Found Deceased IL - Jake Cefolia, 49, jogging, car found, SVP of United Airlines, Chicago, 6 Aug 2020

[diggndeeperstill]

He’s still in NAMUS so it’s not him. https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/72808?nav

St. Charles police investigated a death Monday in Mount St. Mary Park but called it a "family matter."

[URL='https://patch.com/illinois/stcharles-il/body-found-st-charles-park-no-threat-public-police']Body Found In St. Charles Park; No Threat To Public: Police

St. Charles police conducted a death investigation at Mount St. Mary's Park near the Fox River Monday, but police officials said the investigation "is not criminal in nature."
St. Charles police conduct death investigation at park near Fox River
St. Charles police conduct death investigation at park near Fox River

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[kelsie]

I sent the link regarding the body found in St. Charles to the Find Jake page and I got a message from a family member of his saying they'd heard nothing of it and will investigate (MOO)

 

[freckles]

I have had a customers who were missing persons. If there is no subpoena yet and the accounts are joint, I obtain the consent of the joint account owner. If the accounts are not joint, I ask if someone has POA. If so, I ask for their consent.

 

[pikachu1322]

I have had a customers who were missing persons. If there is no subpoena yet and the accounts are joint, I obtain the consent of the joint account owner. If the accounts are not joint, I ask if someone has POA. If so, I ask for their consent.

Coerrect...but if it is an individual account with no POA then no info can be provided, correct? Which is what I have been saying all along.

 

[freckles]

Correct. In this case, someone did have POA, so I’m assuming that’s how they were able to determine his last activity

 

[Cubby]

I missed that link inside the article. Thanks for pointing it out. I have been multi-tasking and didn't catch it. I am going to try to do a timeline with more of the info contained in the LE incident report from Scribd.

Aug 2 - Jake and kids spent time w/ his sister (GH) at her house in Bloomington.
Aug 4 - San Francisco - sees GF #1 (WR) who she stated she had broke up w/him a couple of weeks ago. He wanted back together. Intoxication mentioned
Aug 5- Flew back to Elmhurst
Aug 6- ?? Watching his kids acc. to ex-gf (WR) source incident report
Aug 6- 12:00pm Co -worker (JT) spoke w/ him for work
Aug 6 - 2:30 pm - Last time GF#2 (DG) spoke w/ him via text. She sent more texts that day and 8-7 w/ no response.
Aug 6- 5:30 pm. Missed meeting with Realtor (MJ) ( home was under contract) (Thursday evening mtg) (incident report)
Aug 6 -6:30pm to 7:00pm Co-worker (JT) at Jake's house
Aug 6- ? to 8to8:30 pm His son had dinner with him at his home. Intoxicated
Aug 7- All Day (JT) Jake's co-worker said he was notified that Jake was not working Friday
Aug 7- 9:19am Video surveillance Shell @ 301 W. Butterfield rd.
Aug 7 - 9:23am Land Rover captured @ westbound Butterfield at Commonwealth
Aug 7- Missed corporate event
Aug 7- 12:00pm Neighbor (DJ) is 60-70% sure he saw the landrover leave just before 12:00pm
Aug 7- Gf # 2 (DG) can’t reach him
Aug 8 - 1:13am Registration run on vehicle by Dupage County Sheriff
Aug 8 - 4:07am Registration run on vehicle by Dupage County Sheriff
Aug 8- 11:30am Ex-wife (KC) went to his house after not being able to get in touch with him.
Aug 8 -12:50pm Ex-wife (KC) called police
Aug 8- Missed planned dinner with GF #2
Aug 8- 9:22 pm LE arrived on scene at Jake's home to check
Aug 8- 9:41pm LE -FP indicated they are w/ Jake's vehicle at Cass&Bluff
Aug 8- 9:43pm LE requested K9 grid search
Aug 8- 10:09 pm Jake's realtor (MJ) arrived on the scene at the request of LE to allow entry.
Aug 8 - 10:31 pm Praire Path checked also
Aug 8- 11:53 pm incident report states "Vehicle was NOT inspected"
Aug 9- 12:04 am incident report states "Vehicle was NOT inspected"
Aug 11- POA signed doc moving home to a trust. (source recorders office Dupage County)


conflicts--MJ realtor indicated Jake went to SF to break up w/ GF
question- I am not sure if there is another transaction at the second location gas station or if the transaction just had that address.

Bumping the timeline.

 

[Cubby]

What about the possibility Jake went into treatment without telling anyone? HIPAA would prevent anyone having that information. Inpatient treatment can be anywhere from 30 days to 9 months. It's possible he didn't want to share that and had an Uber or Lyft pick him up where he left his car.

 

[Arizonagrl]

Correct. In this case, someone did have POA, so I’m assuming that’s how they were able to determine his last activity

Great!! I’m glad we finally cleared that up!

 

[tandemcamel]

What about the possibility Jake went into treatment without telling anyone? HIPAA would prevent anyone having that information. Inpatient treatment can be anywhere from 30 days to 9 months. It's possible he didn't want to share that and had an Uber or Lyft pick him up where he left his car.

