On August 11,  2015, Jesse made a frantic phone call to his girlfriend at 8:55 PM. He told her he was behind the High School in Tamaqua  PA and was being chased by coyotes. He has not been heard from since.  Over a year later, a hunter found a pair of weighted sweatpants and, up in a tree, a backpack, believed to be Jesse's. The area is extremely rugged terrain, and the pathways are often bordered by one or both sides by deep pits, resulting from former coal strip mines. At some points the path is only 2 feet wide. Despite numerous search efforts, he has never been located.