Happened to him. This need to be reported to the police. Unusual for him not to tell one of us that he was going to be gone. When was the last gotime you heard from him . Way back in may. Yeah. His dad stated he had been gone in the past to take off. It was always pretty tense at the ranch. Im not supposed to know but i do know. If the wrong thing was said or done, there was fire in her eyes. The river that runs through all of this was green with money. Very much so. Now was the time y. To find o the truth. I just kind of froze. And i said is that what i think it is . She looked at me i and said you moe you cant ever leave now. Right . Hello and welcome to dateline. Jake loved hanging out with a tight group of guys. Then he stopped answering calls and texts and his friends feared the worse. But years would pass before a series of clues unearthed something much darker. Here unis Josh Mankiewicz with trouble on the 711 ranch. Reporter sometimes it is so quiet in Western Colorado, all you can hear is the wind. Beautiful hay meadows that wave in the breeze. Its a lovely part of the valley. Reporter it is beautiful. No doubt. At the t same time, that lovely lonely valley can be an unforgiving place to live. It can drive some people to extremes. No one understood that better than rancher jake. He would etjust be out there working. Reporter and a ranchers work is never done. There is always a fence that needs mending. And jake seemed cut out for that life. But then he disappeared. Thno one got a message or a text, nothing. No. He evaporated. No one heard from him two years. Reporter it was weird, the ranch had been jakes life most of his life. The spread was the 711. Hundreds of acres outside the town of gunnison under a canopy of colorado sky. Jake lived with with his older sister stephanie since they were kids. Jakes parents had divorced and his mom had found another husband. A guy who owned the 711. They home schooled jake. So he could help out more on the ranch. He was out there all day every day. Reporter another jake and rebecca used to help out. What was the vibe at the ranch . Really quiet. Maybe a couple of times a year they would have a Family Reunion or hunters would come up and stay in the cabin. Reporter by 2003, jakes sister stephanie had moved out. Looking for a life beyond the sprawl of the 711. What about jake and his sister . I know he loved his sister. But, he kind of was upset she married who she married. Reporter that would be David Jackson. So, jake didnt like dave so much because he was a carney and he did the Paint Ball Booth in gunnison when the carnival came through. And jake thought my sister would do better than that . Exactly. Reporter they married anyway and liveed in town only coming out to the ranch originally. Jake had an adventurous streak. He was kind of a recluse but always willing to go explore the mountains and just try to hang out with his friends. Reporter Randy Martinez was another member of jakes posse. Very quiet. Shy toward girls. Reporter jakes stepfather died in 2009 and the workload got heavier. Now, it was 23yearold jake and his mom running the ranch. Except for that time he took off to alaska to make money on a fishing boat. And even that was about the ranch. He was on a ship i think for three months. He came back with a good chunk of money. And he put all of that into the ranch to kind of save it from going under. Reporter the only break jake ever got was time with his friends. A kind of second family. A we were all best friends. So, we would all hang out. We would kind of Snow Everything we were going. And do it together. Reporter that meant Oi Shooting Pool at some local hangouts and drinking beer. Except, for jake. Who was always happy to be the designated driver. Jake would always go up to o the bar and order a coke. Even though he was just a couple of years older than us, he always acted like an old man. He was always the responsible one trying to do the smart thing in tricky situations. I met jake in the winter, December Of 2012 at the gunson jujitsu gym. Reporter that was the other important part of jakes life and another group of friends. Marshal arts. Particularly jujitsu. Derek was one of his sparring partners. And jake was good at it . Jake was good. Jake was the most akconsistent student that was ever in that gym. He was there every night. Four nights a week. Reporter he announced his presence on his motorcycle. A sportster. He had it since high school. I can picture him coming on it right now. He was proud of it . Oh yeah. He iwore a red bandanna when hd drove it. Reporter in may, 2015, they were practicing for an upcomingc tournament in denver. He landed on his ankle and twisted it and i believe he had to pull out of the tournament because he couldnt