Remains Of Missing United Airlines Executive Found

Glad there's some closure now.

Thanks for the conclusion of a very strange & sad story. I find it interesting that the news media here in Chicago barely covered this story. Especially given the fact United based here.

May he rest in peace and his family and friends find closure to this very sad incident.

I don't know why you keep writing about this.

What does this have to do with anything.

@JohnT this is an airline blog and a major airline executive was just found dead...not sure which part of that is irrelevant

so you should be the one to decide what does or doesn't get posted in someone else's blog?

It’s related to the travel industry, so it’s at the very least a human interest story within the industry and totally appropriate to mention, news-wise. But in additional to that, I’d like to know what the fallout of his disappearance was on his department or the airline, although I suspect it managed fine and COVID probably became front and center anyhow. Also, were the criminal charges related in any way to his job, and if so, how does that affect the airlines?

It is widely reported the guy was hanging from the tree by a belt and no foul play is suspected. Out of respect for his family and friends hopefully this will be the last article you write about this person's death. There is no real mystery here about what happened. Let these people grieve in peace moving forward. They have suffered enough.

been front page since discovery

Sorry to hear for his family and friends - held out some hope he had started over in private somewhere else and his family was aware.

Still puzzled the family wasn't more publicly vocal about finding him when he was missing.

Yet you read it and comment on it.

If you don’t like the stories/articles posted, maybe don’t visit the site. There are articles on the internet about knitting. I dont read them because I don’t knit. But I don’t go around complaining about it. Just move along.

Apparently enough to make you click on it.

Wait what closure?
We still don't know what the investigation is about.

After he disappeared for a month we all know he had a new life (metaphorically or literally).
Same goes when someone took out the Laundry.

The dirty gossip is what closure is. How did OJ do it, where is DB Cooper, who killed Tupac, etc.

Why don't we keep DB Cooper on front page everyday until we find out who he is.

No closure for the public.

thanks for closing the loop on this...so sad in so many ways

Thank you for the update. I’ve often wondered what happened to him in the end.

May he rest in peace. Thank you for updating us. What I found odd is how the police search dogs didn't trace his scent during the searches.

Well out of respect Ben did not include those details and wrote a very respectful article.

But i guess some people just want to wake up everyday and complain about something not sure why you can be mad about this or even pretend to be outraged by it. It was a simple update to a story this blog has been covering.

Thanks for posting this update!

There are serious and interesting unanswered questions that have not been adequately vetted. Cefolia was known to be under criminal investigation by the local police. It didn't seem to be United Airlines related, so there's that. And the family's silence, and disinterest in looking for him in this park when several searches were organized also seemed quite odd.

I for one believe that additional follow-up IS required. Was United Airlines financially impacted? If there was a criminal investigation, I'm sure the victim or victims will want some closure as well. This is hardly a straight-up suicide.

Since this happened over a year ago, I managed to stop by this park when I was in the Chicago area. I completely understand how the body could have been missed. It is extremely dense, original growth woods and is maintained in the "natural" state as a security buffer to the Argonne National Laboratory, just adjacent. If it *WAS* a suicide and he was found in the manner described, I can easily understand how he could have been missed in this area.

May he Rest In Peace. Really sad for his family. He was a good guy , don't know what criminal investigation there was but he was also stressed on laying off many of his colleagues following the airline downturn due to covid-19

I live 5 minutes from Watefall Glen And have biked and hiked through several times. This place is flooded with people on a daily basis, and during the pandemic you could not find a parking spot. It is fishy that he was just found now near his car.

Thank you for writing the sensitive and respectful update for many of us who knew Jake.