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

[Andreee]

Do you think the cash he had on him at the time could've been used to make a purchase of some kind on his way to the school?

I really don't think so, as it was a residential area, and if it was a big item, he would have to carry it in his coworker's car and store it at the restaurant till he finished work. There is a gas station near the school though, but I don't think he would've needed to buy something there before meeting the coworker. But it is possible!

 

[MatthewTyler]

Another house on Jason's block has just sold recently. I won't give the exact one, but very close to his. The house has been owned by the same family since 2001. Whenever a house in the area sells there's always a small window of hope that something can be uncovered during possible renovations

 

[Gordon_]

Another house on Jason's block has just sold recently. I won't give the exact one, but very close to his. The house has been owned by the same family since 2001. Whenever a house in the area sells there's always a small window of hope that something can be uncovered during possible renovations

Makes me wonder if there has been similar cases like this where eventually some new owners found something. I am sure there must have been.

 

[MissMisty]

I was the Jolkowski’s neighbor and there was definitely gang activity in the area at that time and even more so today.

I’m not going to rule that out completely, but it is unlikely.

Most gang crime in North Omaha is black on black in the form of a drive by. They are messy and not clean hits at all. The only whites I know of that have been effected were in drug deals gone bad and there was still no effort to hide evidence.

Anything is possible. I’ve wondered myself, but it just doesn’t seem like it happened that way. Though nobody has a theory any better.

There was private and “crime stoppers” reward money (maybe still) for information leading to finding Jason. Those rewards often work if there was a witness willing to “break the code”.

I don’t think it was ruled out so much as they didn’t have anything to lead them down that road.

Thank you for your input.

Jason's case is one of my top 5 that I want to see solved based on him seemingly being a nice, sweet kid from a nice family and there being no clues or evidence. Talk about seemingly vanishing into thin air. My thought has always been that he was the victim of robbery, abducted and killed with his body being dumped somewhere. I don't buy that he "ran off to start a new life" or had some kind of secret life no one knew about and is living somewhere else with no word from him for 24 years. Possible? I guess but, I don't buy it.

I have always been intrigued by the theory that he was somehow lured into a neighbor's house...asking for help real quick, to see something or possibly he was being groomed by someone. For this theory to be true he was either killed and what...buried in the backyard maybe? If he was lured into someone's house, is it possible that he is still alive having been held captive for 24 years? Sure, it's possible. I mean, the police would need to have probable cause to search someone's house, right? If they didn't have probable cause he could still be captive? Didn't someone move out of the neighborhood hastily shortly after his disappearance?

I am haunted by SO many cases and this is absolutely one of them.

 

[Andreee]

Thank you for your input.

Jason's case is one of my top 5 that I want to see solved based on him seemingly being a nice, sweet kid from a nice family and there being no clues or evidence. Talk about seemingly vanishing into thin air. My thought has always been that he was the victim of robbery, abducted and killed with his body being dumped somewhere. I don't buy that he "ran off to start a new life" or had some kind of secret life no one knew about and is living somewhere else with no word from him for 24 years. Possible? I guess but, I don't buy it.

I have always been intrigued by the theory that he was somehow lured into a neighbor's house...asking for help real quick, to see something or possibly he was being groomed by someone. For this theory to be true he was either killed and what...buried in the backyard maybe? If he was lured into someone's house, is it possible that he is still alive having been held captive for 24 years? Sure, it's possible. I mean, the police would need to have probable cause to search someone's house, right? If they didn't have probable cause he could still be captive? Didn't someone move out of the neighborhood hastily shortly after his disappearance?

I am haunted by SO many cases and this is absolutely one of them.

Hi, and yes I too believe JJ was a victim of foul play, which seems to be the general consensus everywhere I read about him. Yes, someone moved out of the neighbourhood soon after JJ's disappearance, but I seem to recall it had nothing to do with JJ's disappearance. Our resident 'expert' Matthew on this case will no doubt know the details of that Anyone who sells and moves out of their home in JJ's area is brought to our attention here by Matthew and in fact just recently he made note of that. I think the main hope is that JJ will eventually be found locally by a new homeowner doing renovations, etc. or by a hunter outside of Omaha and area. We continue to hope.