walk. Reporter then came friday night. May 15th. Stuck at home, jake called his pal randy about going to a movie up in crested butte. After the movie, they hit a couple of bars. Played some pool and parted ways around midnight. There arent a million thing to do in gunnison and this all seemed routine. It turned out not to be. The next morning i woke up. Texted him to see what was up. Never got a replay. Reporter the next week, jakes jujitsu pals were back from that tournament and back on the mats. No jake. They figured he was still nursing his ankle. Then after a few days they started to wonder. Week goes buy. And we are like where is jake . Unusual for him not to come in. Unusual for him not to tell one of us he would be gone. Reporter gone because he was fed up with the hard life on the ranch . Or was there a side of jake that even his best friends didnt know about . Coming up. His bad stated that he has been gone in the past. Known in the enpast to take off abruptly and do things. Reporter the mystery deepens. When somebody doesnt show up, theres a lot of ground to cover. A lot of things to explain his absence that are not criminal. Absolutely. I didnt want to jump to any conclusions. Reporter jakes mother had her own idea about what happened to her son. Im not supposed to know. But i do know. When dateline continues. When dateline continues. Some things should stand the test of time. Long lasting eylea hd could significantly improve your vision and can help you go up to 4 months between treatments. If you have an eye infection, eye pain or redness, or allergies to eylea hd, dont use. Eye injections like eyla hd may cause eye infection, separation of the retina, or rare but severe swelling of Blood Vessels in the eye. An increase in eye pressure has been seen. Theres an uncommon risk of heart attack or stroke associated with blood clots. The most common side effects were blurred vision, cataract, corneal injury, and eye floaters. And theres still so much to see. If you are on eylea or a similar type of treatment, ask your Retina Specialist about eylea hd today, for the potential for fewer injections. [ ] your skin is everchanging, take care of it with gold bonds age renew formulations of 7 moisturizers and 3 vitamins. For all your skins, gold bond. After advil lets dive in but. What about your back . Its fineeeeeeee [splash] before advil Advil Dual Action fights pain two ways. Advil targets pain at the source, acetaminophen blocks pain signals. Advil dual action. Wow. Incredible, isnt it . Yeah. Acetaminophen blocks pain signals. Well, with your home, auto, boat and rv all bundled with progressive youve got the Peace Of Mind to really wander. Yeah. Yeah, i just hope it stays this way. Once word gets out about these places they tend to are you done . Aaand there it is. Well, at least your vehicles are protected. Lets hit the road. Hey fam im just at this Beautiful Lake that i just discovered. Practicing gratitude, manifesting abundance. vo if you have graves disease, your eye symptoms could mean something more. That Gritty Feeling cant be brushed away. Even a little blurry vision can distort things. And something serious may be behind those itchy eyes. Up to 50 of people with graves could develop a different condition called Thyroid Eye Disease, which should be treated by a different doctor. See an expert. Find a ted Eye Specialist at isitted. Com it was may 2015, ten days had passed and there was no sign of Jake Millison. This need to be reported to the police. And so, i stepped up and said you know what . Ill do it. Because . Youre not just any friend . No. Im a sergeant with the town of mount crested butte. And so, i thought i had a little bit of credibility so if i had red flags it would translate to the deputy there. Reporter that deputy was mark michael. His first order of business, call jakes mother. Deb told us he left with a friend and was going to the reno, nevada area. Reporter investigators phoned jakes father. His dad ray stated that he has been gone known in the past to take off abruptly. And do things. Reporter at 29, he had no obligation to tell anyone where he was going and it didnt mean something bad had happened. When somebody doesnt show up, theres a lot of ground to cover. Right. He met some girl and they decide to go to las vegas. He has some fight with his family or somebody and decides to just hit the road. Theres a lot of things that might have explained his absence that werent criminal. Absolutely. That is why i didnt want to jump to conclusions. Reporter there was something jakes pal Randy Martinez noticed. When he had gone to the ranch with a buddy looking for jake, and they ran into jakes closest friend. His dog. Really cool dog. He runs out to meet us and we thought thats weird, elmo is