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Tony Zerilli Meets With Federal Investigators About Jimmy Hoffa's Burial Site

Tony Zerilli stunned mob watchers last month when the one-time reputed underboss for the Detroit Mafia announced that he knew the burial spot for slain Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa, and now the octogenarian says that he has provided federal authorities with sufficient information to obtain a search warrant to dig up the location along Buell Road in Oakland County, MI as reported by WDIV:  "the land was once owned by Zerilli's cousin Jack Tocco who took over as the Detroit mob boss when Zerilli went to prison," and Zerilli says he heard from Tony "Tony Jack" Giacalone "about putting him there in a shallow grave."  Tony Giacalone and Genovese capo Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano were the two mobsters whom Hoffa was to meet on July 30, 1975 when he disappeared.

Reputed Detroit Mobster Tony Zerilli Claims To Know Burial Spot For Slain Teamsters Boss Jimmy Hoffa

Tony Zerilli once was the alleged underboss of the Detroit Mafia, and the 85-year-old now claims that Jimmy Hoffa "was buried in a field in suburban Detroit -- about 20 miles north of the restaurant where he was last seen" as reported by Marc Santia for WNBC.   However, don't expect Zerilli to name names and provide details anytime soon:  "'I'm not a stool pigeon,' he said."  Apparently, Zerilli simply wants to stop speculation on the numerous theories concerning the disposal of Hoffa's remains, and perhaps generate interest for his forthcoming book.  Although Zerilli was in prison at the time of the Hoffa disappearance and insists he had nothing to do with it the FBI nevertheless believes that the reputed one-time mobster may have relevant information about the case.

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Tony was the son of Detroit’s top boss Joseph Zerilli but according to one law enforcement source "wasn't as smart, to be honest" as his father who died in 1977 as reported by Allan Lengel for Deadline Detroit.

Detroit Mobster Tony Tocco Is Dead At 80

Anthony "Tony" Joseph Tocco, the former consigliere for the Detroit Mafia and brother of once-reputed boss Jack Tocco, died on Friday of natural causes as reported by Christy Strawser for WWJ:

He was charged in 1996, along with 16 other members of what's known as "The Detroit Partnership" in a federal lawsuit with racketeering and other allegations. Among those indicted were his brother Jack Tocco, who was co-owner of the Hazel Park Racetrack at the time, plus underboss Anthony Joseph Zerilli. Tony Tocco was the only one who was aquitted in the case that FBI agents at the time said "drove a stake through the heart of La Cosa Nostra in Detroit."

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