Jimmy Hoffa, the legendary American union organiser, disappeared from a parking lot outside of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Township, Detroit, 48 years ago on Saturday 30 July 1975.

Forty years ago today, former Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa called his wife, Josephine, from a pay phone in Bloomfield Township to say he had been stood up at an afternoon meeting with two mobsters.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Sunday marks 48 years since controversial American labor leader Jimmy Hoffa disappeared from metro Detroit — never to be seen or heard from again. Hoffa’s disappearance ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Now 50 years since his disappearance, the legend of Jimmy Hoffa still endures. When Hoffa disappeared ...

Some federal agents still get a kick out of Hoffa's middle name. The R stands for Riddle. It was his mother's maiden name and might seem to be a fitting description of how his life ended. Hoffa's ...

Note: This story was originally published July 30, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance and has been updated. Forty years ago today, former Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa called ...