NE NE - Jason Jolkowski -19 - Omaha - 13 Jun 2001 - #4

[ekardh]

Since this thread has gotten renewed interest, I've been thinking about this case (again). As has been discussed in previous threads - JJ was definitely not someone you would think could vanish like this:

1) He was an adult male.
2) He was not at risk - i.e., he wasn't homeless; wasn't a drifter without a fixed address; he didn't appear to have substance abuse issues, etc.
3) He wasn't someone who would typically just "run away" due to having goals and a structured life (work, school).
4) By all accounts, he had a good family/home life, etc.
5) By all accounts, he did not appear to be depressed/despondent, etc.
6) He vanished during the day in a suburban neighborhood.

I thread #3, I agreed that the idea of JJ having been hit by a car (accidentally or on purpose) and then the body being disposed of later was an unlikely possibility - at best. But, in thinking about this more - is this possibility that unlikely?!

Based on the distance that JJ had to walk in order to get to the high school & the video (also in thread #3) recreating the possible path(s) JJ had to walk down - I now think this possibility is plausible. I.e., JJ could have been walking to meet his co-worker at the H.S. & then a car could have hit him & knocked him out (or possibly worse) - without necessarily causing much damage to the car and also not necessarily causing a lot of blood loss to JJ. If there were no neighbors around to have seen this happen, then I can see the person/persons in the car - in a panic - quickly bringing JJ into the car & then taking him to parts unknown - without being seen. If this is what happened, the whole incident could have occurred in under 5 minutes.

Going along with the above, in thread #3 there was also mention of a possible sweet sweeper that went through the neighborhood(s) where JJ would have walked - possibly after he went missing. So, even if there was blood/other evidence that remained in the street - that could have been cleaned/swept up before anyone noticed this.

Without any other leads to go on, I do find this plausible.

But it's called a Hit and RUN for a reason. In the vast majority of cases the driver panics and flees, they don't remain at the scene of the accident, bundle the body into the vehicle and escalate it into a whole other crime.

I've only known of one case where this happened, and the victim was a small girl. Jason was a grown man and would've weighed around 200lbs. It would not have been easy to lug his body into the car, not to mention this would've increased the odds of them being seen, when they could've driven away and no one would be any wiser. Also, there wasn't a single witness who saw or heard anything of this nature.

I have and always will find this scenario extremely unlikely.

 

[Deleted member 287549]

But it's called a Hit and RUN for a reason. In the vast majority of cases the driver panics and flees, they don't remain at the scene of the accident, bundle the body into the vehicle and escalate it into a whole other crime.

I've only known of one case where this happened, and the victim was a small girl. Jason was a grown man and would've weighed around 200lbs. It would not have been easy to lug his body into the car, not to mention this would've increased the odds of them being seen, when they could've driven away and no one would be any wiser. Also, there wasn't a single witness who saw or heard anything of this nature.

I have and always will find this scenario extremely unlikely.

I completely see your point(s). But, in the absence of any leads whatsoever & nothing to go on - I do find this scenario a possible explanation to what happened here.

 

[Deleted member 287549]

The reason given (from Jason's mother? brother?) is that Jason wasn't good at directions, so rather than navigate the driver to his house he picked a convenient meeting spot.

Agree with this explanation. I don't put any credence in there being an ulterior motive for JJ meeting the female co-worker at the H.S. instead of having her drive to his house. Before the days of GPS, I remember giving what I thought were very simple directions to my place. And, on numerous occasions many people were still always screwing up the directions and getting lost. And, I am good at giving directions.

In JJ's case, I strongly suspect that he felt it was easier for the co-worker if he met her in a location that was familiar to them both. IIRC, both of them had graduated from that local H.S. Conversely, she didn't know where he lived & I can easily see her getting lost down one of the numerous side-streets around his neighborhood. Again, 2001 was before the days where everyone had GPS in their cars, etc.

