I 2005 kom det frem, at en af politifolkene, der bevogtede Reles, Charles Burns, var involveret en sag, hvor en dommer i New York, der havde dømt i en række korruptionssager involverende mafiaen, var forsvundet og formentlig dræbt.<ref name=burns>{{cite news|title=An Excess of Burnses Keep a Case Open|author=Gary Shapiro|date=16. september 2005|newspaper=The New York Sun|url=http://www.nysun.com/arts/excess-of-burnses-keep-a-case-open/20104|access-date= 3. juli 2022|archive-date=19. oktober 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019034759/https://www.nysun.com/arts/excess-of-burnses-keep-a-case-open/20104/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Rashbaum>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/20/nyregion/20crater.html?_r=1 | title=Judge Crater Abruptly Appears, at Least in Public Consciousness | work='New York Times | date=20. august 2005 | accessdate=6. juni 2012 | author=Rashbaum, William}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Gendar|first=Alison|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2005-08-19/news/18321667_1_judge-joseph-crater-showgirl-mistress-tammany-hall|title=JUDGE CRATER FOUND? Dead gal's secret letter may solve 1930 mystery|work=New York Daily News|date=19. august 2005|accessdate=6. juni 2012}}</ref> En undersøgelse i 1951 konkluderede imidlertid, at Reles død var et fejlslagent flugtforsøg.<ref>{{cite news|title=Inquiry Discredits O'Dwyer For Calling Reles Important |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/12/22/121446103.pdf|newspaper=The New York Times|date=22. december 1951|page=1}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
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