FBI Detroit marks the 50th anniversary of Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance (31 July 2025)

FBI Detroit press release of 31 July 2025: "The Hoffa investigation remains active." It names no suspect.

Date: 2025-07-31
Kind: press-release
Source: FBI Detroit Field Office, press release
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
Rights: A release of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a work of the United States government and in the public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105.

The FBI Detroit Field Office issued this release on 31 July 2025, fifty years after the disappearance of James “Jimmy” Hoffa. It calls the case “one of the most well-known missing person investigations in FBI history.”

The release states: “The Hoffa investigation remains active, and our office continues to urge anyone with information to come forward.” It adds that the FBI investigates missing-persons cases “where there may be potential federal violations, including kidnapping, organized crime, or other criminal acts,” and quotes Special Agent in Charge Cheyvoryea Gibson.

The release names no suspect and states no finding about what happened to Hoffa.

itemFBI Vault: Jimmy Hoffa, Part 01The first of the FBI Vault parts on the Hoffa disappearance: 168 pages, largely newspaper clippings gathered after 30 July 1975, with the FBI's press release of 3 August 1975 announcing that it was taking jurisdiction under the federal extortion statutes.itemFBI Vault: Jimmy Hoffa, Part 02The second Vault part on the Hoffa disappearance, 183 pages: Detroit agents' transcriptions of broadcast interviews about the case from November 1976, then teletypes and press clippings on the investigation into the 1980s.