here, so jake should be here. So we Start Talking to more people. We talk to everybody we knew that he knew. Nobody had heard anything. And it was really weird. Reporter in early june, the sheriff paid his own visit to the 711 and heard jake had returned. His mom said jake had been gone for a little while, but then came back to pick up supplies. She said jake was with a friend. Someone she didnt know. Deb was telling us it was late at night. Took a bunch of camping gear. Loaded it all up and took off. There wasnt any room for the dog. Reporter none of it made sense. What could jake be up to . And who takes a trip without his cell phone . She told us the phone fell in an Irrigation Ditch and showed us the phone. It was in a bag of rice. Reporter that could definitely explain why jake wasnt answering any calls or texts. Deb said jake told her he was off to nevada to study marshal art. So didnt have anything to go with at that point. Reporter by august, jake had been gone almost three months. And by then, it seemed even his mom was becoming concerned. She filed a missing person report. That wasnt enough for jakes friends. They wanted to get his story out. So they contacted chris rourke. And she called jakes mom. Hey, deb, thanks for calling me back. No problem. What is deb like . Small wiry woman. Very talkative. She liked to talk. I know he originally was going to go on his motorcycle. But decided to go with somebody. Reporter while the reporters recorder ran, deb told her the same thing she had told the sheriff deputy. Jake had run off and jake took off in a truck with a friend. And the friend didnt want the dog along. And he took enough stuff for two people. She started out a little reticent. And then, the details started coming. He also wiped out my groceries. Oh really . Huh. And, you know, he took all the chef boyardees. When is the last time you heard from him . Id have to look it up on a calendar. It was about the 20th. Of september . No. Way back in may. Reporter deb told rourke something the reporter had never heard before. Jake had a dark side. A serious drug problem. Im not supposed to know, but i do know. Because everybody has kept it a Big Dark Secret that my son has been doing drugs. Reporter because of that, deb said, there was tension between mother and son. Have you two been typically close . No. Once he started doing the mixed marshal arts and the drugs and stuff. We had one argument fight after another. Reporter maybe that is why jake left. He was just sick of fighting with his mom all the time. And i knew he was going to be gone a while. He has been gone too long. And so i have declared him a missing person. So it is possible he left of his own volition . Oh he did. And gets into some kind of trouble . Right. Reporter a picture of a different jake was starting to emerge. And i think it lends itself to the two sides paints of who jake was. This reckless person that was irresponsible and had run off and his friends described him as someone who was very disciplined. Cared and his friends. Reporter with that in mind, chris filed her story. So, you make sort of reference to the two jakes. Right. And what reaction does that article provoke . The friends were mad. They were upset. They said something has happened to him. The jake that deb is portraying is not the guy we know. Reporter jakes friends seemed hellbent on finding him. That was in october. Soon the case would get as cold as a Western Colorado winter. Coming up. She did a posting that said big things are happening for the jackson family. A couple of days later, she posted again, do you ever hear such great news in the morning that you cant stand it . Reporter with jake gone, his sister stephanie moves in to help with the ranch. And reveals a dark side. If the wrong thing was said or done, there was fire in her eyes. When dateline continues. You ready . Showtime. This is gonna be epic. [ barking ] its what the poster said. Do you want to make out or . Nope. I meant yes. Hes a bon garcon. I give amazing spongebaths. Can i get a room . [ chuckling ] chefs kiss. He had never met Jake Millison but Jeremy Mcdonald would have the ring side seat for the circus that was jakes family starting with jakes brotherinlaw dave. You have known him for a long time. Yeah. Since we were nine or ten years old. Reporter remember, dave jackson was married to jakes sister stephanie. By then, jake had been gone almost a year. Without him, his mom had been running the ranch all by herself. That was about to change. Dave called jeremy and offered him work. Jakes mom deb had been diagnosed with cancer and undergone major surgery. Dave, stephanie and their then eightyearold son had move today the ranch to help out. Dave asked jeremy to live with them and fix up the place for