Jason Anthony Jolkowski - Missing Since June 2001

Field	Details
Name	Jason Anthony Jolkowski (Nickname: J.J.)
Date of Last Contact	June 13th, 2001 (Wednesday)
Missing From	Omaha, Nebraska, Douglas County (Pinkney and N. 48th Street) Was walking a short walk from his home to his former high school, Benson High School.
Age at Disappearance	19 Years
Current Age	44 Years
Birthdate Range	June 24th, 1981
Biological Sex	Male
Race / Ethnicity	White / Caucasian
Height	6'1" (73 inches)
Weight	165 lbs
BMI	21.8 (Lean, average build, suggesting a tall, slender frame)
Hair Color	Brown
Eye Color	Brown
Clothing and Accessories	Blue "Cubs" cap, white "Chicago Cubs" or "Sammy Sosa" T-shirt, black dress pants, black dress shoes, carrying a red work T-shirt with "Fazolli's" on it
Circumstances	Jason was last seen leaving his home in Omaha, Nebraska, to walk to Benson High School to meet a coworker for a ride to work. He never arrived at the school and has not been heard from since.
NamUs Case Number	MP73
NamUs Case Created	December 12th, 2008 (Friday)

Body Mass Index (BMI) Insight: Jason’s BMI of 21.8, calculated from his height (6'1") and weight (165 lbs), places him in the healthy weight range. This suggests he had a tall, slender physique, which could help visualize him as someone who appeared lanky but fit, possibly noticeable in a crowd due to his height but not overly imposing due to his lean build. This detail can aid in reconstructing his appearance for witnesses or readers trying to picture him on that day in Omaha.

AI image generated from Grok.

By: Shane Lambert
Original Publication Date: October 17th, 2025

On June 13th, 2001 (Wednesday), 19-year-old Jason Anthony Jolkowski, known as J.J., vanished in Omaha, Nebraska, under baffling circumstances. The tall (6'1"), slender (165 lbs) Caucasian male with brown hair and eyes was last seen leaving his home (near N. 48th Street and Pinkney) to walk less than a mile to Benson High School, where he was previously a student. He was to meet a coworker for a ride to his job at a Fazoli’s restaurant.

A neighbor, Chester Link, reported seeing Jason pulling back garbage cans to the house. Jason's younger brother also saw this. But there is no evidence Jason ever reached the school, which would be just a 20-30 minute walk. No signs of struggle, phone activity, or CCTV footage (unavailable in the area) surfaced.

Theories range from an opportunistic abduction to an accident (e.g., falling into a construction site), but no evidence supports any scenario. This is one of the most baffling disappearances I've come across while operating this blog and the opinion is supported by true crime enthusiasts in general.

Timeline

The snippet below is the best description of the sequence of events from that day that I could find in local journalism from the summer of 2001. It appeared in the July 13th, 2001 edition of the Omaha World-Herald.

To summarize:

@10:30AM on June 13th, 2001: Fazoli's phones Jason and asks him to come in early. Jason agrees and states that he would walk to work. (Note: I took the timing of the call to mean that Fazoli's anticipated needing help with the lunch rush).

Soon after: A co-worker phones him and offers a ride, Jason says to meet at Benson High School.

@ about 10:45am: Jason leaves his home. His meeting time is scheduled for 11am with the co-worker at the high school.

At about that time: Redd arrives at Benson High School and waits 30 minutes for Jason and then returns to Fazoli's. The restaurant calls his home twice that day. 

Abduction by Unknown Actor(s)?

If Jason was abducted by an unknown actor, then it calls into question how someone abducted a man Jason's size in broad daylight at a time of day when people would have been out and about in a residential area. Jason was not a heavy person, but he was tall at 6'1" and taller people naturally have some power.

It would be hard for a normal person to abduct a 6'1" and 19-year old male without causing a commotion as people with these demographics are able to mount counterattacks more effectively than some other groups (ie. short and modestly athletic women). Even if we are talking about an abductor who is 6'5" and 250 pounds, then it would still be a struggle to abduct someone who is 19 years old and 6'1".

