Hoffa: Prisoner 'tipped off FBI 30 years ago'

The informant said to have spurred the search for union boss Jimmy Hoffa’s remains on a Michigan farm is an ailing prisoner who, his former lawyer claims, first told the FBI about the location 30 years ago.

In a telephone interview with The Associated Press, Joseph Fabrizio said that in 1976 his client, Donovan Wells, “claimed to have some definite information - whether it was helpful or not, I have no way of knowing”.