Rolland McMaster, 93, Suspect in Hoffa Case
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Rolland McMaster, a former Jimmy Hoffa associate and onetime owner of a Michigan horse farm which investigators searched last year for the former Teamsters boss’ body, died Thursday in Fenton, Mich. He was 93.
McMaster was a Teamsters organizer and secretary-treasurer at Local 299 in Detroit. He spent time in prison for union-related activities and retired from the Teamsters in the 1980s.
McMaster contended that he was in Indiana at the time of Hoffa’s 1975 disappearance.
Investigators conducted a costly two-week excavation at Hidden Dreams Farm in Milford Township in May 2006 after receiving a tip that Hoffa’s remains might be buried on the property. The dig at the 89-acre site about 30 miles northwest of Detroit found a water line, beer can and other trash. Hoffa’s body never has been found. Some theories place his remains at Giants Stadium in New Jersey or in a Florida swamp.
