1 00:00:07,073 --> 00:00:08,274 - I'm Craig Melvin, 2 00:00:08,308 --> 00:00:11,611 and this is "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered." 3 00:00:12,679 --> 00:00:14,114 - Jake had disappeared. 4 00:00:14,147 --> 00:00:16,750 They didn't know what had happened to him. 5 00:00:16,783 --> 00:00:19,319 - This needs to be reported to the police. 6 00:00:19,352 --> 00:00:22,022 - Unusual for him not to tell one of us 7 00:00:22,055 --> 00:00:23,123 that he was gonna be gone. 8 00:00:28,228 --> 00:00:30,697 - His dad stated that he's been known 9 00:00:30,730 --> 00:00:32,699 in the past to take off. 10 00:00:32,732 --> 00:00:34,834 - It was always pretty tense at the ranch. 11 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:42,642 - If the wrong thing was said or done, 12 00:00:42,676 --> 00:00:44,310 there was fire in her eyes. 13 00:00:44,344 --> 00:00:46,446 - The river that runs through all of this 14 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:48,815 is grandma's money. - Very much so. 15 00:00:48,848 --> 00:00:51,484 - Now was time to find out the truth. 16 00:00:53,019 --> 00:00:54,220 - I just kinda froze, 17 00:00:54,254 --> 00:00:56,556 and I said, "is that what I think it is?" 18 00:00:56,589 --> 00:00:57,891 She just looked at me and said, 19 00:00:57,924 --> 00:01:00,527 "you know you can't ever leave now. 20 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:01,461 Right?" 21 00:01:09,235 --> 00:01:12,972 - Hello, and welcome to "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered." 22 00:01:13,073 --> 00:01:16,576 Jake Millison was a man of few words, 23 00:01:16,609 --> 00:01:18,845 but the reserved Colorado rancher 24 00:01:18,878 --> 00:01:22,082 had no shortage of loyal friends. 25 00:01:22,082 --> 00:01:25,151 Then suddenly Jake vanished. 26 00:01:25,185 --> 00:01:27,787 Those closest to him feared the worst. 27 00:01:27,821 --> 00:01:31,257 Years would pass before a series of clues 28 00:01:31,291 --> 00:01:34,561 exposed a secret far darker 29 00:01:34,594 --> 00:01:36,996 than even they imagined. 30 00:01:37,097 --> 00:01:40,934 Here's Josh Mankiewicz with "Trouble at the 7-11 Ranch." 31 00:01:42,869 --> 00:01:45,605 - Home on the range. 32 00:01:45,638 --> 00:01:47,574 Sometimes here in western Colorado 33 00:01:47,607 --> 00:01:51,678 it's so quiet that all you can hear is the wind. 34 00:01:52,779 --> 00:01:55,582 - Beautiful hay meadows that wave in the breeze, 35 00:01:55,615 --> 00:01:57,984 and it's just a lovely part of the valley. 36 00:01:58,018 --> 00:02:00,253 - It is beautiful, no doubt. 37 00:02:00,286 --> 00:02:03,390 At the same time, that lovely, lonely valley 38 00:02:03,423 --> 00:02:06,760 can be an unforgiving place to live. 39 00:02:06,793 --> 00:02:09,963 It can drive some people to extremes. 40 00:02:10,063 --> 00:02:12,298 No one understood that better 41 00:02:12,332 --> 00:02:14,601 than rancher Jake Millison. 42 00:02:14,634 --> 00:02:17,303 - He would always spend the majority of daylight 43 00:02:17,337 --> 00:02:19,606 out at the ranch, just working. 44 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:23,076 - And a rancher's work is never done. 45 00:02:23,109 --> 00:02:26,513 There's always a fence somewhere that needs mending. 46 00:02:26,546 --> 00:02:30,350 Jake Millison seemed cut out for that life. 47 00:02:30,383 --> 00:02:33,853 At least, until one day at age 29 48 00:02:33,887 --> 00:02:36,189 Jake apparently gave up that life 49 00:02:36,222 --> 00:02:37,957 and disappeared. 50 00:02:37,991 --> 00:02:39,893 - Nobody ever got a call, no one ever got a text, 51 00:02:39,926 --> 00:02:41,628 no one got a Facebook message, nothing. 52 00:02:41,661 --> 00:02:42,629 - Nothing. 53 00:02:42,662 --> 00:02:44,798 - Yeah, he-- he evaporated. 54 00:02:44,831 --> 00:02:47,400 No one heard from him for two years. 55 00:02:47,434 --> 00:02:49,135 - It was weird. 