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The search for Jimmy Hoffa

Jimmy Hoffa, Teamsters vice president and leading candidate to become the organization's new president, waves to delegates on Sept. 30, 1957, at the opening of the union's convention in Miami Beach. Hoffa's mysterious disappearance and assumed death have been the stuff of urban legends for more than three decades.
Jimmy Hoffa, Teamsters vice president and leading candidate to become the organization's new president, waves to delegates on Sept. 30, 1957, at the opening of the union's convention in Miami Beach. Hoffa's mysterious disappearance and assumed death have been the stuff of urban legends for more than three decades.
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Crime scene tape marks off the site Sept. 26 where someone claims the body Jimmy Hoffa may be buried in Roseville, Mich. Hoffa was an acquaintance of mobsters and adversary of federal officials.
Crime scene tape marks off the site Sept. 26 where someone claims the body Jimmy Hoffa may be buried in Roseville, Mich. Hoffa was an acquaintance of mobsters and adversary of federal officials.
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Police took soil samples from under the driveway of this home in Roseville, Mich., on Sept. 26. Ground penetrating radar showed an anomaly under the driveway.
Police took soil samples from under the driveway of this home in Roseville, Mich., on Sept. 26. Ground penetrating radar showed an anomaly under the driveway.
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People watch as authorities drill for a soil sample. Hoffa was last seen outside a restaurant in Oakland County, Mich., in 1975.
People watch as authorities drill for a soil sample. Hoffa was last seen outside a restaurant in Oakland County, Mich., in 1975.
Paul Sancya, AP
Police work in a shed at a home as they drill through the concrete floor to obtain a soil sample.
Police work in a shed at a home as they drill through the concrete floor to obtain a soil sample.
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A police officer carries a soil sample that will be tested for signs of human decomposition.
A police officer carries a soil sample that will be tested for signs of human decomposition.
Bill Pugliano, Getty Images
Detectives from the Roseville Police Department carry soil samples.
Detectives from the Roseville Police Department carry soil samples.
Paul Sancya, AP
Workers watch the demolition of Giants Stadium on Feb. 4, 2010, in East Rutherford, N.J. Donald "Tony the Greek" Frankos claimed ,Jimmy Hoffa was buried under Giants Stadium, but the FBI found no evidence to support the claim.
Workers watch the demolition of Giants Stadium on Feb. 4, 2010, in East Rutherford, N.J. Donald "Tony the Greek" Frankos claimed ,Jimmy Hoffa was buried under Giants Stadium, but the FBI found no evidence to support the claim.
Mel Evans, AP
Charles "Chuckie" O'Brien, a friend of Jimmy Hoffa, holds a photo of Hoffa and wife Josephine on May 28, 2006, in Boca Raton, Fla.
Charles "Chuckie" O'Brien, a friend of Jimmy Hoffa, holds a photo of Hoffa and wife Josephine on May 28, 2006, in Boca Raton, Fla.
J. Pat Carter, AP
Workers and FBI evidence response team members probe the ground on May 24, 2006, near a demolished horse barn in Milford Township, Mich., as they search for the body of former Teamsters leader Jimmie Hoffa.
Workers and FBI evidence response team members probe the ground on May 24, 2006, near a demolished horse barn in Milford Township, Mich., as they search for the body of former Teamsters leader Jimmie Hoffa.
Paul Sancya, AP
A man walks across a field of rubble in 1975 in Jersey City, N.J. This was one of the locations where authorities searched for the body of Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa.
A man walks across a field of rubble in 1975 in Jersey City, N.J. This was one of the locations where authorities searched for the body of Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa.
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Teamsters Union President Jimmy Hoffa, center left, stands with Anthony Provenzano and fellow union members during Hoffa's visit to New Jersey in 1973.
Teamsters Union President Jimmy Hoffa, center left, stands with Anthony Provenzano and fellow union members during Hoffa's visit to New Jersey in 1973.
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A 1974 photograph of Jimmy Hoffa.
A 1974 photograph of Jimmy Hoffa.
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