Therefore, I find an abduction involving force at about 11AM in a populated area hard to picture. That does call into question the size of the unknown actor and, presumably, his strength. It also calls into question the presence of a weapon to coerce silence. But that weapon could simply be trust.

I wondered if Jason entered someone else's vehicle voluntarily, meaning he entered the vehicle of the unknown actor, someone that he knew, before getting to Benson High School. Since he had to get to work, we can reasonably assume that Jason would only voluntarily enter a vehicle if the driver would either take him to work or at least take him to the meeting point at Benson High School. However, this scenario loses some momentum when you consider that he only verified that he would go to work at 10:30am that morning and disappeared sometime around 11AM. That's not much time to plan an abduction, lending support to "Wrong place at the wrong time" kind of scenarios.

Wrong Place at the Wrong Time

The phrase "Wrong Place at the Wrong Time" is an English idiom that describes bad luck. People in the wrong place at the wrong time are people who are not doing anything particularly wrong but just happen to be conducting their affairs in the random crossfires of clandestine life. Someone who dies from a stray bullet might be said to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Also, someone walking down the sidewalk who encounters some kind of clandestine event and suffers a mishap for it would be described in the same way.

It's still amazing that no clue as to what happened to him has surfaced. That in itself is a bit of a clue. Something happened to Jason that police, family, and scores of online true crime fans have not been able to trace.

The Restaurant That Jason Worked At: Fazoli's

The Fazoli's that Jason worked at was on 80th Street and Cass Street in Omaha. This restaurant still appears in Google Maps as of recent updates and it appears in archives with the site but those archives only go back to September 2008. I did see an update in an Omaha newspaper which claimed the Cass Street location would open in September 1996, meaning it was fully operational by the time Jason worked there.

September 4th, 1996. Omaha World-Herald

In the media coverage from 2001, Jason's home address, the high school, and his workplace appeared in a map, confirming that he worked at the 80th Street and Cass Street location.

July 13th, 2001.

Recommended source: There's a transcript at ListenNotes.com that is worth reading for this case.

What Makes This Case So Baffling

Aspect	Details
Time Window	Jason disappeared within a 15-minute window (10:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.) on June 13th, 2001 (Wednesday).
Safety of Time	The time of day was safer-than-average for being out in public, with clear weather (84°F, partly cloudy) and low traffic in the Benson neighborhood but still enough people out to deter anything overtly clandestine.
Physical Profile	As a 6'1", fit 19-year-old male, Jason would be harder to abduct than most, suggesting a swift or strategic approach was used -- but something that seems difficult given the conditions.
Neighborhood Safety	He was not in a dangerous neighborhood, disappearing from 3425 N 48th St, near James Lake Park. I did the walk on Google Maps using maps from 2009 to 2011, the earliest available. Nothing stood out at all. I recommend doing this walk yourself just to get an idea of how innocent the neighborhood seems.
Personal Conduct	Jason was not engaged in anything clandestine, with no involvement in drugs, alcohol, or crime, per family reports.
Coworker Behavior	The coworker who was to pick him up at Benson High School, did not behave suspiciously, calling at 11:15–11:30 a.m. concerned when he didn’t arrive.

Samuel Sherman Disappearance - A Red Herring

Samuel Sherman was a male who was the same age as Jason. He, Sherman, went missing at about the same time in the same vicinity. This case is commonly mentioned in online forums. But Sherman was found alive in 2020.

Christine Linda Longino: Missing From Sandy Springs, GA Since 2005 After Flight to London

Christine Linda Longino: Missing From Sandy Springs, GA Since 2005 After Flight to London 

Case Form

This goes by Case Form A:

(1) Missing Person Travels Abroad 

(2) Missing Person Does Not Check-in For Return Transportation

The latter event triggers or is an important part of the missing person designation.

