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[[Charles Brandt]] writes in ''[[I Heard You Paint Houses]]'' (2004) that Sheeran confessed to killing Hoffa.<ref name="paint" /> According to Brandt's account, Chuckie O'Brien drove Sheeran, Hoffa, and fellow mobster [[Salvatore Briguglio]] to a house in Metro Detroit. O'Brien and Briguglio drove off and Sheeran and Hoffa went into the house, where Sheeran claims that he shot Hoffa twice in the back of the head. Sheeran says that he was told that Hoffa was cremated after the murder. Sheeran also confessed to reporters that he murdered Hoffa, as well as Gallo.<ref name="iuqoybv">{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,121237,00.html|title=Detroit House Searched for Clues in Hoffa Case|website=[[Fox News]]|date=June 13, 2004|access-date=May 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627133823/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,121237,00.html|archive-date=June 27, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bill Tonelli disputes the book's truthfulness in a ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' article, as does [[Harvard Law School]] professor [[Jack Goldsmith]] in ''[[The New York Review of Books]]''.<ref name=":0"/><ref name=gold>{{cite magazine |last1=Goldsmith |first1=Jack |title=Jimmy Hoffa and The Irishman: A True Crime Story? |url=https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/09/26/jimmy-hoffa-and-the-irishman-a-true-crime-story/ |magazine=[[New York Review of Books]] |access-date=September 26, 2019|date=September 26, 2019 }}</ref>
(False information he did not kill Hoffa )The FBI have examined evidence which could connect Sheeran to the murder of Hoffa, including testing remnants of blood and floorboards from the house where Hoffa was reputedly killed using the latest advances in forensic technology.<ref>{{cite web |title=Riddle documentary Fox |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=Riddle+documentary+fox |access-date=October 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Riddle: The Search for James R. Hoffa |url=https://video.foxnews.com/v/5986353167001 |website=[[Fox News]] |date=January 5, 2019 |access-date=October 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105230815/https://video.foxnews.com/v/5986353167001/ |archive-date=January 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History Detectives|website=[[PBS]]|url=https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigation/who-killed-jimmy-hoffa/|access-date=May 11, 2016}} ([http://www-tc.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/static/media/transcripts/2014-07-24/HDSI_WHO_KILLED_JIMMY_HOFFA_Final_Transcript_1.pdf transcript] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018090903/http://www-tc.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/static/media/transcripts/2014-07-24/HDSI_WHO_KILLED_JIMMY_HOFFA_Final_Transcript_1.pdf |date=October 18, 2016 }})</ref><ref name="DNA">{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-105402906.html|title=Police: Blood found in Detroit home did not come from Hoffa|date=February 14, 2005|author=Karush, Sarah |publisher=Associated Press|access-date=September 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911081531/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-105402906.html|archive-date=September 11, 2016}}</ref> Although bloodstains were found in the Detroit house where Sheeran claimed that the murder happened,<ref name=iuqoybv /> they were determined not to match Hoffa's DNA.<ref>{{cite web|title=History Detectives|website=[[PBS]]|url=https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigation/who-killed-jimmy-hoffa/|access-date=May 11, 2016}} ([http://www-tc.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/static/media/transcripts/2014-07-24/HDSI_WHO_KILLED_JIMMY_HOFFA_Final_Transcript_1.pdf transcript] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018090903/http://www-tc.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/static/media/transcripts/2014-07-24/HDSI_WHO_KILLED_JIMMY_HOFFA_Final_Transcript_1.pdf |date=October 18, 2016 }})</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-02-15-hoffa_x.htm|title=Police: Blood found in Detroit home did not come from Hoffa|agency=[[Associated Press]]|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=February 15, 2005}}</ref>
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