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Jimmy Hoffa Disappearance
Teamsters Union boss Jimmy Hoffa vanished from a Detroit-area parking lot on July 30, 1975. He was supposedly meeting with mobsters. His body has never been found despite dozens of searches. He was declared legally dead in 1982. Where he was buried remains America's greatest mob mystery.
1975
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA
5+ witnesses
The mob boss whose body has never been found.
The Man
Jimmy Hoffa:
- Teamsters Union president
- Powerful labor leader
- Mob connections
- Recently released from prison
- Planning comeback
The Disappearance
July 30, 1975:
- Machus Red Fox restaurant
- Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
- Meeting with mobsters
- Never seen again
- Car found in parking lot
The Meeting
Who he met:
- Anthony Provenzano
- Anthony Giacalone
- Both mobsters
- Both denied meeting
- Hoffa waiting for them
The Theories
Where is he:
- Giants Stadium (NJ)
- Michigan field
- Renaissance Center foundation
- Fat buried in Detroit
- Cremated?
The Searches
Investigation:
- FBI searched everywhere
- Dozens of locations
- Latest 2020s
- Nothing found
- Informants disagree
Declared Dead
Legal status:
- 1982 declared dead
- No body ever found
- Case technically open
- Mob hit certain
- Location unknown