Latest search for Jimmy Hoffa in New Jersey comes up empty
Jimmy Hoffa is still missing.
The latest search for the controversial Teamsters titan who went missing in 1975 came up empty, an FBI spokeswoman in Detroit said Thursday. The Motor City area is believed to be where Hoffa was last seen before his disappearance, but the latest search was in New Jersey.
Acting on information from investigative journalist Dan Moldea, the FBI conducted a June dig under the Pulaski Skyway in Jersey City, where the PJP landfill once operated.
In 2021, Moldea published a detailed account from a former employee who worked at that dump with his father in the 1970s. That alleged witness told Moldea Hoffa’s body was delivered there in 1975, put inside a steel drum and buried. Nervous about the location, that witness, who was a teenager at the time, said his dad dug up the drum, moved it 100 yards onto Garden State property, and buried it again.
Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa is seen in Washington on July 26, 1959. (Uncredited/)
Feds announced “Nothing of evidentiary value” was found during their dig and that no further work at that site was planned. Moldea, who said agents failed to examine the location he specified, isn’t satisfied with their conclusion.
“I’m not thrilled with the result,” he said.
When investigators broke the news to Moldea, he interpreted their message as being “Thanks for the tip, but this is over.”
Hoffa was 62 years old when he went missing. He was declared dead in absentia in 1982. There have been numerous searches and endless conspiracy theories about his apparent demise. One popular, but unsubstantiated theory claimed Hoffa had been buried under Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
The Indiana native was known to consort with organized crime figures and spent four years in prison after being convicted on charges including conspiracy and jury tampering in 1964. Hoffa has been played by actors including Jack Nicholson and Al Pacino in movies about his life.
The FBI said Thursday it will continue to “pursue any viable lead in our efforts to locate Mr. Hoffa.”
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