room and board . I thought it wasnt a bad idea. Get the ranch back to making money. Pretty much. What is it like when you get there . Its a mess. Theres clutter and junk everywhere. A lot bigger project than i had ever exspected. Reporter he decided to stick it out. After off, dave was one of his best friends. What about deb . Did you know her . I had never met deb until i moved there. And she seemed very reclusive but was very obvious she was a little bit ornery. Ill say that. How did that manifest itself . She was super controlling. Any time we tried to clean up. There was a building with couches covered in rat feces and they were destroyed. And, dave and i were moving them out and she came out and started screaming and yelling at us that she wanted to keep the couches. And you chalked that up to what . Crazy. Honestly. Thats just how she wasful everything she got didnt leave. Reporter and jakes sister stephanie, jeremy says there was a side of her few people saw. There is the steph that most, a lot of people knew. Which was a very nice lady. But, seems like there was a switch. If the wrong thing was said or done, there was fire in her eyes. Reporter stephanie and her family seemed pretty cool with jakes disappearance. His friends were not. They created a facebook page. Where is Jake Millison and they peppered the Sheriffs Office with phone calls. They had been looking all over for some sign of Jake Millison. Our heads are in alaska, our notions are in nevada and we are still running across nothing. Reporter in the fall of 2016, mostly because of the attention generated by jakes friends, the case finally landed on the case of Gunnison CountyDeputy AttorneyJessica Wagner. His friends knew this was not something he would have done. Reporter at that point, jake had been missing for a year. The Colorado Department of investigation got involved and we put a plan in place to do Search Warrants on the phones. And begin the process of looking for jacob. Reporter the more the prosecutor talked with the investigators, the more concerned she became. Normally when somebody disappears, it is the family who is saying to you this isnt normal. Something is wrong. But, in this case, family is telling everyone there is nothing to worry about. Right. And it wasnt until the friends really pushed. They started posting it on facebook. Started calling Law Enforcement. That is where we had to just keep digging. Reporter and when wagner dug into stephanies facebook page, she noticed something stephanie had written just a few days after her brother went missing. She did a posting that said big things are happening for the jackson family. A couple of days later show posted again do you ever hear such great new ins the morning that you cant stand it or Something Like that. And her friend responded saying oh, jakes gone. Reporter stephanie seem today be treating jakes sudden absence as an opportunity. The prosecutor found that troubling. She saw comments like this. It was always pretty tense at the ranch when ever dave was out there. Reporter in fact, she learned jake was afraid of dave. And taking up jujitsu hadnt been just for the exercise. So he decided to start taking jujitsu because he was kind of scared of his brother inlaw trying to do something to him. Reporter so that made it all the more strange when she saw this posted on daves facebook page. Him astride jakes prized bike. Something jake never would have tolerated. He loved that motorcycle. It had a history with him. Nobody could ride it if i remember correctly. He loved that bike and road it as much as he could when he could. To see his arch nemesis on his bike was really weird. Reporter maybe jake would ditch the ranch. Maybe even the dog. But not the harley. That picture told jakes Friends Something they didnt want to admit. But now, couldnt avoid. Jake was never coming back. Where was Jake Millison . Investigators turn up the heat on jakes family and uncover a twisted trail of lies. Coming up. The cities kept changing and the reasons he was leaving kept changing. And in any of those cities you couldnt find anyone who had seen him or talked to him. There was no financial record of him anywhere in those places. Correct. Deb said she thought he might be in Witness Protection Somewhere. Reporter as the excuses grow stranger, the prosecutor grows more suspicious. We couldnt buy the familys reasoning anymore. When dateline continues. Reasoning anymore. When dateline continues. Copd hasnt been pretty. Its tough to breathe and tough to keep wondering if this is as good as it gets. But trelegy has shown me that theres still beauty and breath to be had. Because with three medicines in one inhaler, trelegy keeps my airways open and prevents future flareups. And with one dose a day, trelegy