56 00:02:49,169 --> 00:02:53,306 The ranch had been Jake's life for most of his life. 57 00:02:53,340 --> 00:02:55,408 The spread was the 7-11, 58 00:02:55,442 --> 00:02:58,645 hundreds of acres outside the town of Gunnison, 59 00:02:58,678 --> 00:03:02,382 under a canopy of Colorado sky. 60 00:03:02,415 --> 00:03:04,851 Jake lived there with his older sister Stephanie 61 00:03:04,884 --> 00:03:06,853 ever since they were kids. 62 00:03:06,886 --> 00:03:08,588 Jake's parents had divorced, 63 00:03:08,621 --> 00:03:12,125 and his mom, Deb Rutibaugh, found another husband, 64 00:03:12,158 --> 00:03:14,961 a guy who owned the 7-11. 65 00:03:15,061 --> 00:03:16,429 They homeschooled Jake 66 00:03:16,463 --> 00:03:19,366 so he could help out more on the ranch. 67 00:03:19,399 --> 00:03:21,067 - I mean, he was out there all day every day-- 68 00:03:21,067 --> 00:03:24,270 almost every day, you know? 69 00:03:24,304 --> 00:03:26,306 - Another Jake, Jake Pettigrew, 70 00:03:26,339 --> 00:03:29,676 and Rebecca Diani used to help out at the 7-11. 71 00:03:29,709 --> 00:03:32,212 What was the vibe at the ranch? 72 00:03:32,245 --> 00:03:33,780 - It was really quiet. 73 00:03:33,813 --> 00:03:35,448 You know, maybe a couple times a year 74 00:03:35,482 --> 00:03:38,651 they would have, like, a family reunion, 75 00:03:38,685 --> 00:03:42,088 or hunters would come up and stay in the cabin. 76 00:03:42,122 --> 00:03:45,892 - By 2003, Jake's sister Stephanie had moved out, 77 00:03:45,925 --> 00:03:49,796 looking for a life beyond the sprawl of the 7-11. 78 00:03:49,829 --> 00:03:51,831 What about Jake and his sister? 79 00:03:51,865 --> 00:03:53,333 - I know that he loved his sister, 80 00:03:53,366 --> 00:03:56,102 but, like, 81 00:03:56,102 --> 00:03:58,905 he kinda was upset 82 00:03:58,938 --> 00:04:02,575 that she married who she married. 83 00:04:02,609 --> 00:04:04,911 - That would be David Jackson. 84 00:04:04,944 --> 00:04:07,080 - So Jake didn't like Dave so much, 85 00:04:07,113 --> 00:04:09,482 'cause he was a carny. 86 00:04:09,516 --> 00:04:11,184 And he did the paintball booth 87 00:04:11,217 --> 00:04:13,687 in Gunnison when the carnival came through. 88 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,755 - And Jake thought what, "my sister can do better 89 00:04:15,789 --> 00:04:17,357 than a guy who works the paintball booth"? 90 00:04:17,390 --> 00:04:19,359 - Exactly, yeah. 91 00:04:19,392 --> 00:04:22,195 - They married anyway and lived in town, 92 00:04:22,228 --> 00:04:24,864 only coming out to the ranch occasionally. 93 00:04:24,898 --> 00:04:26,666 Jake's pal Nate Lopez says 94 00:04:26,700 --> 00:04:29,202 Jake had an adventurous streak. 95 00:04:29,235 --> 00:04:32,105 - He was kind of a recluse, but he was always willing 96 00:04:32,138 --> 00:04:34,407 to go explore the mountains 97 00:04:34,441 --> 00:04:37,610 and just to try anything new with his friends. 98 00:04:37,644 --> 00:04:41,614 - Randy Martinez was another member of Jake's posse. 99 00:04:41,648 --> 00:04:45,085 - He was always pretty quiet. Especially towards girls. 100 00:04:45,118 --> 00:04:47,554 He was very shy towards girls. It was funny. 101 00:04:47,587 --> 00:04:50,123 - Jake's stepfather died in 2009, 102 00:04:50,156 --> 00:04:52,325 and the workload got heavier. 103 00:04:52,359 --> 00:04:56,629 Now it was 23-year-old Jake and his mom running the ranch. 104 00:04:56,663 --> 00:04:59,399 Except for that time he took off to Alaska 105 00:04:59,432 --> 00:05:01,501 to make money on a fishing boat, 106 00:05:01,534 --> 00:05:04,037 and even that was really about the ranch. 107 00:05:04,070 --> 00:05:06,573 - He was out on the ship for, I think, three months. 108 00:05:06,606 --> 00:05:08,708 He came back with a good chunk of money, 109 00:05:08,742 --> 00:05:12,512 and he put all that into the ranch 110 00:05:12,545 --> 00:05:15,315 to kind of save it from going under. 111 00:05:15,348 --> 00:05:19,219 - The only break Jake ever got was time with his friends, 112 00:05:19,252 --> 00:05:21,588 a kind of second family. 