Digging is resuming today off a dirt road in Oakland Township by
FBI agents looking for the body of missing Teamster Jimmy Hoffa.
Overnight, FBI and Oakland County Sheriff’s Office officers guarded the site on Buell Road, just north of the intersection of Orion and Adams roads, where backhoes excavated for most of the day Monday. An FBI spokesman said they’ll resume the search today at 8 a.m.
This property came under scrutiny in January after Tony Zerilli, 85, the son of reputed former Detroit mob boss Joseph Zerilli, told investigators that Hoffa, 62, was buried there. Zerilli claims Hoffa was struck with a shovel and then buried alive on the property, with a slab of concrete placed over the body.
■ Related: Tipster tells FBI: Jimmy Hoffa was hit with shovel, buried alive in Oakland Township
Hoffa was kidnapped on the afternoon of July 30, 1975, from the parking lot of what was then the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Township.
“It’s my fondest hope that we can give … closure not just to the Hoffa family, but also to the community and stop tearing that scab off with every new lead and bring some conclusion,” Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said Monday. “It’s long overdue.”
Overnight, FBI and Oakland County Sheriff’s Office officers guarded the site on Buell Road, just north of the intersection of Orion and Adams roads, where backhoes excavated for most of the day Monday. An FBI spokesman said they’ll resume the search today at 8 a.m.
This property came under scrutiny in January after Tony Zerilli, 85, the son of reputed former Detroit mob boss Joseph Zerilli, told investigators that Hoffa, 62, was buried there. Zerilli claims Hoffa was struck with a shovel and then buried alive on the property, with a slab of concrete placed over the body.
■ Related: Tipster tells FBI: Jimmy Hoffa was hit with shovel, buried alive in Oakland Township
Hoffa was kidnapped on the afternoon of July 30, 1975, from the parking lot of what was then the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Township.
“It’s my fondest hope that we can give … closure not just to the Hoffa family, but also to the community and stop tearing that scab off with every new lead and bring some conclusion,” Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said Monday. “It’s long overdue.”
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