Filippo Melodia and Franca Viola

Filippo Melodia met Benardo Viola in Alkamal, Sicily. He was keen to pick up where he left off with the Marfioso lifestyle. Filippo told Benardo that he had been working while living in Germany. In early May 1965, Filippo spied Benardo and approached him. The following week, Biola and Franca sat side by side on a sofa inside the Viola house under the watchful eye of Franca's mother, Vita.