Shortly before I left work that day, I saw that a large hole had been dug with an excavator. The following day, September 7, I received a call from Frank Cappola. My father said "I want this man to go home to his family. Three years later, another door opened with the release of a book titled I Heard You Paint Houses (an alleged mob phrase used to gauge a person's willingness to kill someone else). The FBI was told by an informant, Ralph Picardo, a member of "Tony Pro's" New Jersey mob crew, that Hoffa's body was stuffed inside a 55-gallon drum, put on a trailer truck and driven to New Jersey, where it was probably dumped in a mob-connected toxic waste dump under the Pulaski Skyway in Jersey City. At the end of the decade, another hitman, Donald "Tony the Greek" Frankos suggested the enduringly popular notion that Hoffa was buried beneath Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. 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In anticipation of the release of The Irishman, Shawn, who has been the centerpiece of the renewed investigation, and I have been collaborating since August to solve Act Three of the Hoffa case. Who did you. In 1989, hitman-turned-informant Donald Tony the Greek Frankos told Playboy magazine that Hoffa was killed in Mount Clemens, Mich., by Irish mobster Jimmy Coonan. 'I think I am doing the right thing. His plea agreement included describing the conspiracy by one side of the Philadelphia mob family "to kill another faction of the family," and that the plan included taking out several other mobsters too. And, as a consequence of having covered this saga since Hoffa disappeared on July 30, 1975, I have been involved in a half-dozen previous searchesall of which wound up as captivating adventures but, at the end of the day, cruel disappointments. The parcel is owned by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and is now used by a local waste management company to store unused dumpsters. The chances that the remains of Hoffa, the onetime president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, are under the industrial dirt of Jersey City, New Jersey, are actually very good, observers say. Salvatore Briguglio, center, smiles as he waits to enter the lobby of the Oakland County Jail in Pontiac, Mich., Dec. 6, 1975 where he was to appear in a court ordered lineup in connection with the disappearance of James R. Hoffa. Fox Nation journalist host Eric Shawn visited the site with a team of excavators who used radar technology to detect curved metal objects in the ground where Cappola claimed Hoffa was buried. Donald ''Tony the Greek'' Frankos, a federally protected witness in the forthcoming New York trial of alleged organized-crime boss John Gotti, describes in graphic detail the . Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. "He couldn't get the legs to bend right," hesaid. This is where my dad buried Jimmy Hoffa.. Legal Statement. "The Irishman," based on a theory promulgated by Charles Brandt in his 2004 book "I Heard You Paint houses," is"great filmmaking, but bad history." ", Allen replied, "There was going to be three other fellows too.". During their conversation, Mr. Moscato turned and pointed to a specific area in the northeast section of the landfill. Somewhere in America, there are 20,000 guys whodon't know where Jimmy Hoffa is buried and you'll never get them to shut up. He describes how Hoffa was buried in the latest episode of "Riddle: The Search for James R. Hoffa" on Fox Nation. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. You know, a simple phone call, it could be a simple phone call. Elkind said that in 1985, he was driving with gangster Anthony Tony Pro Provenzano when they passed the building. "I want the man to be found," Haupt said. Known as a federal Superfund site, it was cleared out in the 1980s by the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection which removed barrels filled with toxic waste. Some highlights (links to stories are on the map): None of those searches were borne out, of course. A 1975 bureau search did not turn up any remains, but numerous mobsters have been convinced through the years that Hoffa was dumped there. All rights reserved. The comments below have not been moderated, By
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, Born in 1913 in Brazil, Indiana, James Riddle Hoffa received an early lesson about the hazards of unsafe working conditions when his coal-miner father died of lung cancer in 1920. In early 1976, the FBI put out a report of its findings in what was known as the Hoffex Memo, the list of suspects including other tough-guy names like Vito "Billy Jack" Giacalone and Salvatore "Sally Bugs" Briguglio. The president divided the international community and angered a contingent of American athletes with his attempt to punish the Soviet Union. Since itis against New Jersey state law for Fox Nation to dig up the site, we are awaiting law enforcement action to take the next step to determine if what we found could finallyendthe mystery ofwhat happened toJimmy Hoffa. Legal Statement. In October 2021, the FBI conducted its own survey of the site and said the next step would be waiting for its analysis. (AP Photo), WE WERE TOLD JIMMY HOFFA WAS BURIED IN A METAL BARREL -- GUESS WHAT FOX NATION FOUND. Shortly after Hoffa went missing in 1975, searches focused near Detroit, including a local restaurant (where he was reportedly put into a trash compactor) and a nearby horse farm. Because of the awkward position of Hoffas corpse after they removed him from whatever container he was in before, they were unable to place him, feet first, in a 55-gallon steel drum retrieved at PJP. Probably out somewhere complaining to strangers about Dave Gettleman. e. After Mr. Moscato left PJP, my father, who didnt trust anybody, decided to dig a second hole with a company excavator and to place Hoffa at that locationunknown to Mr. Moscato. Though he was granted his freedom, Hoffa was banned from engaging in any union activities until 1980. The late Paul Cappola was a respected businessman who owned a waste-managementcompany in Jersey City and was Moscatos partner at the PJP Landfill. Picardowho was serving twenty years for second-degree murdertold the FBI in or about November 1975 that he had received a visit from Stephen Andretta, one of the alleged co-conspirators, a few days after Hoffas murder. The notorious robber was killed by a would-be gang member while plotting his next heist. If you cannot see the document, read it here. