Mafia killer Frank Sheeran said he tried to alert union activist Jimmy Hoffa that something was wrong before he fired two shots into the back of his dear friend's head. Hoffa's legendary disappearance 41 years ago has remained an unsolved mystery, but for FOX News anchor Eric Shawn, who played a significant role in launching a 2004 investigation, the evidence is clear.
Following Sheeran's instructions to the Michigan home where he said he killed Hoffa, Shawn, along with fellow Fox News producer Ed Barnes hired a forensics team to dig up the floor boards. What they found were decades-old blood patterns that matched Sheeran's own account, which he finally disclosed in an attempt to seek absolution before his death in 2003 at the age of 83.
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Mafia killer Frank Sheeran (top) said he tried to alert union activist Jimmy Hoffa (right) that something was wrong before he fired two shots into the back of his dear friend's head
Hoffa was a working-class icon who turned the International Brotherhood of Teamsters labor union into a nationwide movement before falling from grace and going to jail for racketeering. He was pardoned by President Richard Nixon and was making his comeback when he was summoned to a meeting with two mafia dons on July 30, 1975.
His abandoned car was found outside the Detroit restaurant and no trace of him has been found since. Countless theories have prevailed over the years, but Charlie Brandt, Sheeran's former lawyer-turned-writer has had the privilege of telling Sheeran's story. In the book, I Hear You Paint Houses: Frank 'The Irishman' Sheeran And Closing The Case On Jimmy Hoffa, Brandt recounted the fateful car ride before Hoffa's death. Sheeran, along with two others, picked Hoffa up at a restaurant, saying they were headed to a mob meeting.
