jake cefolia

A high-powered Chicago airline executive is acting strangely in the days before his Range Rover is found abandoned near the trails where he trained for marathons. Did he run toward a new life or away from trouble in his old one? Follow the twists and turns in the strange case of Jake Cefolia.

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With the leaf foliage now gone, suburban Chicago forest preserve officers returned last week to the Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve in Lemont where the Range Rover of missing United Airlines executive Jake Cefolia was first discovered on Aug. 8.

With the leaf foliage now gone, suburban Chicago forest preserve officers returned last week to the Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve in Lemont where the Range Rover of missing United Airlines executive Jake Cefolia was first discovered on Aug. 8.   This time, a smaller team of officers searched deep into the woods, off the trails, looking for any signs of…

Jake Cefolia seemed to have it all. At age 49, the telegenic United Airlines executive was the senior vice president of worldwide sales and a father of two who lived in Chicago’s western suburbs. Then came a call into DuPage County’s 911 center: “Something is absolutely not right.”