Case Details: Enhanced from NamUs

Category	Details
Demographics	Legal Name: Christine Linda Longino Chosen Name/Nickname/Alias: None Missing Age: 31 Years (DOB: ~1974, may be October 14th, 1974) Current Age: 50 Years Biological Sex: Female Race/Ethnicity: White/Caucasian Height: 5'1" - 5'3" (61-63 inches) Weight: 125-150 lbs BMI: 21.4-23.8 (avg. 22.9, normal range)
Circumstances	Date of Last Contact: November 1st, 2005 to November 11th, 2005? October 14, 2005 (Friday) is listed at NamUs but she appears to have been dropped off somewhere between November 1st and November 11th, 2005 at a MARTA station. She had a return flight from England to the USA booked for November 12th so she must have taken her flight there before that date (but Nov. 9-11th would be a very tight window for a trans-Atlantic trip). Last-known Location: Gatwick Airport in London, England? Sandy Springs, Georgia 30328 (Fulton County) is her listed last-known location as per NamUs but it seems like her last location was actually the Gatwick Airport in London, England. Her NamUs description says she boarded the plane from Hartsfield-Jackson Airport to Gatwick Airport in London. If she did board that plane and it was a safe flight, then her last-known location should be treated as the Gatwick Airport. I think her address was on Longwood Chase at the time of her disappearance in Canton, Georgia. Circumstances of Disappearance: According to NamUs, Christine was dropped off at a MARTA Station near GA-400 (first or second week of November 2005) (the MARTA Station would probably be the North Springs or Sandy Springs station). She then took a MARTA train to Hartsfield-Jackson Airport and flew to Gatwick Airport, in London, England. Her scheduled return flight on November 12th, 2005, went unconfirmed.
Description	Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Brown

Commentary on the Case

At first glance, there is a lot that does not make sense about this case. Firstly, she is associated with Georgia, USA, but I noted above that this missing person seems likely to be missing with a last-known location of Gatwick Airport in London.

That would be the case simply if she is known to have boarded her flight at the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport bound for that airport. Presumably, the flight would have been a safe one, otherwise this wouldn't be much of a mystery (ie. she didn't just board the plane but arrived at Gatwick).

The last-seen date of October 14th, 2005, presumably, represents when someone who knew her last saw her. I think this may have been Christine's 31st birthday, suggesting that she was last seen by some at a related event. I did look this person up on ancestry and did some corroboration work between hits.

One thing that doesn't make sense with this case is if she was known to get on a flight in the first or second week of November 2005, then that would be reliable information about her whereabouts after October 14th, 2005. By this time in aviation history, you are not boarding a flight without proving who you are, so there's no way she's on that plane without presenting convincing ID. That being the case, why is October 14th considered her last-seen date as opposed to when she boarded the plane?

Confusing Double 'Last Seen' Event in Description

Her NamUs description says she was dropped off at a MARTA Station (Atlanta transit). Who dropped her off? And wouldn't that mean she was last seen well after October 14th, 2005 by this person?

It's also a little weird that the description of her disappearance time frame doesn't list an exact flight date. The vague reference to the first or second week of November suggests that this is not a case that has drawn much professional attention. If there was, I would think her flight date would be known. There are a lot of questions about this case and part of the job in getting answers may be to promote the case in London, England.

Efforts on Ancestry Website for this Missing Person: Christine Longino

While looking at Ancestry, first I found what appeared to be her high school yearbook, where she used the name Christine Longino. If the Christine Longino is the yearbook is the same one as our missing person (faces look alike), then that almost proves that Longino was her birth name, unless she married into the name very young (ie. before the print of her high school yearbook).

I tried to authenticate different search results as her but couldn't do that conclusively. Yet, I did achieve high confidence. For some reason, this missing person, if the profile below is hers, was associated with another name.

I wondered if that was a name she married into, if it was a user or system error, or if it meant something else (ie. name change not related to marriage). If you work on this case and that last name pops up, it's something to look at.

Similar Cases: Missed Return Flight

Missing a scheduled return flight while abroad is a significant clue that something may have happened to an individual, as it often signals an unexpected disruption in their plans. In the case of Christine Linda Longino, who flew from Atlanta to London’s Gatwick Airport in November 2005, but did not board her return flight on November 12, the absence of confirmation suggests she may have faced foul play, an accident, or chosen to stay abroad without notice.

