up, there s a lot of ground to cover. right. he meet some girl and they decide to go to las vegas? he had some fight with his family or somebody and decides to just hit the road and to hell with it? because a lot of things might have explained his absence that aren t criminal? absolutely. that s why i did not want to jump to any conclusions. there was something that jakes pal noticed. when he had gone to the ranch with a buddy, looking for jake. and they ran into jake s closest friend. his dog, black curly hair dog. and he runs out and meets us. and, that s weird. elmo is here so jake should be here. so we start talking to more people and we literally talk to everybody that we knew that he knew. we talk to. and everybody that we knew that he knew hadn t heard anything. had not turn and stories about any trips. it was really weird. in early june, the under
when wagner saw. this posted on dave s facebook page. him astride jake surprise bike. something that jake would ve never tolerated. he loved that motorcycle. it had a history with him. nobody could write, it if i heard correctly. he loved that bike he wrote it as much as he could to see something like his arch nemesis on his bike was really weird. maybe jake would ditch the ranch. maybe even the dog. but not the harley. that picture told jake s friends something that they did not want to admit. but now, could not avoid. jake was never coming back. where was jake? investigators turn up the heat on jake s family. and uncover a twisted trail of lies. coming up! the cities kept changing. and the reasons why he was leaving kept changing. and in any of those cities, you couldn t find anybody who had seen him or talk to him? and there was no financial
when somebody doesn t show up, there s a lot of ground to cover. right. he made some girl and they decide to go to las vegas? he had some fight with his family or somebody and decides to just hit the road and the hello with it? because a lot of things might have explained his absence that aren t criminal? absolutely. that s why i did not want to jump to any conclusions. there was something that shakes powell noticed. when he had gone to the ranch with a buddy, looking for jake. and they ran into jake s closest friend. his dog, black curly hair dog. and he runs out and meets us. and, that s weird. he s here so jake should be here. so we start talking to more people and we literally talk to everybody that we knew that he knew. we talk to. and everybody that we knew that he knew hadn t heard anything. head not turn and stories about any trips. it was really weird. in june, the under sheriff
and by then, it seemed even his mom was becoming concerned. she filed a missing persons report. that wasn t enough jake s friends. they wanted to get his story out. so they contacted chris. a reporter for the gunnison times. and she called shakes mom. hey deb, thanks for calling me back. no problem. what was that like? small, why are we woman. very talkative. she liked to talk. i know he originally was gonna go on his motorcycle. but decided to go with somebody. while the reporters recorder ran. deb told her the same thing that she had told the sheriff s deputy. jacob runoff. he had taken off in a truck with a friend. and the friend did not want the dog along. and he took enough stuffer to people. she started out a little reticent. and then, the detail started coming.
paid his own visits to the 7:11. and heard that jake had returned. his mom said jake had been gone for a little while, but then came back. to pick up supplies. she says that jake was with a friend. someone that she did not know. deb was telling us that it was late at night, he took a bunch of camping gear and loaded it up, in a pick up truck and took off. no room for the dog. 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 a ditch. and she showed us the phone. it was in a bag with ice. that could definitely explain why jake wasn t answering any calls, or texts. deb said that jake told her that he was off to nevada. to study martial arts. so we really didn t have anything to go with at that point. by august, he had been gone almost three months.