AP Spotlight Jimmy Hoffa legend endures 50 years after ex-Detroit union leader's disappearance COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press Aug 2, 2025 Aug 2, 2025 Updated Feb 2, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In September 2012, dozens of residents looked on as police cordoned off the area around a shed just northeast of Detroit.kAm{@H H9:DA6CD 23@FE H92E — @C H9@> — @77:46CD D62C4965 7@C 8C6H E@ >@C6 6I4:E65 492EE6C H96? 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