113 00:05:21,621 --> 00:05:22,789 - We were all best friends, 114 00:05:22,822 --> 00:05:25,725 so we would all hang out. 115 00:05:25,759 --> 00:05:28,161 We would kind of know everything we were doing, 116 00:05:28,194 --> 00:05:31,498 and, uh, we'd always do it together. 117 00:05:31,531 --> 00:05:34,501 - That meant shooting pool at some local hangouts 118 00:05:34,534 --> 00:05:38,071 and drinking beer, except for Jake, 119 00:05:38,071 --> 00:05:41,408 who was always happy to be the designated driver. 120 00:05:41,441 --> 00:05:45,478 - Jake would always go up to the bar and order a Coke. 121 00:05:45,512 --> 00:05:48,148 Even though he was just a couple years older than us, 122 00:05:48,181 --> 00:05:50,216 he always acted like an old man. 123 00:05:50,250 --> 00:05:51,885 He was always the responsible one, 124 00:05:51,918 --> 00:05:54,754 trying to do the smart thing 125 00:05:54,788 --> 00:05:58,091 in tricky situations. 126 00:05:58,091 --> 00:06:02,028 - I met Jake in the winter, December of 2012, 127 00:06:02,028 --> 00:06:04,864 at the Gunnison jiu-jitsu gym. 128 00:06:04,898 --> 00:06:07,634 - That was the other important part of Jake's life, 129 00:06:07,667 --> 00:06:09,803 and another group of friends-- 130 00:06:09,836 --> 00:06:13,473 martial arts, particularly jiu-jitsu. 131 00:06:13,506 --> 00:06:17,043 Derek Chodorowski was one of his sparring partners. 132 00:06:17,077 --> 00:06:18,611 And Jake was good at it. 133 00:06:18,645 --> 00:06:20,046 - Jake was good. 134 00:06:20,046 --> 00:06:23,116 Jake was the most consistent student 135 00:06:23,149 --> 00:06:24,718 that was ever in that gym. 136 00:06:24,751 --> 00:06:27,754 He was there every night, four nights a week. 137 00:06:27,787 --> 00:06:29,789 Jake usually announced his presence 138 00:06:29,823 --> 00:06:31,858 on his beloved motorcycle, 139 00:06:31,891 --> 00:06:35,128 a 1976 Harley-Davidson Sportster. 140 00:06:35,161 --> 00:06:37,530 He'd had it since high school. 141 00:06:37,564 --> 00:06:40,934 - I can picture him coming on it right now. 142 00:06:40,967 --> 00:06:42,535 - He was proud of it. - Oh, yeah. 143 00:06:42,569 --> 00:06:45,338 He wore a red bandana when he drove it 144 00:06:45,372 --> 00:06:48,641 with a leather jacket. 145 00:06:48,675 --> 00:06:51,578 - In mid-May, 2015, they were practicing 146 00:06:51,611 --> 00:06:54,614 for an upcoming tournament in Denver. 147 00:06:54,647 --> 00:06:57,650 - He landed on his ankle, and he twisted it. 148 00:06:57,684 --> 00:06:59,753 And I believe he had to pull out of the tournament 149 00:06:59,786 --> 00:07:02,088 because he couldn't walk. 150 00:07:02,122 --> 00:07:05,158 - Then came Friday night, May 15th. 151 00:07:05,191 --> 00:07:07,694 Stuck at home, Jake called his pal Randy 152 00:07:07,727 --> 00:07:10,864 about going to a movie up in Crested Butte. 153 00:07:10,897 --> 00:07:12,899 After the movie they hit a couple of bars, 154 00:07:12,932 --> 00:07:16,803 played some pool, and parted ways around midnight. 155 00:07:16,836 --> 00:07:19,673 There aren't a million things to do in Gunnison, 156 00:07:19,706 --> 00:07:21,875 and this all seemed routine. 157 00:07:21,908 --> 00:07:23,710 It turned out not to be. 158 00:07:23,743 --> 00:07:26,279 - The next morning, I woke up, 159 00:07:26,312 --> 00:07:28,214 we kind of planned on doing something. 160 00:07:28,248 --> 00:07:29,949 I texted him to see what was up 161 00:07:30,050 --> 00:07:32,352 and never got a reply, which was really weird, 162 00:07:32,385 --> 00:07:35,588 because I pretty much talked to him every day. 163 00:07:35,622 --> 00:07:37,824 - The next week, Jake's jiu-jitsu pals 164 00:07:37,857 --> 00:07:39,359 were back from that tournament 165 00:07:39,392 --> 00:07:42,729 and back on the mats. No Jake. 166 00:07:42,762 --> 00:07:45,632 They figured he was still nursing his ankle. 167 00:07:45,665 --> 00:07:49,069 And then after a few days they started to wonder. 