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Sept. 30, 1957: Jimmy Hoffa waves to delegates at the opening of the Teamsters Union convention at Miami Beach, Fla. Hoffa's mysterious disappearance, assumed death and myriad searches for his body have been the stuff of urban legends for more than three decades and continue with the most recent report that the former Teamsters chief's remains are buried beneath a concrete driveway just north of Detroit.

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This undated photo shows Teamsters Union President James R. Hoffa, left, stands with Anthony Provenzano, right, and fellow union members during Hoffa's visit to New Jersey. A self-described mafia murderer who served prison time with Hoffa told a U.S. Senate committee that the teamsters boss was killed at Provenzano's orders.

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Sept. 8, 1975: Reputed mafia chieftain Anthony "Tony Jack" Giacalone, right, and his attorney, S. Alan Early, leave federal court in Detroit after refusing to cooperate with a federal grand jury investigating the disappearance of ex-teamster president James Hoffa. Giacalone, one of six suspects, met with Hoffa at a Bloomfield Township restaurant on the night he disappeared.

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Dec. 5, 1975: A man walks over a rubble field in Jersey City, N.J., one of the locations where authorities searched for the body of missing former Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa.

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July 16, 2003: Authorities search under a backyard pool in Hampton Township, Mich., for evidence linked to the disappearance of ex-teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa.

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May 24, 2006: Workers, including Federal Bureau of Investigation evidence response team members, probe the ground near a demolished barn at a horse farm in Milford Township, Mich., where FBI agents investigating Jimmy Hoffa's 1975 disappearance were working for an eighth day. Hoffa's mysterious disappearance, assumed death and myriad searches for his body have been the stuff of urban legends for more than three decades.

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Feb. 4, 2010: Workers watch as a machine begins the demolition of Giants Stadium, in East Rutherford, N.J. Self-described hit man Donald "Tony the Greek" Frankos claims ex-Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa was buried under Giants Stadium, but the FBI found no evidence to support the claim.

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Sept. 26, 2012: A tipster said a driveway in Roseville, Mich. could be the final resting place of missing Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa. Authorities plan to take soil samples from under the driveway. Hoffa's mysterious disappearance, assumed death and myriad searches for his body have been the stuff of urban legends for more than three decades.

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Gallery updated: 9/28/2012 9:24 AM

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Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance more than 30 years ago has been the stuff of urban legend, prompting numerous theories about what happened to the former Teamsters leader. Now authorities are investigating a tip from a man who claims he saw a body buried behind home in the Detroit suburb of Roseville, Mich., about 35 years ago.