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. The site was his secret. Associate Editor/Writer @BroBible. , updated What Fox Nation found where it is claimed the legendary leader is buried, from 'Riddle, The Search For James R. Hoffa'. Frank Cappola, the son of the dump's other owner, businessman Paul Cappola, Sr., claimed that it was his father who actually buried Hoffa in a steel barrel, 12 feet down, under the Skyway, in a spot just across the property line from Moscato's dump. Seems promising, right, coming off a tip from a former mobster? At the time, I didnt know why. f. Unidentified people brought Hoffas dead body to PJP. Go to Fox Nation to start a free trial and watch the extensive library from your favorite Fox News personalities. Linteau told Hoffa to calm down and asked him to stop by his office on the way home. Market data provided by Factset. Hoffa.". 2023 www.northjersey.com. They had to turn him and put him in head first,"Frank Cappola told Fox Nation, describing how he says his father, Paul Cappola Sr., pushed the remains of the iconic labor leader into a steel drum when the body was delivered to him at his mob-connected Jersey City dump days after Hoffa vanishedjust outside Detroit. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Phillip Brother Moscato's dump," another said "they put Hoffa's body in a 50-gallon drum and trucked it fromDetroitto New Jersey," another said that if the "Feds" dig at the dump, they would hit "pay dirt," andeven some unnamed Teamsters members were "worried about the barrel.". After decades of rumored mob dealings, alleged burial sites and dead-end tips, investigators aren't any closer to cracking one of the country's most notorious unsolved cases. During their conversation, Andretta allegedly gave Picardo several key details about Hoffas killing, including but not limited to information that Hoffa had been: a) murdered in Detroit; b) placed in a 55-gallon drum; c) loaded onto a Gateway Transportation truck; d) driven to New Jersey; and e) buried at a location not specified by Andretta. All rights reserved. After all,the FBI was willing to spend something like $265,000, in 2006,to tear down and dig under a horse barn in Milford Township, Michigan, where Hoffa was said to be buried. Still, like Moscato, he was obedient to the powers that controlled the waste-management industry in New Jersey and New York during the 1970s. In 2003, a convicted murderer named Richard Powell told cops that Hoffa was buried beneath the above-ground pool on his former property in Hampton Township, Mich. Police found the story credible, and brought not only Powell and a SWAT team to the home, but also Dateline NBC.. With the filing of a missing-person report that evening, the case was formally opened on what would become one of the country's most famous unsolved mysteries. If we do get logical leads and enough probable cause that warrant the resources to do an investigation, then well continue to do so, Detroit FBI Chief Robert Foley said in 2013. The pool was destroyed, but no remains were found. "I think what Eric and I are now proving is that from soup to nuts, this was a New Jersey operation,"he said. Also, Haupt said that shortly after Hoffa disappeared in Detroit on July 30, 1975, a twin-engine Beechcraft King Air plane arrived at the private dirt landing strip on the island with a "package" that contained Hoffa's body. Hoffa, who passed his Teamsters presidency to Frank Fitzsimmons, received a presidential pardon from Richard Nixon in 1971, with the stipulation he was to steer clear of union activity until 1980. Though Hoffa was officially declared dead in 1982 - seven years after his disappearance - no remains have ever been found, leading to speculation about his final resting place, as well as a swell of conspiracy theories as to who carried out - and who ordered - the apparent whacking. While he was talking to the people in the limousine, both my father and I witnessed him pointing in the direction of this location. The majestic 1927 hotel building that dominates the fairways was originally built as the General Oglethorpe Hotel and Golf Club, and for a time the complex was owned by the Teamsters Union. As the years progressed, numerous theories surfaced as to where Hoffa's remains could be found. The Roseville backyard burial. The subject was dropped and I never approached it.". When we arrived, Cappola gave me a tour of the area, culminating with his identification of the exact spot where, according to Cappola, Hoffa was buried in the grave dug by his father. He was worried that if he did not agree to be interviewed, his secret would die with him. My dad never told him. This is it, Frank Cappola said to me in a hushed voice on a sunny Sunday afternoon, September 29, as he compared the foreboding area where we were standing with aerial photographs of this same scene. In fact, during my forty-four years of investigating Hoffas fate, Cappolas information was the most promising I had ever seen or heard with regard to a possible site of the grave for the ex-Teamsters boss. Jimmy Hoffa buried at Georgia golf course once popular with Mafia bosses, defense lawyer claims FBI has investigated claims that Jimmy Hoffa is buried under hole at exclusive course,. