Hoffa family urges FBI Director Kash Patel to keep investigation open and 'name names'
The family of Jimmy Hoffa is asking that the FBI not close the missing person case and instead reveal all it knows about who killed the legendary labor leader as the 51st anniversary of the historic disappearance approaches in two weeks."We, and likely many other Americans, would rather have the case solved, not shelved," said Hoffa's son, James, told Fox News Digital."I'm shocked that the government would close such a prominent case. This case is of national interest to all, and all the efforts of the FBI should continue to go to solving it," he continued.
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The family of Jimmy Hoffa is asking that the FBI not close the missing person case and instead reveal all it knows about who killed the legendary labor leader as the 51st anniversary of the historic disappearance approaches in two weeks."We, and likely many other Americans, would rather have the case solved, not shelved," said Hoffa's son, James, told Fox News Digital."I'm shocked that the government would close such a prominent case. This case is of national interest to all, and all the efforts of the FBI should continue to go to solving it," he continued. The family wants to have accountability for this horrible crime. We want the case solved so that the family can have closure."JIMMY HOFFA’S SON: WHO KILLED MY DAD, WHY, AND WHAT IT DID TO MY FAMILYIn a letter obtained by Fox News Digital to FBI Director Kash Patel, James Hoffa writes that he and his sister, Barbara Crancer, would find closing the case "disturbing," and urged Patel to let all the information the bureau has on his father's disappearance be made public."It is important to us, and the country, that the truth about my father's disappearance [be] told and those involved in his disappearance, even if they are deceased, be exposed," he said.
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- The family of Jimmy Hoffa is asking that the FBI not close the missing person case and instead reveal all it knows about who killed the legendary labor leader as the 51st anniversary of the historic disappearance approaches in two weeks."We, and likely many other Americans, would rather have the case solved, not shelved," said Hoffa's son, James, told Fox News Digital."I'm shocked that the government would close such a prominent case. This case is of national interest to all, and all the efforts of the FBI should continue to go to solving it," he continued.
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