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Not necessarily. It's fairly common in the gay community for younger guys to go for older types. It's the phenomenon of "daddy issues". Many young gays get rejected by their fathers so they seek out surrogate father figures as lovers. We obviously don't know the closeness of his and his father's relationship, so nothing can be concluded there anyhow. Also, older guys can feign more interest and "understanding" towards someone younger (for possible grooming), whereas a fellow young person would probably just want to be sexual. Not saying that this is what happened with Jason, but just saying there's no way to know what type he would have gone for and why.I also think that if that if he had been gay, he would have gravitated toward meeting people his age and not older men.
Was the conflict with his dad mentioned on Reddit? Because I know on here it was said that Jason's dad wanted him to go into the seminary. It's not known what his feelings were on that. I'm not expecting to hear back from Father Vella (Jason's priest). On the Montel Williams Show, his dad gave off the impression that they were a very close family. He mentioned that they would have a game where they'd try to make each other laugh and Jason would lose because he'd laugh first. No family is perfect behind closed doors obviously, but I'm not about to speculate on any of that unless it relates to Jason's disappearance. Probably not though, as that would be more of a runaway situation which just doesn't seem likely at allI have no issue w/Jason being gay whatsoever. I just don’t see it as the reason why he disappeared. And there doesn’t seem to be evidence that he was. Supposedly he liked a girl and she didn’t return the feelings.
I remember someone posting that there was conflict with his father and I would like to re-visit those details.
Thank you for clarifying, I did read about the conflict on here.Was the conflict with his dad mentioned on Reddit? Because I know on here it was said that Jason's dad wanted him to go into the seminary. It's not known what his feelings were on that. I'm not expecting to hear back from Father Vella (Jason's priest). On the Montel Williams Show, his dad gave off the impression that they were a very close family. He mentioned that they would have a game where they'd try to make each other laugh and Jason would lose because he'd laugh first. No family is perfect behind closed doors obviously, but I'm not about to speculate on any of that unless it relates to Jason's disappearance. Probably not though, as that would be more of a runaway situation which just doesn't seem likely at all
I have no issue w/Jason being gay whatsoever. I just don’t see it as the reason why he disappeared. And there doesn’t seem to be evidence that he was. Supposedly he liked a girl and she didn’t return the feelings.
I remember someone posting that there was conflict with his father and I would like to re-visit those details.
@studebkr mentioned it, as he worked with Jason's uncle. But it was possibly hearsay. We don't know if there was conflict, just that it's what his dad supposedly wantedWe don't know, if there was any real conflict between Jason and his father about the seminary thing. Who told about that, was it someone who knew the family?
@studebkr mentioned it, as he worked with Jason's uncle. But it was possibly hearsay. We don't know if there was conflict, just that it's what his dad supposedly wanted
The Montel Williams segment is on YouTube, it’s 5 or 6 minutes long, it looks like it was part of an episode about missing people.As nobody has said much about Jason's romantic life (besides what happened with that girl) I don't see that Jason's romantic actions (or sexuality) had anything to do with his disappearance. I have suggested that someone – perhaps an older gay man supposedly living in closet – had made wrong conclusions about Jason's shyness, awkwardness and kindness. I assumed that it might have been someone associated with the church as nobody else came to my mind. It must have been someone who more or less knew Jason. How ever naive he was he hardly entered a car or house of someone completely strange person. Anyway, it seems to me that what happened was a sheer coincidence, a very unfortunate one. Jason just happened to be there.
The Fazoli's connection seems unlikely to me, because it would have required a lot of planing AND plenty of good luck as nobody saw or heard anything. The time frame was so narrow and that young co-worker, who was waiting at Benson High School – why to include her as an unpredictable factor to the plan?
Is that Montel Williams Show anywhere to be seen? I have seen just a short clip where Jason's parents were together, do you mean that, Matthew Tyler? Jason's mother talked about her son's plans on the radio and didn't seem to have any problem with it. She said that she was a bit surprised, that's all. We don't know, if there was any real conflict between Jason and his father about the seminary thing. Who told about that, was it someone who knew the family?
The Montel Williams segment is on YouTube, it’s 5 or 6 minutes long, it looks like it was part of an episode about missing people.
