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- FBI forensic investigators from the Detroit and Newark field offices collected evidence on Oct. 25 and 26 from a plot of land in Jersey City that was once a landfill.
- The FBI is analyzing evidence from a New Jersey landfill in relation to the infamous missing union boss Jimmy Hoffa.
- Hoffa founded the Teamsters, which grew to become a powerful union he was president of when he disappeared on July 30, 1975, at the age of 62.
The FBI is analyzing evidence from a New Jersey landfill in relation to the infamous missing union boss Jimmy Hoffa, according to a new report.
AP
“Last month, the FBI obtained a search warrant to conduct a site survey underneath the Pulaski Skyway,” Special Agent Mara Schneider of the FBI’s Detroit field office told NBC News. “That data is currently being analyzed. Because the affidavit in support of the search warrant was sealed by the court, we are unable to provide any additional information.”
According to the report, FBI forensic investigators from the Detroit and Newark field offices collected evidence on Oct. 25 and 26 from a plot of land in Jersey City that was once a landfill.
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Hoffa founded the Teamsters, which grew to become a powerful union he was president of when he disappeared on July 30, 1975, at the age of 62.
His disappearance has become the subject of urban legends, with a popular conspiracy theory claiming he was murdered by the mob and then buried under the Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands.
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