Independent Investigators Claim to Have Found Jimmy Hoffa’s Remains
An independent team of cold-case investigators has claimed that the long-running rumor that Jimmy Hoffa was buried underneath a sports stadium may well be true. However, they do not agree with the rumor that he was buried at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ.
The group, known as the Case Breakers, has put forward a new theory. According to their findings, Hoffa, who led the Teamsters Union from 1957 to 1971, maybe buried under what was once third base at the old Milwaukee County Stadium. This stadium, which was home to Major League Baseball’s Milwaukee Brewers until 2001, is now a parking lot for the Brewers’ current stadium, American Family Field.
The Case Breakers claim to have evidence that Hoffa’s remains were moved to this location sometime in the mid-1990s after initially being hidden or buried elsewhere. They are calling on the FBI to conduct tests on the soil to check for signs of human decomposition rather than undertaking a full excavation.
The Case Breakers’ Evidence
As the world goes digital and we switch to games such as online baccarat, these kinds of breakthroughs in cases are likely to become ever rarer. The team’s theory originates with a playing card discovered in a Las Vegas casino, which was marked by Harold Walthers, a former Chicago police officer with connections to the Chicago Outfit. Joey Aiuppa, who led the Outfit from 1971 until his conviction for skimming in 1986, is suspected of involvement. The playing card, an ace of spades, featured the inscription “J. Hoffa” alongside Aiuppa’s name (misspelled as “Ioppa”), the date “9-16-95” and “3rd Base Milwaukee Ball Park.”
Jim Zimmerman, a Case Breakers member and law enforcement veteran with 40 years of experience, heard about the card from his girlfriend, Michelle, who is Walthers’ niece. In 2020, Zimmerman used ground-penetrating radar on the site, claiming it revealed a disturbed area beneath where third base used to be.
Zimmerman also enlisted Madison, Wis. police officer Carren Corcoran, whose cadaver dog, Moxy, reportedly detected the presence of remains several times near the area in question.
Despite all this, the FBI has not agreed to investigate the site, nor have they responded to the Case Breakers’ requests. Zimmerman believes the FBI is hesitant as it has already undertaken several failed searches based on unreliable tips. Numerous excavations have already been conducted in Michigan and New Jersey, with the latest in 2022 under the Pulaski Skyway Bridge in New Jersey, and none resulted in any evidence being found.
The Background to Hoffa’s Disappearance
On July 30, 1975, Hoffa left his Detroit-area home for a lunch meeting with Detroit mafia figure Anthony Giacalone and Anthony Provenzano, a capo in New York’s Genovese crime family and a former national vice president of the Teamsters. Hoffa was the only one who showed up at the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Frustrated, he called his wife, Josephine, from a pay phone and told her that he had been stood up and would be home by 4 pm for dinner.
However, Hoffa never returned home, and his car remained in the restaurant’s car park. His disappearance has been a mystery ever since. In 1982, Hoffa was declared legally dead, though his body was never recovered, and no one has ever been charged in connection with his death.
How Hoffa Helped Shape Las Vegas
Hoffa played a key role in shaping the Las Vegas Strip. He used his control over the Teamsters Central States Pension Fund to lend millions to casinos at a time when banks were unwilling to finance them. His loans supported the development of the Desert Inn, Dunes, Stardust, Circus Circus, and Aladdin. Perhaps most notably, he provided Jay Sarno with $10.6 million to build Caesars Palace.
Hoffa resigned as Teamsters president on June 19, 1971, while serving a 13-year sentence for jury tampering, a sentence later commuted by President Richard Nixon on December 23, 1971. After his release, Hoffa planned to reclaim leadership of the Teamsters. The prevailing theory is that the mafia opposed his return and this could be one of the reasons behind the mysterious Jimmy Hoffa disappearance.