Interesting theory, though I’m curious what JC’s motivation here would be. Yes, there’s an unnecessarily large cultural stigma around alcoholism/mental illness, but would disappearing entirely without a trace to get treatment really help your corporate and family standing anyway? I could see someone disappearing for a day or two then announcing, “I’ve actually stepped away to get help” but going silent for weeks seems excessive. JMO. Has a long-missing person ever later said they were in treatment?

 

[Cubby]

Interesting theory, though I’m curious what JC’s motivation here would be. Yes, there’s an unnecessarily large cultural stigma around alcoholism/mental illness, but would disappearing entirely without a trace to get treatment really help your corporate and family standing anyway? I could see someone disappearing for a day or two then announcing, “I’ve actually stepped away to get help” but going silent for weeks seems excessive. JMO. Has a long-missing person ever later said they were in treatment?

I realize it's definitely a long shot. Two things caused me to consider the possibility. People make choices when they are drunk they wouldn't otherwise. I've heard inpatient treatment centers really discourage contact with family for a period of time.

I was fortunate to not need inpatient treatment so I can only comment on what I have heard. It's on the bottom of my list, but possible.

Anything is possible until Jake is located.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

In my opinion / assumption if he was in treatment LE would know by now.
(Editing to add: He's been missing for 5 weeks).


The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[GoBuckeyes]

Not sure if he was paying alimony or a lump sum to his ex when they got divorced, but he was most likely paying child support and he took a huge pay cut back in February. Combined with stress of laying off coworkers/ friends, and company bleeding financially...it’s the perfect storm IMO

Child support is frequently adjusted according to current earnings. I don't know about alimony. How many years were they married?

 

[GoBuckeyes]

Income and savings have absolutely nothing to do with each other.....

They have the potential to have a great deal to do with each other. Obviously, savings requires one to live within their means. Past that, the greater the income, the greater the potential there is to save. Further, many high-level execs' compensation packages have considerable stock options and bonuses built into their benefits package, offering greater opportunity to build wealth and savings, add to that the compensation for being on the board of other entities. Lastly, the greater the income, in general, the greater opportunities there are to network and leverage contacts, assets, etc.

 

[GoBuckeyes]

This article United Airlines Executive Still Missing, 20 Days Later | One Mile at a Time

says this: "however, he was seen on video getting gas at around 10AM, and was also seen on video entering Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve, wearing hiking boots and khakis (which isn’t typically what you’d wear if you’re going on a jog)"

BBM

That's where I got the info about him being seen entering the preserve and that he must have entered on foot because in a car, you would not see that he had on hiking boots.

I know national parks have entrance cams; I haven't personally witnessed any at a local preserve kind of area, but I guess it's possible they do. Otherwise, I'm not sure what video would pick him up entering unless it was a nearby traffic cam or business cam (if there are any even nearby).

Maybe he was captured on video driving into the entrance, parking, and exciting his car. In that way, the boots could be visualized??

 

[Arizonagrl]

They have the potential to have a great deal to do with each other. Obviously, savings requires one to live within their means. Past that, the greater the income, the greater the potential there is to save. Further, many high-level execs' compensation packages have considerable stock options and bonuses built into their benefits package, offering greater opportunity to build wealth and savings, add to that the compensation for being on the board of other entities. Lastly, the greater the income, in general, the greater opportunities there are to network and leverage contacts, assets, etc.

His twins are 15 or 16 years old. They divorced in 2015, she would have gotten half of everything...stocks, 401k, salary. Plus, his salary was reduced by 50% due to the pandemic. Yes he made a lot of money but there a lot of factors in this situation. It’s possible also that the criminal investigation had something to do with money. He could have been in way over his head so like I said, it doesn’t always correlate.

 

[cds0902]

What about the possibility Jake went into treatment without telling anyone? HIPAA would prevent anyone having that information. Inpatient treatment can be anywhere from 30 days to 9 months. It's possible he didn't want to share that and had an Uber or Lyft pick him up where he left his car.

Very good possibility!

 

[GoBuckeyes]

I’m curious about that too. Wondering if he commonly wore a hat? And was the one he had on known?

Or even after the gas station he could have met with foul play. Scenarios like- can you drop this off on your way...I’ll meet you here.

unless—- there is still more info we don’t know..which I presume there is.

He may have been planning to go golfing. The attire matches, except that boots. But they aren't sure if they were boots, due to poor quality video. Maybe someone followed him from the gas station ??

 

[GoBuckeyes]

In my opinion / assumption if he was in treatment LE would know by now.
(Editing to add: He's been missing for 5 weeks).

Without his consent, a treatment facility couldn't release that information. MOO

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[GoBuckeyes]

Anyone know whose possession the vehicle is now and if LE has processed it thoroughly? TIA

 

[GoBuckeyes]

Very good possibility!

That would be a great ending to the mystery, not only alive, but clean and sober.