(WWJ) – The search for Jimmy Hoffa’s body continues after an FBI dig under a New Jersey bridge showed no evidence of the Teamsters boss who disappeared in 1975, according to the Associated Press.
The search turned to a former landfill under the Pulaski Skyway near Jersey City last year after the latest rumors reported he was in a metal drum in that area.
The FBI conducted a search there last month. But like many digs before, this one came up empty.
“Nothing of evidentiary value was discovered during that search,” said Mara Schneider, an FBI spokeswoman in Detroit, according to the AP.
“While we do not currently anticipate any additional activity at the site, the FBI will continue to pursue any viable lead in our efforts to locate Mr. Hoffa,” she said.
Federal authorities have long believed Hoffa, the longtime president of the Teamsters union, was killed by mobsters in metro Detroit because he was trying to regain power in the Union, which he had lost while serving a prison sentence for jury tampering.
Hoffa disappeared in July 1975 from the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Township, where he was supposed to meet with two mobsters.
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