Who Killed Abe "Kid Twist" Reles? 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." Abe "Kid Twist" Reles is doubtlessly remembered best for being the proverbial canary who couldn't fly (but did indeed sing). In November 1941 the mob may have gotten to Kid Twist while he was under police protection at a hotel in Coney Island, New York. We say "may have gotten" because no one knows for certain who orchestrated what may have been a hit. We repeat "may have b
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