Jimmy Hoffa's family marks 51 years since iconic disappearance

Jimmy Hoffa disappeared 51 years ago today, and his family has not given up hope that the answers to their painful loss will finally come."We want the case solved," Hoffa's son, James P.Hoffa, the former five-term president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, told Fox News.

"The family wants to have accountability for this horrible crime.We want the case solved so that the family can have closure."Despite the passage of time, the FBI says the case remains ongoing and active.

The bureau’s Detroit office is in charge of the case."The FBI has worked for five decades to investigate Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance, following every lead and carefully examining all evidence related to this investigation," the bureau said in a statement to Fox News.TIPSTER CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER POLICE SAY ANONYMOUS CALL HELPED SOLVE 30-YEAR DISAPPEARANCEFifty-one years after Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa disappeared, his family says it still hopes investigators will uncover the truth behind one of America's most enduring mysteries.(Getty Images)"If the public has any new, credible information regarding the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, the FBI will investigate," the FBI said.Hoffa vanished on this day in 1975 as he was on his way to what he thought was a meeting to help his bid to regain the Teamsters union presidency.

He was last seen in the parking lot of the Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, restaurant, the Machus Red Fox, at about 2:30 p.m.getting into a car that whisked him away.

It is believed that the Detroit Mafia kidnapped and killed him to stop his efforts to take back the union.SAMMY 'THE BULL' REVEALS WHY HIS LOVE FOR JOHN GOTTI TURNED INTO PRISON HATEThe eight-part documentary series, "Riddle, The Search for James R.Hoffa," streaming on Fox Nation, focuses on a dominant theory.

It says that Hoffa was picked up at the restaurant by Detroit mob capo Vito "Billy Jack" Giacalone, who, along with mobster Anthony "Tony Pal" Palazzolo, drove Hoffa to a nearby home owned by ...