improves Lung Function so i can breathe more freely all day and night. Trelegy wont replace a Rescue Inhaler for sudden breathing problems. Tell your doctor if you have a Heart Condition or high Blood Pressure before taking it. Do not take trelegy more than prescribed. Trelegy may increase your risk of thrush, pneumonia, and osteoporosis. Call your doctor if worsened breathing, chest pain, mouth or tongue swelling, problems urinating, vision changes, or eye pain occur. What a Wonderful World ask your doctor about oncedaily trelegy for copd because breathing should be beautiful. President biden is in atlanta. His address has preemptively received criticism from students and alumni at the hbcu over the administrations stance over the israel hamas war. And in florida, a 17year old was shot by police after a chase involving a stolen car driven by another teenager. Officials say the teen allegedly reached for a gun during that pursuit. He was hospitalized and set to receive surgery. For now, back to dateline. Atel. Spring, 2017, Jake Millison had been off the grid nearly two years. He had disappeared without a trace. Reporter chris rourke had been watching the story closely along with all of the town of gunnison. It was always talked about in the community. It was always on peoples mind. I recall a body was found west of town. It turned out to be a hiker. But, you know, gone the wrong way on a trail. But you know, any time something came up like that, we wondered, do you think that is jake . Reporter she kept thinking back to her interview with jakes mom and something deb had said. When is the last time you heard from him . I would have to look it up on a calendar. It was about the 20th. Of september . No. No. Way back in may. Reporter just a second, think about that. I interview a lot of women whose children have disappeared. And they know exactly when the last time they spoke with them was. Yeah. To the minute. Yeah. But i cant remember when the last time i talked to him was. Right. I have to look at my calendar. Very odd. Yes. Reporter by now, prosecutor Jessica Wagner had moved on from odd to possibly criminal. Jakes friends seemed credible. Saying jake would never have taken off like that. His family . Not so much. We couldnt buy the familys reasoning anymore. Deborah rudibaugh said he headed to nevada for marshal arts fighting. Then stephanie would tell everyone that Deborah Rudibaugh told her he was in portland or seattle and the cities kept changing and the reasons why he was leaving kept changing. And in any of those cities you couldnt find anyone who had seen him or talked to him. Correct. Reporter since he disappeared, jake had never used a credit card, never used his passport. Never gotten a new cell phone. And never visited an atm. And as she pieced it all together, the prosecutor wondered if millison had ever really left the ranch. The property that we are talking about was massive. They owned some Hunting Rights in various places up in the mountains. They had a quarry across the road. They had caves. Reporter by spring, she had enough to convince a judge to sign a Search Warrant. But the prosecutor was born and raised here. And she knew she had to wait. With gunnison and its weather, we couldnt have searched for him in the spring. Grounds are still frozen. And that would have caused some problems of being able to find him. So we knew it had to be in the summer. Reporter meanwhile, back at the ranch, Jeremy Mcdonalds experience was going to weird to weirder. How did they explain jakes absence . So, they always told me he had just left. He had just disappeared. I had never met jake so i didnt know anything about what he was like. Maybe he did just leave. There were times deb said she thought he might be in Witness Protection Somewhere enter Witness Protection . Yeah. So maybe he is living somewhere else in the country . Yeah. Reporter dinner conversation. Maybe he was dead, had an accident. Maybe worse. One night jeremy was having dinner with stephanie and dave and threw out his own theory. Just as a joke. I mentioned what if deb did it and buried him in the backyard . And, at that very moment that i said that, the whole demeanor of steph completely changed. And, it got really awkward. And you could see that darkness in her eyes. I remember just feeling i stepped somewhere wrong. Coming up. I jus kind of froze. And i just said is that what i think it is . A frightening discovery. Followed by a terrifying threat. She just looked at me and said you know you cant ever leave now. Right . Reporter when dateline continues. Reporter when dateline continues. If you have wet amd, you never want to lose sight of the things you love. Some things should stand the test of time. Long lasting eylea hd could significantly