Found Deceased NJ - Patricia Viola, 42, Bogota, 13 Feb 2001

For Patricia, Jim, Christine and Michael.

Prayers and hugs, Lanie
 
This story is really confusing... no ID, no credit cards, little money, then just walked out of her life. It certainly seems that this was an abduction. A 45 year old mother just wouldn't have run away and never contacted her children again.

It seems that one clue is the door alarm. I've always wondered if someone was in the house when she came home. Her mother stated that she asked if she was feeling well. Maybe someone else was in the room with her?
 
For Patricia, Jim, Christine and Michael.

With love and hope, Lanie
 
Prayers for Pat and all who miss and love her.

With HOPE, Lanie
 
I used to see Pats husband on CTV's msg. boards. I wonder if anyone has heard from him lately. Anyway, I wanted to say that I look in on Ms. Viola from time to time to see updates on her case. We keep her linked on Carrie's site. My thoughts and prayers are with Pat's family just as all those people who are missing.
 
Jim has been busy with some new projects as well as tending to his personal life, raising their two children and offering whatever he can in support of Pat's best friend who is now very sick. Of course, he continually is searching for Pat in every way he can think of.

Please whisper a prayer for her, her name is Toinette.
Her note for Patricia can be seen here
http://patriciaviolamissing.homestead.com/Note_from_Toinette.htm

Thanks for asking.
With HOPE, Lanie
 
I don't understand, but all of Jim's posts are gone for his wife. His nick is missingmywifepat Can someone please check and find out why certain posts are disappearing? Thanks, ahead of time.

News article on the search for Patricia

http://northjersey.com/print.php?qstr=ZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY0ODYzMjEmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXky

Husband of missing Bogota woman asks for help
Tuesday, February 10, 2004

By KAREN MAHABIR
STAFF WRITER

In the nearly three years since Jim Viola's wife vanished, the Bogota father of two has created a Web site dedicated to finding her, canvassed New Jersey with fliers and video CDs, and pleaded for help on radio and television programs.

Not finding a single clue, he has now turned to a psychic.

Which raises a question: Can a stranger he spoke with for less than an hour solve Pat Viola's disappearance?

"I think it's possible," Jim Viola said. "We have to follow up on everything."

Dead ends will sometimes lead family and friends to psychics for help in locating a missing loved one. Those who claim the ability to see what others can't have become a staple of television talk shows - and a source of hope for those desperate for answers.

Yet people seeking closure need to be careful, say those with experience.

Cindy Brown of Browns Mills consulted a psychic after her 29-year-old son disappeared in March 2003. He was with an older woman in California or Florida, she said she was told.

Shortly after Christmas, the psychic told Brown that she soon would receive news about him.

On Jan. 9, a hunter in the woods found the badly decomposed corpse of Jimmy Lee Brown. He had hung himself with a shoelace about 48 feet up in a tree - five miles or so from home.

"A lot of things she said were wrong," Brown said.

After 12-year-old Polly Klaas was abducted in California, psychics flocked to the family, offering all kinds of information.

"They were all off the mark, every last one of them," said her father, Marc Klaas.

Two months after the abduction, a parolee with a long criminal history confessed to killing Polly. He led police to her body.

"I look at these people as a second wave of predators," Klaas said of psychics.
 
I don't get it either. Where is his posts? how strange. When someone is "banned" or removed from the site, their posts are still generally here.

What happened?
 
As far as I know, we never delete all posts by an individual.
 
Patricia has been added to Project Jason's Adopt a Missing Person program. Please consider helping reunite Patricia with her family by wearing her photo button and sharing her story with others. For more details on how you can make a difference, please see:

http://www.projectjason.org/adopt.html

If you chose to adopt Patricia, we'll send you a personal bio so you can share her with the world as a person, rather than a case or a statistic. Here is an excerpt from her bio:

"Pat is an extremely dedicated mom as evidenced by her spending 9 days at her son, Michael’s bedside when he needed open heart surgery. This loving support helped Michael’s full recovery. Pat is a devoted and loving wife who always went out of her way to investigate what her husband, Jim, was looking into so she can get him the perfect gift on those special occasions. Pat was always there for her husband, Jim, especially when his dad, grandparents and young cousin passed away. Pat is also a dedicated friend and always has time to lend an ear to listen and support her many friends."


Thank you!

Kelly Jolkowski, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
www.projectjason.org
 
(A Project Jason Press Release)

Bogota, NJ -- Christmas for Jim Viola, and his two children, Christine and Michael, is just not the same without wife and mother, Patricia Viola, missing from Bogota, NJ, since February 13th, 2001. The empty chair at the dinner table, and Patricia's favorite Christmas decorations, serve as constant reminders that she is not home, and another
year has come and nearly gone.

