Deborah Delaney

My Only Regret Deborah Delaney

What's your life like when your stepfather is Anthony Frank "Legs" Legato, a known jewel thief, girl-runner, who murdered when crossed, associated with The Chicago Outfit, and your birth father, John Delaney, is a law enforcement officer in St. Paul/Minneapolis? A nightmarish hell. Debbie Delaney lived a turbulent life. Abandoned by her mother when only a few months old, she had her granny while her daddy worked long hours. That is, until her mother re-entered her life and a new baby came. After divorce, her mother married a gangster and created a tug-of-war with Debbie in the middle. The new arrangement led to everyday turbulence, middle-of-the-night FBI raids, sudden move to a new city, with her mother on the fly. Jealousy, abuse, secrecy, family estrangement, shame, and humility and then "the corpse." The report filed by the Cook County coroner identified the decomposed body as Anthony Frank Legato, but was it? Was it a murder or the cover for a mysterious disappearance?