168 00:07:49,069 --> 00:07:50,503 - A week goes by, and we're like, 169 00:07:50,537 --> 00:07:52,372 "guys, where's-- where's Jake?" 170 00:07:52,405 --> 00:07:54,174 - Unusual for him not to come in. 171 00:07:54,207 --> 00:07:57,210 - Also unusual for him not to tell one of us 172 00:07:57,243 --> 00:07:59,379 that he was gonna be gone. 173 00:07:59,412 --> 00:08:01,014 - Gone because he was fed up 174 00:08:01,047 --> 00:08:03,850 with that hard life on the ranch? 175 00:08:03,883 --> 00:08:06,286 Or was there a side of Jake 176 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:09,456 that even his best friends didn't know about? 177 00:08:11,591 --> 00:08:13,793 - His dad stated that, uh, 178 00:08:13,827 --> 00:08:15,028 he's been known in the past 179 00:08:15,061 --> 00:08:18,031 to take off abruptly 180 00:08:18,031 --> 00:08:20,033 and do things. 181 00:08:20,033 --> 00:08:21,868 - The mystery deepens. 182 00:08:21,901 --> 00:08:23,536 - When somebody doesn't show up, 183 00:08:23,570 --> 00:08:25,171 there's a lot of ground to cover. 184 00:08:25,205 --> 00:08:26,339 - Right. - There's a lot of things 185 00:08:26,373 --> 00:08:27,607 that might've explained his absence 186 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:29,709 that aren't criminal. - Absolutely. 187 00:08:29,743 --> 00:08:32,112 And that's why I didn't want to jump to any conclusions. 188 00:08:32,145 --> 00:08:34,314 - Jake's mother had her own idea 189 00:08:34,347 --> 00:08:36,583 about what might have happened to her son. 190 00:08:39,753 --> 00:08:43,323 - When "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered" continues. 191 00:08:53,066 --> 00:08:55,068 * - It was May, 2015, 192 00:08:55,101 --> 00:08:56,569 ten days had passed, 193 00:08:56,603 --> 00:08:58,805 and there was still no sign of Jake Millison 194 00:08:58,838 --> 00:09:00,707 at the jiu-jitsu gym 195 00:09:00,740 --> 00:09:04,077 or anywhere else in Gunnison, Colorado. 196 00:09:04,110 --> 00:09:06,312 Jared Hooks, one of Jake's gym buddies, 197 00:09:06,346 --> 00:09:08,114 decided to do something. 198 00:09:08,148 --> 00:09:10,817 - This needs to be reported to the police, 199 00:09:10,850 --> 00:09:14,187 and so I stepped up and said, you know what, I'll do it. 200 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:18,024 - Because you're not just any friend. 201 00:09:18,024 --> 00:09:20,794 [chuckles] - No. 202 00:09:20,827 --> 00:09:23,930 I'm a sergeant with the town of Mount Crested Butte, 203 00:09:24,030 --> 00:09:25,432 and so I thought, you know, 204 00:09:25,465 --> 00:09:27,567 I had a little bit of credibility. 205 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,337 And so if I had red flags, you know, 206 00:09:30,370 --> 00:09:32,839 it would translate also to the deputy there. 207 00:09:32,872 --> 00:09:34,040 - That deputy was 208 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:37,243 Gunnison County Undersheriff Mark Mykol. 209 00:09:37,277 --> 00:09:39,145 His first order of business-- 210 00:09:39,179 --> 00:09:41,781 call Jake's mother, Deb Rutibaugh. 211 00:09:41,815 --> 00:09:44,918 - Deb told us that he left with a friend 212 00:09:44,951 --> 00:09:49,189 and was going to the Reno, Nevada, area. 213 00:09:49,222 --> 00:09:51,958 - Investigators also phoned Jake's father. 214 00:09:52,058 --> 00:09:54,627 - His dad, Ray, stated that, uh, 215 00:09:54,661 --> 00:09:56,062 he's been known in the past 216 00:09:56,062 --> 00:09:58,832 to take off abruptly 217 00:09:58,865 --> 00:10:01,201 and do things. 218 00:10:01,234 --> 00:10:03,670 - Like that fishing job in Alaska 219 00:10:03,703 --> 00:10:05,705 and a few camping trips. 220 00:10:05,739 --> 00:10:07,574 At 29 Jake had no obligation 221 00:10:07,607 --> 00:10:09,976 to tell anyone where he was going, 222 00:10:10,010 --> 00:10:12,746 and it didn't mean something bad had happened. 223 00:10:12,779 --> 00:10:14,481 When somebody doesn't show up, 224 00:10:14,514 --> 00:10:16,182 there's a lot of ground to cover. 225 00:10:16,216 --> 00:10:18,618 - Right. - He meet some girl, 226 00:10:18,651 --> 00:10:20,453 and they decide to go to Las Vegas. 