Timeline
August 1st 2015
Jesse and I (Rachel Carroll) separated after a disagreement about money. Jesse started staying at his grandmothers, In a camper, in Lewis Town Valley. Jesse still was involved with his children daily. We also talked everyday, through text, phone calls, and still spent time together.
8/1/2015August 8th, 2015
Saturday August 8th was the last day I physically seen Jesse. In the days prior and especially on this day, I noticed Jesse wasn't himself. He seemed very exhausted and stressed. While we were driving to his grandmothers, I asked him again What was wrong. I told him that I would help him no matter what. I asked him to come back home. As he got out of the car, he said to me, "I have to do this on my own, but when its over I see us all being together again." This upset me more, because it confirmed to me that something was wrong but I still didn't know what.
8/8/2015August 10th 2015
Monday, the day before the disappearance... I talked to Jesse earlier in the day while I was at work. We planned to meet up at work to see each other before he started his shift. I waited awhile and he never showed up. When I called to see if he was still coming, he didn't answer. But immediately texted back, "Shhh, I'm hunting" with a kiss face emoji. After this, I tried calling and texting Jesse all day and the next day but he didn't respond at all.
8/10/2015August 10th 2015
Information I got after Jesse went missing: Jesse had planned going to work on Monday, but at the last minute he asked his grandfather to drive him into Tamaqua instead. Jesse got dropped off at Burger King. Where he was seen by Brittney Pester carrying a bookbag. This was roughly 3pm. After Jesse left there, he met up with a girl named Carina Leech. There was a sighting of Jesse sitting on the porch of a house on Bowe St. Supposedly, Carina stole money from Jesse. He then ran into Johnny Manness, and they both walked to the house of Dustin Oncay. They spent the night playing video games. Johnny left and Jesse spent the night.
8/10/2015August 11th 2015
Tuesday.. the day of the disappearance. In the afternoon, Dustin left around 11am. Jesse left Dustin's at about 1pm. Dustin's girlfriend mentioned that Jesse had been worried because he got in touch with Kyle Hoppes, Carina Leech's boyfriend. Jesse told him about Carina stealing his money and Kyle agreed to pay it back. Jesse mentioned feeling uneasy about it. From there, Kyle and Jesse set up a few different places to meet but Kyle never showed and Jesse was getting frustrated. The final spot they were supposed to meet was on Broad St, Tamaqua, near to where Kyle had been staying. But Kyle said this time Jesse never showed up. The police said they confirmed this through cameras. Nothing is known of Jesse's movements during the rest of the day until there was a sighting of him at about roughly 7:20pm by Alma Hartwell.
8/11/2015August 11th 2015
Alma said he seen Jesse walking on the S Turns (The road in between Lewis Town Valley and Tamaqua.) This was at about 7:20pm. He said Jesse was carrying a bookbag and walking toward Tamaqua. 8:43pm: Jesse called me for help. He said to bring guns, he was in a tree, 10-11 coyotes were after him and his phone was about to die. He said he was on the mountain behind the high school (Sharp Mountain) but then he changed it to the elementary school mountain and then back to the high school mountain. I asked him if he was sure and he said, "Yes, the high school mountain." I asked him where he was exactly and as he started to speak, the phone hung up. I called back immediately several times and it just went to voicemail. Within five minutes, I was on the mountain searching for Jesse. Just before midnight, the police were called and a missing persons report was filed.
8/11/2015Thursday, August 13th 2015
Thursday August 13th 2015 was the first day of the search. Search teams included members of the Tamaqua Fire Department, Tamaqua Police Department, Tamaqua Rescue Squad, Tamaqua Fire Police, Pennsylvania State Police, Schuylkill County Emergency Management Agency (SCEMA), Northeast Search and Rescue, Pocono Search and Rescue, Pa Wilderness Search and Rescue, and PA CSAR. The Tamaqua Salvation Army and The American Red Cross also provided help amongst many other volunteers and local restaurants and businesses who donated food and drinks to all who searched.
8/13/2015Friday, August 14th 2015
The second day of the Search: An Army National Guard helicopter from Indiantown Gap helped in search efforts. Pocono Search and Rescue and Northeast Search and Rescue said their dogs alerted at an air shaft. The military helicopter lowered a man and equipment down from above to check the air shaft with a camera. The camera ended up breaking on it's way down the air shaft.
8/14/2015Saturday, August 15th 2015
Saturday, August 15th 2015.... The search was called off.
8/15/2015Air Shaft Search on September 13th 2015
In the fall of 2015, search teams gathered for the last time to search an air shaft that was previously searched two other times without success. Canadian company Inuktun InCommand Robotics donated a special camera for this search for free. $1300 had to be raised to pay for shipping which included 1600 feet of cable, monitors, and the robot on a 600 pound pallet. Northeast Search and Rescue coordinated the search which took over 8 hours. The camera was lowered 400 feet when a ledge was hit. They were able to find wheels of the previous cameras that were lowered. At the end of the search, search crews announced that they found no evidence that Jesse had fallen into the air shaft. A Special Thank you to all search groups, volunteers, Inuktun InCommand Robotics, and all who helped raise the money for this search to take place!
9/13/2015The First Bag that was found
In the fall of 2015, two people who were walking in the woods along the Elementary School Mountain, came across a bookbag. The bag was found in the lower parts of the mountain. The two people who found the bag said they checked inside the bag where they found an ID card belonging to Jesse Farber. The people reached out to family about their findings. In the meantime, the bag was released to Jesse's mother who still has possession of this bag. She has said that this bag belonged to her youngest son, but then had said this incident never occurred and the bag didn't exist. But then again she claimed the bag did exist and belonged to her youngest son. The police were called in hopes that the bag can be retrieved for evidence. The police did not get the bag and it remains with Jesse's mother.
10/1/2015
The Second Bag was found
In December of 2016, a hunter tracking a deer supposedly found a pair of sweat pants laying at the bottom of a tree. He then discovered a bag hanging further up the tree. He called Jesse's grandparents who came out to the site to see the bag and contents. The pants, a pair of boots, and a phone charger were found also. Search teams and cadaver dogs were later brought in to search the area. Nothing else was found and there were no other signs of Jesse. Jesse's grandmother did later find a credit card belonging to Jesse amongst the dirt near the site. The police did not keep the bag for evidence and the bag is in the possession of Jesse's mother.
12/1/2016