improve your vision and can help you go up to 4 months between treatments. If you have an eye infection, eye pain or redness, or allergies to eylea hd, dont use. Eye injections like eyla hd may cause eye infection, separation of the retina, or rare but severe swelling of Blood Vessels in the eye. An increase in eye pressure has been seen. Theres an uncommon risk of heart attack or stroke associated with blood clots. The most common side effects were blurred vision, cataract, corneal injury, and eye floaters. And theres still so much to see. If you are on eylea or a similar type of treatment, ask your Retina Specialist about eylea hd today, for the potential for fewer injections. [ ] ask your Retina Specialist about eylea hd if youre only using facial moisturizer in the morning, did you know, the best time for skin renewal is at night . Olay retinol24 renews millions of Surface Skin Cells while you sleep. Wake up to smoother, youngerlooking skin with olay retinol24. psst psst ahhh with flonase, allergies dont have to be scary. Spray Flonase Sensimist daily for nondrowsy long lasting relief in a scent free, gentle mist. Flonase all good. Also, try our Allergy Headache and nighttime pills. I have moderate to severe crohns disease. Now, theres skyrizi. Things are looking up, ive got Symptom Relief. Control of my crohns means everything to me. Control is everything to me. Feel significant Symptom Relief at 4 weeks with skyrizi, including less Abdominal Pain and fewer bowel movements. Skyrizi is the first il23 inhibitor that can deliver remission and visibly improve damage of the intestinal lining. And the majority of people experienced longlasting remission at one year. Serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower ability to fight them may occur. Tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine or plan to. Liver problems may occur in crohns disease. Nows the time to ask your gastroenterologist how you can take control of your crohns with skyrizi. Control is everything to me. Learn how abbvie could help you save. By summer of 2017, prosecutor Jessica Wagner was ready to execute a Search Warrant at the 7 11 ranch. She had listened to jakes friends, gathered her evidence and waited for the colorado sun to melt the frozen ground. And there was one more event wagner had waited for. An annual convention of dogs. But not just any dogs. These dogs have a particular set of skills. Skills that make them a nightmare for some people. So every year, a bunch of cadaver dogs will come out and get certified for fema, by going to these old mining towns and doing these searches for the old grave sites. Reporter thats right. Its a gathering of some of the top Cadaver Search Dogs in the country. In, of all places, gunnison. And you thought what better time to look for a body than when there are a lot of cadaver dog team ins town. Exactly. Reporter lisa higgins was there. A dog trainer for more than 30 years. Her dogs have helped solve all kinds of cases. From missing children to serial killers. The sheriff asked that i become the liaison between the canine group and the agencies working with this case. Reporter so early on july 17th, the cadaver dogs formed up with dozens of investigators about a mile from the 711 ranch. A small group of investigators went ahead to serve the warrant. Jeremy mcdonald was asleep in a trailer in front of the main house. It was fairly early. 7 00 in the morning. All of a sudden, pounding on my door. Please open up. Police. Come out. Your hands up. Reporter jeremy wasnt wondering far moment why they were there. Because it turned out he had seen something. So lets talk about what happened with your accidentally witnessing something that im guessing you wish you could unsee. Yeah. Reporter it was two months before the day of the raid. Jeremy says David Jackson was operating a backhoe. And, as i walked around the corner, i see dave and steph standing, looking at a rib cage. Reporter you heard that right. A rib cage. And i just kind of froze. And i said, is that what i think it is . And at that moment, steph and dave both turned around and dave had shock in his eyes and steph turned and threw her arms up in the air. I dont know what it is. Im going to go call mom. And took off running to the house. You could see the rib cage and you could see the top part of what looked like a part of jeans. Steph came back and said it is a bear or some wild game that jake shot. Illegally. Just cover it back up. You have to be thinking is that jake . I definitely was thinking that it was jake. And in my heart, i knew it was jake. It had to be. Did you say anything . So, i guess, i didnt know what to think. And i know a lot of people outside looking in think why didnt you just call the police . You