227 00:10:20,487 --> 00:10:22,822 He has some fight with his family or somebody 228 00:10:22,856 --> 00:10:24,791 and decides to just hit the road, 229 00:10:24,824 --> 00:10:25,825 and to hell with it. 230 00:10:25,859 --> 00:10:26,993 I mean, there's a lot of things 231 00:10:27,027 --> 00:10:28,294 that might have explained his absence 232 00:10:28,328 --> 00:10:30,363 that aren't criminal. - Absolutely. 233 00:10:30,397 --> 00:10:33,500 And that's why I didn't want to jump to any conclusions. 234 00:10:33,533 --> 00:10:34,467 - There was something 235 00:10:34,501 --> 00:10:37,037 Jake's pal, Randy Martinez, noticed 236 00:10:37,070 --> 00:10:39,806 when he'd' gone to the ranch with a buddy looking for Jake 237 00:10:39,839 --> 00:10:43,410 and they ran into Jake's closest friend. 238 00:10:43,443 --> 00:10:46,513 - His dog Elmo, which is a big, black, curly haired dog, 239 00:10:46,546 --> 00:10:49,449 really cool dog, and he runs out and meets us, 240 00:10:49,482 --> 00:10:50,517 and it's like, oh, that's weird. 241 00:10:50,550 --> 00:10:52,686 Elmo's here, so Jake should be here. 242 00:10:52,719 --> 00:10:54,721 And so then we start talking to more people, 243 00:10:54,754 --> 00:10:56,756 and we literally talked to everybody 244 00:10:56,790 --> 00:11:00,627 we knew that he knew, we talked to, 245 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:03,129 and everybody that we knew that he knew 246 00:11:03,163 --> 00:11:05,298 hadn't heard anything, hadn't been told any stories 247 00:11:05,331 --> 00:11:09,769 about any trips, anything, so it was really weird. 248 00:11:09,803 --> 00:11:11,705 - In early June, Undersheriff Mykol 249 00:11:11,738 --> 00:11:15,575 paid his own visit to the 7-11 and heard 250 00:11:15,608 --> 00:11:17,243 that Jake had returned. 251 00:11:17,277 --> 00:11:20,447 His mom said Jake had been gone for a little while, 252 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:23,483 but then came back to pick up supplies. 253 00:11:23,516 --> 00:11:26,286 She said Jake was with a friend, 254 00:11:26,319 --> 00:11:28,288 someone she didn't know. 255 00:11:28,321 --> 00:11:32,892 - Deb was telling us that it was late at night, uh, 256 00:11:32,926 --> 00:11:35,128 took a bunch of camping gear, and load this up 257 00:11:35,161 --> 00:11:37,831 in a dark colored pickup truck, and took off. 258 00:11:37,864 --> 00:11:40,100 There wasn't any room for the dog. 259 00:11:40,100 --> 00:11:41,701 - None of it made sense. 260 00:11:41,735 --> 00:11:43,603 What could Jake be up to? 261 00:11:43,636 --> 00:11:47,440 And, who takes a trip without his cell phone? 262 00:11:47,474 --> 00:11:50,110 - She told us the phone fell in an irrigation ditch, 263 00:11:50,143 --> 00:11:51,978 and she showed us the phone. 264 00:11:52,012 --> 00:11:55,115 It was, uh, in a bag of rice. 265 00:11:55,115 --> 00:11:58,551 - That could definitely explain why Jake wasn't answering 266 00:11:58,585 --> 00:12:00,720 any calls or texts. 267 00:12:00,754 --> 00:12:03,656 Deb said Jake told her he was off to Nevada 268 00:12:03,690 --> 00:12:05,759 to study martial arts. 269 00:12:05,792 --> 00:12:08,461 - So really didn't have anything to go with 270 00:12:08,495 --> 00:12:09,929 at that point. 271 00:12:09,963 --> 00:12:13,199 - By August, Jake had been gone almost three months, 272 00:12:13,233 --> 00:12:17,437 and by then it seemed even his mom was becoming concerned. 273 00:12:17,470 --> 00:12:19,839 She filed a missing person report. 274 00:12:19,873 --> 00:12:22,909 That wasn't enough for Jake's friends. 275 00:12:22,942 --> 00:12:24,911 They wanted to get his story out, 276 00:12:24,944 --> 00:12:27,313 so they contacted Chris Rourke, 277 00:12:27,347 --> 00:12:30,116 a reporter for the Gunnison Country Times. 278 00:12:30,150 --> 00:12:32,652 And she called Jake's mom. 279 00:12:37,190 --> 00:12:38,258 What's Deb like? 280 00:12:38,291 --> 00:12:41,261 - Uh, small, wiry woman, 281 00:12:41,294 --> 00:12:43,096 very talkative. 