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. He was one of the FBI's original Hoffa suspects and is considered the organizer of the Hoffa disappearance and murder, described as a psychopathic killer who would take vengeance on anyone who would cross him. FOX NATION REVEALS JIMMY HOFFA COULD BE BURIED UNDER NJ BRIDGE AS SEARCH CONTINUES Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano was a much-feared capo in the Genovese crime family and top Teamsters official. BroBible is the #1 place on the internet for the very best content from the worlds of sports, culture, gear, high tech, and more. "It doesn't take much to bury a drum and leave it there. Since Jimmy Hoffa disappeared in 1975 there have been countless tips about the whereabouts of his body, all of them dead ends. We could soon see a resolution to a 46 year old cold case. Fox Nationprogramsare viewable on-demand and from your mobile device app, but only for Fox Nation subscribers. In 1982, seven years after he was last seen outside the Machus Red Fox, Hoffa was declared legally dead. He details his exploits as an up-and-coming mob associate named Giovanni Gatto in his book, "Giovanni's Ring, My Life Inside the Real Sopranos. But you know, if you dont do it, then they do it to you. He had them killed.". The property was once owned by a Teamsters official and regularly played host to Mafia meetings. My father saw but never handled Hoffas dead body. Jennifer Smith For Dailymail.com
He will not be assured of heavenly salvation. Theory: Hoffa was killed and his body was buried beneath a swimming pool in Oakland County's Hampton Township. Or it could be if I hate you that much, I want to see it. The location lines up with a statement from a member of the Genovese crime family who claimed that Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared in Detroit, was put on a Gateway Transportation truck after his death and likely sent to the PJP Landfill. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, The land, directly under the elevated highway, was never searched by authorities because it was not a part of the dump. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. They may discover what Frank Cappola claimed is there or just scraps of rusted barrels that were never removed. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. He thought Hoffa was a man's man. Jimmy Hoffa is 'buried in a steel drum at New Jersey landfill site after he was murdered by the mafia following a meeting in Detroit in 1975', claims mobster's son Teamsters union boss James R.. k. Then, my father covered the grave with a bulldozer, which completed his task. With the release of Martin Scorseses great-cinema-but-bad-history film fantasy, "The Irishman", the season has arrived for more sightings of Jimmy Hoffa. l. My father also placed something detectable just under the surface of the gravesite, which I am willing to disclose to law enforcement. Moscato told Fox Nation that Cappola's claims about where the body is are right. Adding even more intrigue to this latest development is the fact that this location has already been investigated by the Fox Nation show Riddle: The Search for James R. Hoffa. But you know, if you dont do it, then they do it to you. This undated photo shows Teamsters Union President James R. Hoffa, left, standing with Anthony Provenzano, right, and fellow union members during Hoffa's visit to New Jersey. Fox Nation programs are viewable on-demand and from your mobile device app, but only for Fox Nation subscribers. Mr. Moscato, who died in 2014, admitted to me that Mr. Hoffa was buried at this location. Hoffa was never found, but according to former mob lawyer Reginald "Bubba" Haupt Jr., there might finally be a break in the case. All rights reserved. ", Frank said hedecided to come forward because so many of the suspects involved are now dead. According to official law-enforcement documents, the revelations about the alleged roles of Provenzanos crew were provided to the FBI by Ralph Picardo, then an inmate in a state prison facility in Trenton, New Jersey. Along with a lengthy face-to-face recorded interview with Cappola, I asked him to sign a sworn statement, attesting to his story under the penalty of perjury, which he solemnly executed on October 7, notarized and all. The range of a 1975 King Air model could fly the nearly-900 miles to the island from Detroit, or from the Pontiac, Michigan airport (Hoffa visited the owner of the limousine rental business Airport Service Lines before he vanished.) The matter was referred to the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office in Michigan, which returned the deflating news that there wasn't enough evidence to charge anyone. ", "They would probably locate him where no one would ever suspect," he said. Reporter Bruce Locklin wrote of a"60 acre, trash-filled swamp" near the Pulaski Skyway that wassaid to have mob connections. The discovery of the buried curved metal pieces, and the filled-in pit where Cappola said Hoffas remains can be found, is revealed in Fox Nation'slatest episode of"Riddle, The Search for James R. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. On Friday, Michigan . He died in prison at the age of 71 in 1988, convicted in a previous union-related murder. Follow Eric Shawn on Twitter: @EricShawnTV. All rights reserved.). Then, he positioned the drum at the bottom of the large hole my father dug, which was eight-to-fifteen feet deep. "The master plan that I understood was that they were going to put him in a shallow grave here and they were going to take him from here to Rogers City upstate . Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., asked Allen, "Hoffa was going to kill both Tony Pro and Frank Fitzsimmons? Several theories claim Hoffa was laid to rest in a watery grave, such as the Great Lakes or a Florida swamp. 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