have to understand at that moment, that was my family. Even though it wasnt the most functional family in the world, that was who i ate dinner with every day. So a lot of it was i didnt want their boy to be drug into all of this. Reporter that boy was stephanie and daves nineyear old son. And, jeremy said, any thought of contacting the police evaporated in the name of self preservation. Steph looked at me and said you know you cant ever leave now. Right . And, at that point, i didnt know what to do. That sound like a threat to you because it sounds like a threat to me. It did sound like a threat. You sleep with one eye open . Or both eyes open . I dont think i slept for a couple of night. And you never told Law Enforcement . I didnt. I just blocked it all out. I didnt want to be involved. And yet, you were a part of it. Yep. Reporter now, there they were. The prosecutor, the police, and the dogs. The search for Jake Millison was about to get very focused, very fast. Coming up, an answer no one wanted. I think at that point, we felt tapped out. Do you mind if we take a break . Reporter and question nos one can answer. We are all scratching our heads saying why and how and asking ourselves all the questions. But still no arrest. When dateline continues. When dateline continues. Eye disease a long time ago. And year after year, you weathered the storm and just lived with the damage that was left behind. But even after all this time your Thyroid Eye Disease could still change. Restoration is still possible. Learn how you could give your eyes a fresh start at tedhelp. Com. When enamel is gone, you cannot get it back. But you can repair it with Pronamel Repair. It penetrates deep into the tooth to actively repair acid weakened enamel. I recommend Pronamel Repair. With new Pronamel Repair mouthwash you can enhance that repair beyond brushing. They work great together. Youre the one that i want nexgard® combo is the only monthly topical that protects against fleas, ticks, tapeworms, and more. Use with caution in cats with a history of seizures or neurologic disorders. Nexgard combo,. Youre the one that i want. The monthly oneanddone you want. Dupixent can help people with asthma breathe better in as little as 2 weeks. So this is better. Even this. Dupixent is an addon treatment for specific types of moderatetosevere asthma thats not for sudden breathing problems. Dupixent can cause allergic reactions that can be severe. Tell your doctor right away if you have rash, chest pain, worsening shortness of breath, tingling or numbness in your limbs. Tell your doctor about new or worsening joint aches and pain or a parasitic infection. Dont change or stop asthma medicines including steroids, without talking to your doctor. Ask your specialist about dupixent. Only purples Gel Flex Grid passes the raw egg test. No other mattress cradles your body and simultaneously supports your spine. Memory foam doesnt come close. Get your best sleep guaranteed. Save up to 800 during our memorial day sale. Visit purple. Com or a store near you her uncles unhappy. Im sensing an underlying issue. Its tmobile. It started when we tried to get him under a new plan. But they they unexpectedly unraveled their price lock guarantee. Which has made him, a bit. Unruly. You called yourself the uncarrier. You sing about price lock on those commercials. the price lock, the price lock. so, if you could change the price, change the name its not a lock, i know a lock. So how can we undo the damage . We could all unsubscribe and switch to xfinity. Their connection is unreal. And we could all unexperience this whole session. Okay, thats uncalled for. Welcome back. Jake millison had vanished. Prosecutor Jessica Wagoner suspected foul play. She suspected members of his family had killed him and buried his body somewhere on their sprawling ranch. A Property Search was delayed allowing the frozen winter ground time to thaw. Now with the summer sun above, detectives were hoping to discover the Ice Cold Truth behind jakes disappearance. Here is Josh Mankiewicz with the conclusion of trouble at the 711 ranch. Reporter july 17th, 2017, Jake Millison had been missing more than two years. While a convoy of Law Enforcement and a pack of cadaver dogs waited down the road, an investigator questioned Deb Rudibaugh about her missing son. She was evasive at first. And then, when deb heard about the cadaver dogs, she coolly and calmly dropped a bomb shell. Deb rudibaugh said while jake was asleep, in the Upstairs Area of the lodge, she went up and she shot him in the head. Reporter the confession was almost casual. As a mother described murdering her own son. She said she was able to drag the body out and then she took the backhoe and buried him in a manure pile. Reporter deb had