282 00:12:43,096 --> 00:12:44,297 She liked to talk. 283 00:12:50,804 --> 00:12:53,106 While the reporter's recorder ran, 284 00:12:53,106 --> 00:12:56,443 Deb told her the same thing she told the sheriff's deputy. 285 00:12:56,476 --> 00:12:59,446 - Jake had run off, and Jake took off in a truck 286 00:12:59,479 --> 00:13:03,116 with a friend, and the friend didn't want the dog along. 287 00:13:06,219 --> 00:13:08,521 - She started out a little reticent, 288 00:13:08,555 --> 00:13:11,825 and then the details started coming. 289 00:13:39,519 --> 00:13:41,654 - Deb also told Rourke something 290 00:13:41,688 --> 00:13:44,124 the reporter had never heard before. 291 00:13:44,157 --> 00:13:47,794 Jake had a dark side, a serious drug problem. 292 00:13:56,870 --> 00:13:59,239 Because of that, Deb said, there was tension 293 00:13:59,272 --> 00:14:01,207 between mother and son. 294 00:14:12,519 --> 00:14:14,287 So maybe that's why Jake left. 295 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,323 He was just sick of fighting with his mom all the time. 296 00:14:34,474 --> 00:14:38,445 A picture of a different Jake was starting to emerge. 297 00:14:38,478 --> 00:14:40,480 - And I think it lends itself to the two sides 298 00:14:40,513 --> 00:14:43,083 that were painted of who Jake was, 299 00:14:43,083 --> 00:14:45,819 this reckless person that was irresponsible 300 00:14:45,852 --> 00:14:48,988 and had run off, and his friends described him 301 00:14:49,089 --> 00:14:50,690 as someone who was very disciplined, 302 00:14:50,724 --> 00:14:52,492 who cared about his martial arts, 303 00:14:52,525 --> 00:14:54,461 cared about his friends very much. 304 00:14:54,494 --> 00:14:58,531 With that in mind, Chris filed her story. 305 00:14:58,565 --> 00:15:01,801 So, you make sort of reference to-- to Jake's. 306 00:15:01,835 --> 00:15:02,869 - Right. 307 00:15:02,902 --> 00:15:05,872 - And what reaction does that article provoke? 308 00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:09,075 - Oh, the friends were mad. They were upset. 309 00:15:09,109 --> 00:15:11,745 They said that something has happened to him. 310 00:15:11,778 --> 00:15:14,614 The Jake that Deb is portraying 311 00:15:14,647 --> 00:15:17,584 is not the guy we know. 312 00:15:17,617 --> 00:15:20,487 - Jake's friends seem hellbent on finding him. 313 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:23,156 That was in October. 314 00:15:23,189 --> 00:15:25,759 Soon, the case would get as cold 315 00:15:25,792 --> 00:15:28,061 as a Western Colorado winter. 316 00:15:30,663 --> 00:15:34,401 - She did a posting that said big things are happening 317 00:15:34,434 --> 00:15:36,069 for the Jackson family. 318 00:15:36,069 --> 00:15:38,171 A couple days later she posts again, 319 00:15:38,204 --> 00:15:41,274 "Do you ever hear such great news in the morning 320 00:15:41,307 --> 00:15:44,344 "that... you can't stand it?" 321 00:15:44,377 --> 00:15:46,446 - With Jake gone, his sister Stephanie 322 00:15:46,479 --> 00:15:48,548 moves into help with the ranch 323 00:15:48,581 --> 00:15:50,884 and reveals a dark side. 324 00:15:50,917 --> 00:15:54,120 - If the wrong thing was said or the wrong thing was done, 325 00:15:54,154 --> 00:15:55,789 there was fire in her eyes. 326 00:15:55,822 --> 00:15:59,492 - When "Dateline" Secrets Uncovered" continues. 327 00:16:10,036 --> 00:16:12,238 - He had never met Jake Millison. 328 00:16:12,272 --> 00:16:15,442 But Jeremy McDonald would have a ringside seat 329 00:16:15,475 --> 00:16:18,778 to the circus that was Jake's family, 330 00:16:18,812 --> 00:16:21,614 starting with Jake's brother-in-law Dave. 331 00:16:21,648 --> 00:16:24,584 - You've known Dave Jackson for a long time. 332 00:16:24,617 --> 00:16:25,618 - Yeah. 333 00:16:25,652 --> 00:16:27,687 Since we were, like, nine or ten years old. 334 00:16:27,721 --> 00:16:29,255 - Remember, Dave Jackson was married 335 00:16:29,289 --> 00:16:31,624 to Jake's sister, Stephanie. 336 00:16:31,658 --> 00:16:34,194 It was the Spring of 2016. 