 

[MatthewTyler]

Agree with this explanation. I don't put any credence in there being an ulterior motive for JJ meeting the female co-worker at the H.S. instead of having her drive to his house. Before the days of GPS, I remember giving what I thought were very simple directions to my place. And, on numerous occasions many people were still always screwing up the directions and getting lost. And, I am good at giving directions.

In JJ's case, I strongly suspect that he felt it was easier for the co-worker if he met her in a location that was familiar to them both. IIRC, both of them had graduated from that local H.S. Conversely, she didn't know where he lived & I can easily see her getting lost down one of the numerous side-streets around his neighborhood. Again, 2001 was before the days where everyone had GPS in their cars, etc.

Definitely makes sense, but when it comes to these unsolved mysteries, not many people (including myself) believe in coincidences. Is it a coincidence that Jason's decision to meet at the school sealed his fate for something horrible to happen to him? Possibly. Is it a coincidence that he disappeared at a time when he had no car, a schedule change, AND a designated meeting spot that wasn't his home? Less likely, but there's always a chance I guess.

 

[BethAnn777]

Definitely makes sense, but when it comes to these unsolved mysteries, not many people (including myself) believe in coincidences. Is it a coincidence that Jason's decision to meet at the school sealed his fate for something horrible to happen to him? Possibly. Is it a coincidence that he disappeared at a time when he had no car, a schedule change, AND a designated meeting spot that wasn't his home? Less likely, but there's always a chance I guess.

I hear ya and my first thought was to agree. Then I thought about all the cases that were unsolved and then eventually solved. One that comes to mind is Jacob Wetterling. It was a one off that he was out at night, parents out of town, grabbed by a total stranger, in front of a teacher’s house who happened to be home alone because his parents were out of the country. Seems like so many crazy coincidences to all take place at one time.
I personally don’t have a theory about what happened to Jason. For the record, for every case on which I had a strong opinion about what happened and the case was later solved, I was wrong every time. Speaking of Jacob W. again, I for sure thought the teacher was the guilty party.

 

[Deleted member 287549]

Definitely makes sense, but when it comes to these unsolved mysteries, not many people (including myself) believe in coincidences. Is it a coincidence that Jason's decision to meet at the school sealed his fate for something horrible to happen to him? Possibly. Is it a coincidence that he disappeared at a time when he had no car, a schedule change, AND a designated meeting spot that wasn't his home? Less likely, but there's always a chance I guess.

I see what you're saying, but I do believe in coincidences. I have had unexpected things happen in life that were the result of coincidences, and I'm sure others have as well.

I for one don't feel that JJ had plans to make a "stop" on his way to the H.S. to meet his co-worker. By all accounts:

1) He was responsible & conscientious.
2) She was doing him a favor by picking him up, something she didn't have to do.
3) Any kind of delay on his way to the H.S. would have resulted in her having to wait longer for him, which I don't think he would have wanted - especially given that she was doing him a favor (see #2 above).
4) The whole situation with his car being in the shop was obviously unplanned.

 

[Deleted member 287549]

Double-post. Please delete.

 

[studebkr]

Wow. I don't check in for a couple weeks, and you guys get busy. I'm still not getting email notifications. I will have to check my preferences.

The Tic Tok witness is interesting, but I find it hard to believe that she was ignored. The police bungled the first ten days, but then the case became pretty high profile. There were many false sightings of JJ after that. Some were his cousin of the same age that had moved to Lincoln to go to the University there.

Since we have all talked last, I have had a chance to watch Dahmer on Netflix, and accept how easy it is to cover things up.

 

[Vital Forces]

This case appears on another thread about missing people whose vehicle is also missing. It looks like he went missing about a 10 minute drive away from Benson High School. It is a long shot but it could be something.

 

[hannah246]

This case appears on another thread about missing people whose vehicle is also missing. It looks like he went missing about a 10 minute drive away from Benson High School. It is a long shot but it could be something.

link us this thread you found

 

[Vital Forces]

link us this thread you found

It looks like there are actually two threads and two maps.