I agree, if this was a crime it was a crime of opportunity. I don’t see any planning on Jason’s part.
I don’t really entertain the idea of him detouring to cancel a planned rendezvous after being called in to work. It seems a little out there.
I can see him being flagged down by someone on his route or a car pulling up to him. Whether that person was someone he knew, who knows.
The Montel Williams segment is on YouTube, it’s 5 or 6 minutes long, it looks like it was part of an episode about missing people.
I agree, if this was a crime it was a crime of opportunity. I don’t see any planning on Jason’s part.
I don’t really entertain the idea of him detouring to cancel a planned rendezvous after being called in to work. It seems a little out there.
I can see him being flagged down by someone on his route or a car pulling up to him. Whether that person was someone he knew, who knows.
I think it was a matter of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. His parents haven’t said too much on what they think may have happened. I think they really have no idea. They said even LE doesn’t know anything else but LE can have a suspect for years and not even tell the family.I agree with this. I don't think all the speculation about his sexuality is warranted. I don't think he was accosted on the street or park if he went that route, unless he fell victim to a deranged murderer who managed to tackle and make him disappear somehow. If it was a robbery, I think he would've been left behind and if it was seeing something like a drug deal, I don't think he would've been dealt with either.
Apparently, it was a sketchy area. I think it was all bad luck, that a car with a SO pulled up to him and offered him a ride and took off with him inside. Or a neighbouring SO sidetracked him somehow. Wonder what his parents think happened though.
Ok That seems like a possibility when you lay it out that way.It would be a freak occurrence for Jason to be targeted by a random SO as he walked down at the street at 10am in the morning. Jason’s low-risk status makes this scenario quite unlikely IMO. It would be incredibly rotten luck and take an especially bold and resourceful predator to abduct a 6’ male in broad daylight.
No, I think there’s more to it than this. We have to look at the variables that day. Jason wasn’t working originally, then he was. If he had made plans he needed to change them. For whatever reason he can’t use his phone to contact the person he was going to meet, so he asks to be picked up at the school. That way he can make a brief detour on the way there. What happened after that is anyone’s guess.
It would be a freak occurrence for Jason to be targeted by a random SO as he walked down at the street at 10am in the morning. Jason’s low-risk status makes this scenario quite unlikely IMO. It would be incredibly rotten luck and take an especially bold and resourceful predator to abduct a 6’ male in broad daylight.
No, I think there’s more to it than this. We have to look at the variables that day. Jason wasn’t working originally, then he was. If he had made plans he needed to change them. For whatever reason he can’t use his phone to contact the person he was going to meet, so he asks to be picked up at the school. That way he can make a brief detour on the way there. What happened after that is anyone’s guess.
Interesting case. But also shows that he was molested/killed by someone he knew, which would likely be the case for Jason as well. I don't think people would have a problem thinking that Jason would have been killed by a SO, just that it wouldn't be a random one that was a total stranger. Aside from his age and build, the timeframe and time of day in general plays a huge part in doubting a stranger attacking him. If it was 10 pm then I'd be more open to the idea that anyone just pulled up in a van and threw him in. Or that he maybe stumbled across something he wasn't supposed to see (drug deal?) and got killed for it. But these things happening in broad daylight? Seems so unlikely.As we see from Caleb Diehl's case a 18–19 years old male is unfortunately not safe from molesters. Caleb's car was also in repair shop, when he went missing. In his case there is a suspect, though: an older male who has a history of sexually abusing boys. He seems to be in jail now, but not for Caleb as Caleb has not been found. The man was a family friend of Diehl's. His past was revealed only later. There were that sort of persons living in Jason's neighborhood, and they apparently were all questioned. Nothing suspicious was found.
As we see from Caleb Diehl's case a 18–19 years old male is unfortunately not safe from molesters. Caleb's car was also in repair shop, when he went missing. In his case there is a suspect, though: an older male who has a history of sexually abusing boys. He seems to be in jail now, but not for Caleb as Caleb has not been found. The man was a family friend of Diehl's. His past was revealed only later. There were that sort of persons living in Jason's neighborhood, and they apparently were all questioned. Nothing suspicious was found.