337 00:16:34,227 --> 00:16:36,696 By then, Jake had been gone almost a year. 338 00:16:36,730 --> 00:16:39,866 And without him, his mom had been running the ranch 339 00:16:39,899 --> 00:16:41,701 all by herself. 340 00:16:41,735 --> 00:16:44,070 That was about to change. 341 00:16:44,070 --> 00:16:47,340 Dave called Jeremy and offered him work. 342 00:16:47,374 --> 00:16:49,743 - He said, "Hey, we're gonna be taking over the ranch again." 343 00:16:49,776 --> 00:16:53,079 - Jake's mom Deb had been diagnosed with cancer 344 00:16:53,113 --> 00:16:55,915 and recently undergone major surgery. 345 00:16:55,949 --> 00:16:59,552 Dave, Stephanie, and their then eight-year-old son 346 00:16:59,586 --> 00:17:02,155 had moved to the ranch to help out. 347 00:17:02,188 --> 00:17:04,791 Dave asked Jeremy to live with them 348 00:17:04,824 --> 00:17:08,728 and fix up the place in return for room and board. 349 00:17:08,762 --> 00:17:10,363 - I just decided, you know what, it's not a-- 350 00:17:10,397 --> 00:17:12,232 it's not a bad idea. 351 00:17:12,265 --> 00:17:14,434 We were gonna turn the ranch around, 352 00:17:14,467 --> 00:17:16,670 have the guest cabins, and all of that. 353 00:17:16,703 --> 00:17:18,038 - Get the ranch back to making money. 354 00:17:18,038 --> 00:17:20,140 - Pretty much. Yep. 355 00:17:20,173 --> 00:17:21,841 - What's it like when you get there? 356 00:17:21,875 --> 00:17:23,043 - It's a mess. 357 00:17:23,043 --> 00:17:26,312 And there's-- there's clutter and junk everywhere. 358 00:17:26,346 --> 00:17:30,250 A lot bigger project than I had even expected. 359 00:17:30,283 --> 00:17:32,152 - He decided to stick it out. 360 00:17:32,185 --> 00:17:35,221 After all, Dave was one of his best friends. 361 00:17:35,255 --> 00:17:36,489 What about Deb? 362 00:17:36,523 --> 00:17:38,258 Did you know her when you moved there? 363 00:17:38,291 --> 00:17:42,228 - I never had met Deb until I moved there, 364 00:17:42,262 --> 00:17:45,265 and she seemed very reclusive, 365 00:17:45,298 --> 00:17:50,770 but it was very obvious that she was a little bit ornery. 366 00:17:50,804 --> 00:17:52,072 We'll say that. 367 00:17:52,105 --> 00:17:56,076 - How'd that manifest itself? - She was super controlling. 368 00:17:56,076 --> 00:17:59,279 Uh, any time we tried to clean anything up on the ranch. 369 00:17:59,312 --> 00:18:01,247 For instance, there was a building 370 00:18:01,281 --> 00:18:03,550 that we were cleaning out, and it had some couches in it 371 00:18:03,583 --> 00:18:08,088 that were covered in rat feces, and they were destroyed. 372 00:18:08,121 --> 00:18:10,924 And Dave and I were moving them out, 373 00:18:11,024 --> 00:18:13,159 and she came out and started screaming 374 00:18:13,193 --> 00:18:17,297 and yelling at us that she wanted to keep those couches. 375 00:18:17,330 --> 00:18:19,699 - And you chalked that up to what? 376 00:18:19,733 --> 00:18:21,034 - Crazy. 377 00:18:21,034 --> 00:18:23,136 [chuckling] Honestly. 378 00:18:23,169 --> 00:18:25,038 That's just how she was. 379 00:18:25,038 --> 00:18:28,208 Like, everything she got didn't leave. 380 00:18:28,241 --> 00:18:30,710 - And Jake's sister Stephanie, 381 00:18:30,744 --> 00:18:32,345 Jeremy says there was a side of her 382 00:18:32,379 --> 00:18:34,914 few people ever saw. 383 00:18:34,948 --> 00:18:37,884 - There is the Steph that most-- 384 00:18:37,917 --> 00:18:42,088 a lot of people knew, which was a very nice lady. 385 00:18:42,122 --> 00:18:44,691 But, it seems like there was a switch. 386 00:18:44,724 --> 00:18:48,661 And if the wrong thing was said or the wrong thing was done, 387 00:18:48,695 --> 00:18:51,965 there was fire in her eyes. 388 00:18:52,065 --> 00:18:54,601 - Stephanie and her family seemed pretty cool 389 00:18:54,634 --> 00:18:56,536 with Jake's disappearance. 390 00:18:56,569 --> 00:18:58,571 His friends were not. 391 00:18:58,605 --> 00:19:03,410 They created a Facebook page, "Where is Jake Millison," 392 00:19:03,443 --> 00:19:06,146 and they peppered Sheriff Rick Besecker's office 393 00:19:06,179 --> 00:19:08,348 with phone calls. 