pointed them to the corral. So that is where dog handler lisa higgins sent jack. A German Shepherd from west virginia. Jack went in and performed his trained final response which is a passive sit in the area he was most concerned with. Reporter investigators brought in a backhoe. And the 711 ranch slowly gave up its secrets. Jake millison was no longer missing. His remains were found wrapped in a trash bag. I think at that point, we felt tapped out. I felt tapped out. And reliving it right now. Im reliving that aspect of it as well. Do you mind if we take a break . Reporter jakes friends had long accepted the truth that they would never see him alive again. So when they got the word, it was no shock. It is closure, but it sucks. Now it was time to get some convictions. Find out the truth. Find out who was involved. Reporter if this feels to you as if it should be the end of the story of what happened to Jake Millison, listen to this. No one was arrested that day. The news spread quickly around gunnison. We learn had deb had confessed and we are all scratching our heads saying why and how and asking ourselves all the questions. But still no arrests. You got a body. You got a confession. Why are arent you puting the handcuffs on people . There was a lot of people on scene that wanted that to happen and i heard a lot of screaming when i said no. But nothing was matching up yet. Reporter it was hard to believe. As tough as deb was, she was five feet tall. 97 pounds. And remember. Suffering from stage 4 cancer. About a week before jake was murdered, shed had surgery. She admitted she couldnt lift a gallon of milk all the way into july or august from the surgery. Without help. Reporter investigator didnt think there was any way she had dragged jakes 180 pound body down the stairs outside, and then buried him all by herself. They were certain she had help. The suspect needle is sort of pointing away from deb and toward stephanie. This entire case, the suspect needle was pointing at stephanie. Reporter the motive . This was all about the 711. Millions of dollars of valuable ranch land. Stephanie wanted it. But jake stood to inherit it. Jake was murdered so that he wouldnt inherit the ranch. We believe so. And had manipulate third degree into happening. If it was not for stephanie jackson, he would be here today. Reporter the prosecutor believed stephanie had persuaded her husband dave to help with the coverup. Finally, seven months after jakes body wases does covered, deputies arrested deb. And stephanie. And dave. He was never charged with any crime. After initially denying any involvement, dave jackson pleaded guilty to tampering with the Deceased Boyd Di and received ten years. By then, forensics left little doubt who actually pulled the trigger. At jakes autopsy, they found the slug that killed him. Debs gun. With debs dna on the handle. You certainly have the right to make a statement. Reporter in may of 2019, four years after she had killed her son, deb pleaded to Second Degree murder. Even then, deb maintained she alone did the crime and the coverup. My daughter stephanie had nothing to do with jakes death or subsequent coverup. Reporter she was sentenced to 40 years. I would like to start out by saying thank you for the opportunity to speak. She pleaded guilty to Aiding And Abetting and to tampering with the deceased body. What im guilty of is believing the stories and lies my mother told everyone for over two years. Reporter all of it, she said, was her moms idea. I would like to apologize to my father, my grandparents. My extended family and anyone else who it affected. By my mothers heinous action. Reporter the judge didnt buy it and gave stephanie 24 years in prison. It all seemed to flow from Homespun Greed and the river that ran through it was green with money. And maybe, a drop of jealousy. November of 2019, Deb Rudibaugh died of cancer in prison at the age of 70. So what really happened, rudibaugh took it to the grave. I dont Think Stephanie will be telling us any time soon. Reporter we know this. All the stories, jake taking off, jake abusing drugs, the idea that there were two jakes. Those were all lies. And his friends never believed them. You know, if it werent for you and jakes other friends, this case would possibly have never been solved. I believe that jakes several buddies and his friends outside, we were the ones that pushed this to get this solved. Reporter his family kind of underestimated the second family. Absolutely. Now it is the end of the story of what happened to jake. His friends fought for him. His family fought against him. In the end, its hard to tell who won. Thats all for this edition of dateline. Im andrea canning. Thank you for watching. Im greg. And im natalie. And this is dateline