Jimmy Hoffa went missing in 1975. The FBI is once again looking for his body, this time in a former New jersey landfill. The image is from the genic Images.
The FBI is looking at a former New Jersey landfill as part of its investigation into the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa.
According to The New York Times, federal agents visited the site in October to conduct a survey. The confession of a former landfill worker that he and his father buried Hoffa's body in a steel barrel below the dump in 1975 has led to a survey.
The Times reported that the worker was only 15 years old when he worked at the PJP Landfill with his father.
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In a sworn statement given before his death in 2020, Cappola recalled the day in 1975 when a black limousine drove into the mud and several strangers came to give his father and another site worker instructions that he wouldn't fully understand for decades to come. The men had discussed how they would bury Hoffa's body in a steel drum and deliver it to the landfill.
Skyway Park, a former toxic waste dumping ground, is once again being investigated as a possible resting place for Jimmy Hoffa. The image is from the Getty.
The father used an excavator to dig a large hole outside of the landfill. Hoffa's body was put into a drum. The barrel was buried with Hoffa in it, then added a number of chemical drums on top of it, capped with some dirt and brick.
FBI agents went to the site with a search warrant in 1975, but they didn't know where to dig because they didn't know where Hoffa was buried.
The dump was declared a polluted site requiring long-term action to clear hazardous contamination in 1983, after underground chemical fires were burning day and night. The landfill was capped after thousands of barrels were dug up and carted away. The Skyway Park is a vibrant green belt along the Hackensack River.
The alleged barrel containing Hoffa's remains was never found. Special Agent Mara R. Schneider said that the FBI investigators are analyzing the survey data to decide whether to dig up the site.
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