The case for Jimmy Hoffa: Buried in a barrel, under this bridge
The new episode of Eric Shawn's 'Riddle: The Search for James R. Hoffa' now streaming on Fox Nation exposes the site where the FBI is expected to dig for Hoffa's remains.
The remains of Teamsters Union head Jimmy Hoffa could lie under New Jersey’s own Pulaski Skyway, according to new leads in the ongoing search by Fox Nation’s Eric Shawn.
In the latest episode, Part 5, of Fox Nation’s "Riddle: The Search for James R. Hoffa" — which is available to stream now — Shawn explores Jersey City, New Jersey, after being told that Hoffa’s body could be buried inside a barrel underneath the bridge.
The alleged intention was to bury Hoffa where no one would dig: government property.
Upon searching with a metal detector in the areas where Frank Cappola, son of Paul Cappola Sr., suggested the body would be buried, Shawn and a team of professionals unveiled several round, metal objects sunk about 12 feet under the earth.
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Former Jersey City Mayor Gerald McCann backed Cappola’s lead. "If you’re going to bury somebody, bury him in the government’s property," he told Shawn for the program.
President of the Teamsters' Union James Hoffa attends the start of trucking contract talks at the Washington Hilton Hotel, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 18, 1967. (AP Photo)
Giovanni Rocco, an infiltrator of the New Jersey mafia, told Shawn that men such as Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano had motive to kill Hoffa for holding his pension — and that such men wouldn’t miss the opportunity to keep his body as memorabilia hidden on home turf.
"If he’s enough of a sociopath — not only do I want him dead, I want you to put him in a barrel," Rocco also said to Shawn, recounting how individuals such as Provenzano operated.
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"I want you to bring him back here, I want you to open that barrel … one last time to look at you and see, ‘I told you so.’"
"Someone does something wrong — he’s gone. It’s a statement — ‘don’t you do something wrong,’" Phillip Moscato Jr., son of Phil "Brother" Moscato, told Shawn.
Episode 5 in the Fox Nation special, "Riddle: The Search for James R. Hoffa," is available now for streaming. (Fox Nation)
"It’s kind of a trophy to bring him here. ‘He’s close to us. We did this. We took care of it.’"
Rocco reiterated that in his view, it's a strong possibility that Hoffa’s body was transported to a resting place under the Pulaski Skyway, since his enemies would've reveled in the opportunity to drive by and "laugh."
"And as they ride by, they give him the finger," he projected. "It sounds crazy, but that’s what they do."
In the late '70s, FBI special agent Joe Brennan verified that Hoffa’s body was transferred back to New Jersey for Provenzano to personally confirm his death, after arresting Tony Pro for an old mob hit in 1976.
U.S. labor leader Jimmy Hoffa is photographed at the Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Pennsylvania, in this photo from April 12, 1971. (Reuters)
Frank Cappola shared that he hopes Hoffa’s body is found and finally returned to his family for a sense of closure for everyone involved.
"To me, it’s one of the biggest mysteries out there," he told Eric Shawn for this Fox Nation special.
"And it needs to be finished with."
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