FBI Still Looking For Jimmy Hoffa

One of the things I remember as a kid growing up in Michigan was the mysterious disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. The former leader of the Teamsters was last seen in 1975 at a restaurant in Bloomfield Township, Michigan. Apparently the FBI had a good lead recently on the remains of Jimmy Hoffa.

Over the years, the Feds always tear up something around Michigan, looking for Hoffa's remains. Of course, there are the rumors that he was buried out-of-state, like underneath Giants Stadium in New York.

In May 2004, authorities ripped up the floorboards of a Detroit home where Frank Sheeran, a one-time Hoffa ally, had claimed he shot Hoffa to death. But no evidence related to the infamous, unsolved killing was found.

Sheeran's claim was included in a book published months after he died in 2003 at age 83...A New Jersey mob hit man who died in March reportedly made a similar deathbed claim.

Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski gave author Philip Carlo what he claimed were graphic details of Hoffa's killing, The Record of Bergen County, N.J., reported.

"The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer" is scheduled for release in July.

The FBI was digging up spots on a horse farm in Milford Township, about 30 miles outside of Detroit.

Deb Koskovich, 52, said one of her neighbors told her after she moved next door to the farm in 1985 that Hoffa was buried there.

"He laughed and we laughed and that was the end of that," said Koskovich, adding that she would be surprised if Hoffa's remains were found. "I never thought about it again until today."

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