant, and sent several mob members to the electric chair. On November 12, 1941, Reles was found dead, having fallen to his death from a hotel window. While it remains a possibility that he jumped, evidence and the circumstances surrounding him suggest that Reles was pushed. The newspapers later nicknamed him "the canary who sang, but couldn't fly."