Thread 1
Google Maps

Thread 2
Proxi Map

 

[ekardh]

Agree with this explanation. I don't put any credence in there being an ulterior motive for JJ meeting the female co-worker at the H.S. instead of having her drive to his house. Before the days of GPS, I remember giving what I thought were very simple directions to my place. And, on numerous occasions many people were still always screwing up the directions and getting lost. And, I am good at giving directions.

It may have been true that Jason sucked at directions regardless of whether he used it as an ulterior motive. If we accept everything at face value, we're back to a completely random disappearance and an investigative dead-end.

It was mid-morning in a quiet, residential neighbourhood. We're looking at a crime of opportunity, or Jason stepping into a wormhole. A voluntary disappearance is a complete non-starter imo.

 

[ekardh]

This case appears on another thread about missing people whose vehicle is also missing. It looks like he went missing about a 10 minute drive away from Benson High School. It is a long shot but it could be something.

Thank you for sharing this. Apart from the location, I'm not seeing a possible connection to Jason's disappearance. A shame there's no more information about this guy's circumstances.

 

[Alleykins]

It may have been true that Jason sucked at directions regardless of whether he used it as an ulterior motive. If we accept everything at face value, we're back to a completely random disappearance and an investigative dead-end.

It was mid-morning in a quiet, residential neighbourhood. We're looking at a crime of opportunity, or Jason stepping into a wormhole. A voluntary disappearance is a complete non-starter imo.

I agree 100% this wasn't a voluntary disappearance.

 

[MatthewTyler]

This case appears on another thread about missing people whose vehicle is also missing. It looks like he went missing about a 10 minute drive away from Benson High School. It is a long shot but it could be something.

IMO, "missing with vehicle" = 75% chance they drove into a body of water, 25% chance they packed up their stuff into the car and drove away and cut off ties with the family.

 

[dotr]

link us this thread you found

Could not find a thread so started this one..

NE - NE- Sharif J.( Shavkatovi ) Bozorov, 25, may be driving a 2001 Toyota coupe, Omaha, 18 November 2008

https://charleyproject.org/case/sharif-j-bozorov ''Missing Since11/18/2008 Missing FromOmaha, Nebraska ClassificationMissing SexMale RaceWhite Age25 years old Height and Weight5'7, 140 pounds Associated Vehicle(s)2001 Toyota coupe Distinguishing CharacteristicsCaucasian male. Black hair, brown...

www.websleuths.com

 

[Vital Forces]

IMO, "missing with vehicle" = 75% chance they drove into a body of water, 25% chance they packed up their stuff into the car and drove away and cut off ties with the family.

I agree. Maybe there should be a Webslueths scuba diving club searching lakes and rivers.

 

[ekardh]

For anyone (like me) who thinks this was premeditated, do you have any theories why the perpetrator had to make Jason disappear that day?

Let's say Jason had been secretly meeting someone, platonically or otherwise, I'm struggling to understand why that morning.

Even if this person was upset or angry that Jason had stood them up, that's still some overreaction.

 

[hannah246]

For anyone (like me) who thinks this was premeditated, do you have any theories why the perpetrator had to make Jason disappear that day?

Let's say Jason had been secretly meeting someone, platonically or otherwise, I'm struggling to understand why that morning.

Even if this person was upset or angry that Jason had stood them up, that's still some overreaction.

His personal life was a complete mystery so is difficult to even try to come up with even a tiny answer as to why the perpetrator made him dissappear that day. However if I had to give an answer it could be rejection if Jason was secretly in a relationship or a rejection due to not joining a secret club or going away out of town.

 

[Valiant]

My thoughts:
Cell phones were still not common, so the worker coming for him might have trouble finding the house and then a place to call if lost. This makes the school a good pickup location.

It’s possible Jason stopped somewhere early to say he couldn’t come by for a visit later. The timing of that stop could be what forced an action, not the cancellation.