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20 years next year since Jason vanished without a trace yet not a single shred of clues or even leads to what became of him have surfaced and i have been following the case for several years truly bizarre.
Yes, found by me lol. Sorry if the post was unclear. He is alive and lives in Iowa. I found his Facebook profile and contacted him through there. He basically told me that the police had already supposedly cleared him back in 2001, but that they didn't update it. He did not know he was even listed as missing- which is what quite a few of us on here already suspected all along.Just heard that Samuel Sherman has been found. Don't know any details, not even, if he was found alive.
oh yes i have heard he is alive and well and was suprised his name is on namUs even though his parents repoted him missing back in 2001 and was found days later and the police knew about it yet failed to update their files truly unprofessional smhJust heard that Samuel Sherman has been found. Don't know any details, not even, if he was found alive.
Yes, found by me lol. Sorry if the post was unclear. He is alive and lives in Iowa. I found his Facebook profile and contacted him through there. He basically told me that the police had already supposedly cleared him back in 2001, but that they didn't update it. He did not know he was even listed as missing- which is what quite a few of us on here already suspected all along.
Yes, found by me lol. Sorry if the post was unclear. He is alive and lives in Iowa. I found his Facebook profile and contacted him through there. He basically told me that the police had already supposedly cleared him back in 2001, but that they didn't update it. He did not know he was even listed as missing- which is what quite a few of us on here already suspected all along.
Yup, Sgt Brett Schrage. I requested the Sherman files back in January and Schrage wrote me back saying that it's an open case so they can't release the files. He also said some of the information they had on him was incorrect. I emailed him a few days ago and haven't heard back. Maybe they'd only want Samuel to reach out and confirm himself. Sure he won't be doing that.It's strange because didn't you speak to a member of LE about Samuel Sherman prior to this, and he didn't have a clue?
Wow! Thank you!Hey Guys, BIG UPDATE: Not about Jason unfortunately, but I can now tell y'all that Samuel Sherman has been located. I found someone on a database that had info similar to his, and I reached out to him on Facebook. He isn't much of a talker, and I did not bother to push him about anything. I mentioned JJ in passing but I doubt he knows anything or was in the area long. According to him, the police caught up to him days after being reported missing. Guess they never updated their files. Now we can officially rule out a connection between Jason and Sam.
Oh, and by the way , Sherman is only his middle name. This likely explains why he or anyone else never knew that he was still labeled missing.
I don't think Kelly would let that happen. She seems like a strong personality type that would be on them constantly for updates and to investigate certain avenues. It must be hard for them in a case where there are no clues or suspects. But the initial 10 days of waiting is where they certainly dropped the ball.Glad to hear that Samuel Sherman's status has been cleared up. Nice work, MatthewTyler! Maybe I'm jumping to conclusions here, but the fact that his file was never updated doesn't exactly make me confident in the Omaha P.D.'s handling of missing persons cases from that time. (MT, if I'm misunderstanding what happened, please correct me). I sincerely hope that there isn't similar paperwork/investigative confusion hindering Jason's case.
Nope Sam and Jason have absolutley no connection whatsoever Sam isnt even from Omaha he was most likely on holiday there. Now Jason case is back to square one with not even a lead unlike when we all thought Samuel Sherman dissaperence was linkedThat is AMAZING!
Well done MT. Absolutely amazing.
That also changes some of the possibilities I had for JJ. Unless there is any chance at all JJ is with Samuel?
Phenomenal job Captain Tyler.
Nothing quite like this case is there?
So. I mean, if someone did murder him and want to bury him out in a place away from the city, how long of a drive might that be? Would someone risk carrying a body in their vehicle for an hour? Two?
Maybe for a guaranteed safe burial place?
From Omaha, you can be out in rural farmland within 30 minutes in any direction. However, a lot of that land is probably used by farmers for growing food, so there would be a decent chance that he would have been found by now if it was a simple dump job or shallow grave (but you never know). I still wouldn't be shocked if he's buried on private property, either a homestead or somewhere in the neighborhood. Could be as simple as someone putting in a new patio and throwing him under the concrete.The fact that nothing of his has ever surfaced either (hat, Work shirt, phone , wallet, etc) leads me to think it all got buried with him
Glad to hear that Samuel Sherman's status has been cleared up. Nice work, MatthewTyler! Maybe I'm jumping to conclusions here, but the fact that his file was never updated doesn't exactly make me confident in the Omaha P.D.'s handling of missing persons cases from that time. (MT, if I'm misunderstanding what happened, please correct me). I sincerely hope that there isn't similar paperwork/investigative confusion hindering Jason's case.
If it was someone that Jason got to know at least somewhat well, then the potential angles to look at are the places he spent the most time outside his home: work and church. He spent at least 2 hours a week at church, sometimes even taking "extra" hours. I wonder if there was someone there who he got to know. His parents would never dare accuse anyone at the church, probably never even crossed their minds at all. Of course that murks up when you factor in the limited time he had for something to happen on his way to the school. Someone from the church would had to have had some communication with him that morning to know where he'd be. The search on his computer presumably didn't show any of that, and I'm assuming his phone records didn't either. An immediate neighbor would be tough to form a tryst with, as that is very close range and other neighbors could potentially have seen it. My guess is that if this was a grooming situation, it was likely one-sided. Jason might have thought he was making a confidant or "father figure", but got more than he bargained for. And maybe given Jason's age, it's possible that the perp wasn't seeing it as a grooming. Maybe they thought that Jason could have actually been interested (as opposed to a child who a predator knows they are simply manipulating) but then lashed out when it turns out Jason wasn't.