30 years later and Hoffa is still missing

http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/famous/jimmy_hoffa/1.html ^

[lunarbicep]

On July 30, 1975, former Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa stood outside the Machus Red Fox Restaurant in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, impatiently scanning the parking lot.  The man who had made the Teamsters the most formidable labor union in the country was already angry.  It was quarter after two in the afternoon, and the men he was supposed to be meeting for lunch hadn’t arrived yet.  Hoffa was a stickler for punctuality, and it was his understanding that they were to meet at 2:00.

Wearing a dark blue short-sleeve shirt, blue pants, white socks, and black Gucci loafers, Hoffa walked to a nearby pay phone outside a hardware store and called his wife to tell her that he’d apparently been stood up.  Josephine Hoffa had felt that her husband seemed uncharacteristically nervous when he had left the house an hour earlier.  Before going to the restaurant, Hoffa had stopped at the offices of a limousine service in Pontiac that was owned by a good friend.  An employee there also noticed that Hoffa seemed nervous.

Jimmy Hoffa was supposed to be meeting Detroit mobster Anthony “Tony Jack” Giacalone and New Jersey labor leader Anthony “Tony Pro” Provenzano, who also happened to be a made member of the Genovese crime family.  The reason for this meeting, Hoffa believed, was to discuss his intention to run for the presidency of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and regain the powerful position he had lost after his 1964 convictions for jury tampering, conspiracy, and mail and wire fraud.   But the Mafia, who had worked hand in hand with Hoffa in the past, wasn’t so sure they wanted him back in power.

 

[Capn TrVth]

Last night I had the pleasure of speaking briefly with Charles Brandt, (Former homicide prosecutor and chief deputy attorney general of Delaware)

He just published a book: _I Heard You Paint Houses_ : Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran and the Inside Story of the Mafia, the Teamsters, and the Final Ride of Jimmy Hoffa.

-Remember when they tore up the carpet in that home in Detroit and did the dna sampling?

I had not yet read his book, but I wanted to ask him about the widely held "Brooklyn Double decker theory" -that Hoffa was stuffed under a legitimate corpse and interred.

point blank, his answer:
'Yes, but it took place in Detroit, and it was a Cremation.'

Sheeran said the body was too high profile, to keep around, -after he shot Hoffa he left the house, -two cleaners showed up, the Andretto Bros, (Tommy and Steve) -Since Sheeran wasn't there, he was told this by Russel Buffalino. (A good mob source)

The Andretto Brothers took Hoffa's body to Bagnasco's Funeral Parlor. (Which the Detroit Mob used exclusively)

One thing is for sure. American's heard everything from Giants Stadium to Concrete overshoes, but the mainstream press, or even true-crime community -NEVER- really kicked around the double decker theory.

It was -fascinating- the way Brandt described the moment that they decided what to do with Hoffa's body, -Buffalino said:

"There won't -be- any body, -Dust, to dust..."

YOU CAN'T WRITE A LINE THAT GOOD!!!

The Hoffa case, has been a minor hobby of mine, particularly, the way the public focused on -where- his body was.
You can read more about Brandt here:
http://www.aabookfestival.org/HTML/Brandt.htm

[conservative cat]

That's pretty interesting and actually a good idea for body disposal. Somewhere Jimmy is sitting on someone's mantle with Aunt Ruth.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

I'm from Delaware, and I remember, growing up, that there was a large landfill project just west of my parents' home at Dover Air Force Base, called "Wildcat." This landfill was supposed to have been run by mob figures, and I've heard it opined, over the years, that Hoffa's body is now resting there. If so, it's a fitting place for that kind of rubbish.

[LibFreeOrDie]

I heard Howie Carr interview the author yesterday, when they were talking about this. Fascinating, but creepy...

Thanks for the link!

[ozzymandus]

Jimmy Hoffa, still dead after all these years.

[mainepatsfan]

Talk about a standing headline.

[saleman]

In a completely unrelated story...Elvis is still dead.

[Renderofveils]

In related news...

After 68 years, Amelia Mary Earhart still missing...

[LibKill]

Back in the day, about 25 years ago, I saw a cartoon in a sleazy men's magazine. Astronauts spacewalking have found a garbage can with a pair of feet sticking out of it.

Caption: "Houston, I think we just found Jimmy Hoffa."

[surely_you_jest]

Somewhere Jimmy is sitting on someone's mantle with Aunt Ruth.

Or the ashes went into an ashtray at AFL-CIO headquarters, mixed in with the cigar butts.

[southernnorthcarolina]

Evidently, 1975 was a tough year for the infamous. Generalissimo Francisco Franco and union boss Jimmy Hoffa expired that year... and both are still dead.

[MarkL]

Many years ago, I saw one of the funniest things ever on a televised football game. It was being played at the Meadowlands in NJ, I think it was a NY Giants game, and as the cameras were panning the stands, someone was holding up a big sign that just said "Jimmy Hoffa" and had a really big arrow pointing downward!

Mark

[Lunkhead_01]

And as the old Saturday Night Live news crew used to report, "And Generalissimo Fracisco Franco is still dead."

[ClaireSolt]

Excellent read.

[Lunkhead_01]

Somewhere Jimmy is sitting on someone's mantle with Aunt Ruth.

Was Aunt Ruth a Babe? If so, can we believe Jimmy is on someone's mantle with Babe Ruth?

[dakine]

30 years all ready...?
The Tigers started a 19-game losing streak the day before he disappeared. Coincidence?

[ContraryMary]

We in NJ believe that Jimmy is buried beneath the goalposts in Giants stadium.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Looks like Machus Red Fox Restaurant will have to stop selling the Hoffa Burger.

[1L]

Had a plumbing problem and the plumbers came out and dug up part of my front yard. I told the digger to let me know if he found Jimmy Hoffa.

I don't think they did.