With regard to this latter point, if she married into a new name somehow, then that would complicate finding her. You couldn't simply search for her name in social media or online forums because her name would now be different. You could look for a Christine Wilkins in London, but that could be an empty rabbit hole as well.

But on this matter, if Christine wanted to stay in England or planned to, then why book the return flight? That too is complicated to speculate on.

Her return flight suggests that she was planning to return to the USA. But sometimes when you enter a country, the customs agents will want to see your plan to leave. Someone experienced in travel might book a return flight with plans to no-show it for this reason, despite the cost. It's a way of misleading the customs agents.

There have be en cases where someone's missed flight has been part of the investigation into their disappearance. Natalee Holloway’s failure to board her May 30, 2005, return flight from Aruba sparked a massive search. 

Help Identify UK Jane Does from November 2005

You can help bring closure to Christine Longino’s case by checking UK databases for unidentified females (Jane Does) who died or are believed to have died around November 2005, particularly near London or Gatwick Airport. You need to cross reference Christina's case details to the Jane Doe, both in terms of demographics and timeline considerations. 

Visit the UK Missing Persons Unit at missingpersons.police.uk and filter the unidentified persons section for females, aged 25-35, with brown hair/eyes, 5'1"-5'3", and 125-150 lbs.

Alternatively, explore Doe Network’s Europe section (doenetwork.org) or INTERPOL’s Identify Me (interpol.int/en/What-you-can-do/Identify-Me). If you find a potential match and don't want to report it directly, then feel free to include it in the comments at this blog post as I do look at them.

Wilda Jean Cross -- Missing Since March 1982 in Louisiana

Details from NamUs**: 

The case involves the disappearance of Wilda Cross, a record-setting competitive water skier who lived in Webster Parish and operated Cross jewelry store in Bossier City with her husband. State Police took over the investigation as a "cold case" sent to them by the Webster Parish Sheriff's Department. The Crosses were living in Sibley when she disappeared on March 23, 1992. "The last time she was seen was 7:30 that morning, and hasn't been seen since," State Police Trooper Phillip Krouse said. "It's almost like she fell off the face of the earth." Cross had been gone for three days when her husband told her family she had disappeared, Krouse said. The family contacted authorities. Krouse said Mrs. Cross has not contacted family members or friends since March 23, 1992. He's asking for friends with information about Cross to contact State Police.

Missing Person: Wilda Jean Cross
Last-contact date: March 23rd, 1992 at 730 AM
The area where the MP was last seen: Sibley, Louisiana
Link to government source: NamUs MP

VITAL DETAILS

Ethnicity: Caucasian
Sex: Female
Age at time of disappearance: 39 years old
Birthdate: February 24th, 1953
Hair: Sandy blond
Eyes: Brown
Scar: Right ear
Height/weight: 5'3" and 140 pounds
BMI*: Wilda Jean Cross was in the normal range for BMI.
Tattoos: Wilda Jean Cross had no tattoos associated with her profile.

Wilda Jean Cross has not been seen since March 23rd, 1992 when she was 39 years old. This individual has now been missing for about 33 years as of 2025.

What stands out in this case is that she was having an affair at the time of her disappearance. The day she disappeared she was supposed to attend a marriage-counseling meeting to try and reconcile with her husband. The husband showed up to this meeting and Wilda did not. Three days later, the husband reported Wilda missing to the family who, in turn, reported her missing to the police.

I found what I believed to be her mailing address on Ancestry in 1992 to be RR 1 POB 499 which I am interpreting as Range Road 1 Post-office box 499 with a zip of 71073. That sounds like a roadside mailbox kind of address as opposed to her home address, which would be her last-known location in this case.

The missing person did not have any articles or items associated with her missing person's reports, at least of the sources that I consulted. Thank you for reading. If have any information about this case, consider contacting the authorities.

Author: Shane Lambert (UncoolNegated on Websleuths)

All articles are subject to editing after the original posting.

Shane Lambert (UncoolNegated on Websleuths) is not a Private Investigator, however, he is currently studying to be one as of March 2021.

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