"Like many typical families, Christmas shifts into high gear right after Thanksgiving, not this year though. The beautiful artificial Christmas tree that we picked out as a family a few weeks before we celebrated our last Christmas together in 2000, will go up, eventually, mainly to keep some sense of normalcy and spirit for our two children, Christine and Michael, " Jim Viola, Patricia's husband, explains with a weariness expected of a man who has been devastated by this loss.

It is difficult for the family to get into the Christmas Spirit, especially when facing four years without knowing the answers in regards to Patricia's disappearance. The family does still have hope, and part of that comes from the efforts of strangers to help find Patricia.

Some of the country's best natural networkers, truck drivers, are going to help the Viola family to keep that hope by their participation in the 18 Wheel Angels program.

18 Wheel Angels is a national missing person's locator program spearheaded by nonprofit organization Project Jason. The program enlists the aid of truck drivers, and business travelers to place posters of missing persons along their routes as they travel across the country. A different missing person is featured every 2 weeks. Participants are asked to go to the 18 Wheel Angels link on the Project Jason Website at www.projectjason.org, and to then download and print as many posters as they can place. Anyone can participate.

Patricia Viola's campaign begins on December 16th and will run through December.

In addition to the 18 Wheel Angels campaign, Project Jason had added Patricia to their Adopt a Missing Person program. Patricia's family sent buttons to the organization to have available for people across the country to mail in and request. The compassionate person who adopts Patricia will also be mailed an info card, which contains a bio and personal information about her. Whoever adopts Patricia will wear her button and share her story with others. As awareness is key in missing person's cases, it is important for Patricia's face to be seen so that she can be found and reunited with her family.

Project Jason was founded by Kelly Jolkowski, mother of missing Omaha, NE youth Jason Jolkowski. The all volunteer group's mission is to create and increase public awareness of missing people through a variety of outreach and educational activities. Project Jason seeks to bring hope and assistance to families of the missing by providing resources and support.

For additional information about the 18 Wheel Angels or the Adopt a Missing Person program, and Project Jason, please see the website at www.projectjason.org, or contact President and Founder, Kelly Jolkowski, at 402-932-0095. You may also email kelly.jolkowski@projectjason.org.

For more information, please see Patricia's web site, http://patriciaviolamissing.homestead.com
 
http://northjersey.com/print.php?qstr=ZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY2Mjk0MDQmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkz


Family still clings to hope for missing mom's return
Wednesday, December 22, 2004


BOGOTA - He still talks about her in the present tense, as if his wife of 18 years took a quick walk and would return at any moment.

The reality is that Patricia Viola stepped out nearly four years ago and has not been seen since that February afternoon. Then 42, the mother of two left behind a puzzling mystery that has stumped her family and investigators.

Still, Viola's husband and two children cling to the hope that she eventually will be found alive and safe.

Continuing his efforts to spread the message - and, he hopes, find more concrete clues - Jim Viola said the family is kicking off two nationwide campaigns this month to raise awareness about the baffling disappearance.

Under a project called "18-Wheel Angels," truck drivers and business travelers throughout the country will be hanging fliers and posters of Patricia Viola on routes they travel. The locator program is assembled by a non-profit group called Project Jason.

Project Jason also has added Viola to its adopt-a-missing-person program. Under the project, someone can ask for information on Viola, or other missing persons, and will wear her photo button and share her story with others.

Project Jason is a non-profit organization designed to raise awareness about missing people. It is named after Jason Jolkowski, who was 19 when he disappeared from in front of his Omaha home on June 13, 2001.

Viola vanished Feb. 13, 2001, leaving behind her belongings, including her epilepsy medication. Earlier, she had gone to volunteer at a nearby library and called her mother.

"It's basically my opinion that we need the right person to see Pat's face," said Jim Viola. "It could be that she is in a hospital somewhere, maybe someone is taking care of her. But you don't know who will be that person who will help you."

"If we don't keep Pat's face out there, the story is just going to fade away," Viola said.

For more information on Project Jason, call founder Kelly Jolkowski at (402) 932-0095, or visit the Web site at projectjason.org.
 
Please remember the Viola family in your thoughts and prayers as tomorrow, February 13th, marks four long years since they have seen Patricia.

Thank you.

Kelly
 
For Patricia, and all who love and miss her.

With prayers of HOPE, Lanie
 

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