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30 July 1975
6676 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Township, Michigan 48301, United States
Hoffa called his wife from the payphone beside Damman Hardware while he waited for the meeting that never happened. It is one of the few moments in the case that can still be pinned to a specific place and time. From there he crossed the street-level geography of Telegraph Road into the final stretch before the disappearance.
42.5423°N · 83.2856°W
30 July 1975
Bloomfield Township, Michigan, United States
The Red Fox restaurant is where Hoffa waited for Anthony Giacalone and Anthony Provenzano. When the men never arrived, witnesses later reported seeing him leave the area in a maroon car. The map point is broader than the restaurant door, but the story remains specific: this is the public area where the last reliable sighting occurred.
42.5562°N · 83.2566°W
2006 search
Milford, Milford Charter Township, United States
The FBI excavated a horse farm near Milford after a tip linked the site to Hoffa's disappearance. The dig drew public attention because it suggested the case might still leave physical evidence in suburban ground rather than in a theory. Nothing conclusive was recovered, but the search added a real, documented location to the long chain of Hoffa investigations.
42.5918°N · 83.6001°W
2012 search
Roseville, Michigan, United States
A later tip sent investigators to a backyard shed in Roseville. The search echoed the same pattern that had followed the case for decades: a specific rumor, a dig, and no final proof. Roseville belongs in the trace because it shows how Hoffa's disappearance kept pulling the map outward long after the afternoon on Telegraph Road.
42.4973°N · 82.9371°W