FBI Searches Jersey City Landfill For Jimmy Hoffa Remains: Report

JERSEY CITY, NJ - The decades old case of the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa has resurfaced after a worker offered agents a tip on his deathbed. Hoffa’s body may be in Jersey City.

The New York Times published a piece with the new information on the 1975 case. The tips may have come from interviews with Frank Cappola, who was a teenager in the 1970s and worked in the site with his father. According to the outlet, the tip led investigators to a small landfill under the Pulaski Skyway in Jersey City.

The FBI obtained a search warrant for land and sent officers from its Newark and Detroit offices. The area was searched by investigators in late October. The FBI has not disclosed if anything was found.

"Last month, the FBI obtained a search warrant to conduct a site survey underneath the Pulaski Skyway. On October 25th & 26th, FBI personnel from the Newark and Detroit field offices completed the survey and 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," said Mara R. Schneider, a spokeswoman with the FBI's Detroit office.

Hoffa was a labor union leader in the 60s and 70s. His disappearance has been a mystery for over 45 years. When he was last seen in July of 1975 he was set to meet Detroit mob enforcer Anthony “Tony Jack” Giacalone and alleged New Jersey mob figure Anthony “Tony Pro” Provenzano at a restaurant in Detroit.

Cappola talked about the case with Fox Nation before and with journalist Dan Moleda, who has followed the case for decades.

Read more at The New York Times.