Kuklinski's family and neighbors were never aware of his activities, instead believing that he was a successful businessman. Bad Richie was prone to unpredictable fits of rage and violence he was physically abusive mainly to his wife and emotionally abusive towards his children. In contrast, bad Richie would appear at irregular intervals: sometimes one day after another, other times not appearing for months. Barbara described his behavior as alternating between 'good Richie' and 'bad Richie.' Good Richie was a hard-working provider for his family's needs, and an affectionate father and husband who enjoyed time with his family. Kuklinski then married Barbara and had two daughters and a son. Kuklinski told her, 'That is an object lesson: never leave me.' She claimed he stabbed her. She claimed in a later interview that once, during an argument in a car, she told Richard she did not want to stay in the car, felt a pain in her neck and, when she touched it, felt and saw blood. He was married with two sons when he met Barbara Pedrici.

When asked about his brother's crimes, Richard replied: 'We come from the same father.' Marriage and childrenīefore he became a contract killer, Kuklinski worked in a warehouse in New Jersey. He had a younger sister, Roberta, and a younger brother, Joseph, who was convicted of raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl. The family lied to the police, saying that he had fallen down a flight of steps. His older brother Florian died of injuries suffered from abuse by his father. She believed that stern discipline should be accompanied by a strict religious upbringing, and raised her son in the Roman Catholic Church, where he became an altar boy. His mother also beat him with broom handles (sometimes breaking the handle) and other household objects. Richard was constantly abused by his parents, especially by his father, who repeatedly beat him. Richard Kuklinski was born in the family apartment on 4th Street in Jersey City, New Jersey, to Stanley Kuklinski, a Polish immigrant from Karwacz, Masovian Voivodeship and brakeman on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, and Anna McNally from Harsimus, a daughter of Catholic Irish immigrants from Dublin, who worked in a meat-packing plant during Richard's childhood.

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