394 00:19:08,381 --> 00:19:10,183 - They would not give up on Jake. 395 00:19:10,216 --> 00:19:13,053 Every one of the friends had credibility. 396 00:19:13,086 --> 00:19:16,556 Besecker says his investigators had been looking all over 397 00:19:16,589 --> 00:19:19,025 for some sign of Jake Millison. 398 00:19:19,025 --> 00:19:21,461 - Our heads are up in Alaska, 399 00:19:21,494 --> 00:19:23,897 our notions are in Nevada, 400 00:19:23,930 --> 00:19:26,866 and we're still running a crust. Nothing. 401 00:19:26,900 --> 00:19:30,170 - In the Fall of 2016, mostly because of the attention 402 00:19:30,203 --> 00:19:33,807 generated by Jake's friends, the case finally landed 403 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,643 on the desk of Gunnison County Deputy District Attorney 404 00:19:36,676 --> 00:19:38,712 Jessica Waggoner. 405 00:19:38,745 --> 00:19:41,214 - His friends knew that this is not something 406 00:19:41,247 --> 00:19:42,615 that he would have done. 407 00:19:42,649 --> 00:19:46,619 - At that point, Jake had been missing for more than a year. 408 00:19:46,653 --> 00:19:49,289 - The Colorado Bureau of Investigations got involved 409 00:19:49,322 --> 00:19:52,258 and we went from there to put in a plan in place 410 00:19:52,292 --> 00:19:55,829 to do search warrants on phones, 411 00:19:55,862 --> 00:19:59,733 and begin the process of looking for Jacob. 412 00:19:59,766 --> 00:20:02,369 - The more the prosecutor talked with the investigators, 413 00:20:02,402 --> 00:20:05,105 the more concerned she became. 414 00:20:05,138 --> 00:20:07,774 Normally when somebody disappears, 415 00:20:07,807 --> 00:20:11,711 it's the family who's saying to you, 416 00:20:11,745 --> 00:20:14,848 "This isn't normal. Something's wrong." 417 00:20:14,881 --> 00:20:18,184 But, in this case, family is telling you, 418 00:20:18,218 --> 00:20:22,122 telling law enforcement, there's nothing to worry about. 419 00:20:22,155 --> 00:20:25,358 - Right, and it wasn't until the friends really pushed-- 420 00:20:25,392 --> 00:20:27,093 they started posting it on Facebook, 421 00:20:27,127 --> 00:20:28,995 and started calling law enforcement, 422 00:20:29,029 --> 00:20:32,432 and I think that's where we had to just keep digging. 423 00:20:32,465 --> 00:20:36,102 - And when Waggoner dug into Stephanie's Facebook page, 424 00:20:36,136 --> 00:20:38,505 she noticed something Stephanie had written 425 00:20:38,538 --> 00:20:42,542 just a few days after her brother went missing. 426 00:20:42,575 --> 00:20:46,579 - She did a posting that said big things are happening 427 00:20:46,613 --> 00:20:48,481 for the Jackson family. 428 00:20:48,515 --> 00:20:51,051 A couple days later, she posts again, 429 00:20:51,084 --> 00:20:53,386 "Do you ever hear such great news in the morning 430 00:20:53,420 --> 00:20:57,991 "that you can't stand it," or something like that, 431 00:20:58,024 --> 00:21:03,263 and her friend responded saying, "Oh, Jake's gone." 432 00:21:03,296 --> 00:21:06,299 - Stephanie seemed to be treating Jake's sudden absence 433 00:21:06,332 --> 00:21:08,802 as some sort of opportunity. 434 00:21:08,835 --> 00:21:11,071 The prosecutor found that troubling 435 00:21:11,071 --> 00:21:12,972 as she read through the interviews 436 00:21:13,073 --> 00:21:15,141 Jake's friends had given to investigators. 437 00:21:15,175 --> 00:21:18,111 And she saw comments like this. 438 00:21:18,144 --> 00:21:20,880 - It was always pretty tense at the-the ranch 439 00:21:20,914 --> 00:21:23,616 when-whenever Dave was out there. 440 00:21:23,650 --> 00:21:27,587 - In fact, she learned Jake was afraid of Dave 441 00:21:27,620 --> 00:21:32,592 and taking up jiu-jitsu hadn't been just for the exercise. 442 00:21:32,625 --> 00:21:34,661 - So he decided to start taking jiu-jitsu 443 00:21:34,694 --> 00:21:35,929 because he was kinda scared for his-- 444 00:21:35,962 --> 00:21:38,732 fear of his brother-in-law trying to do something to him 445 00:21:38,765 --> 00:21:41,534 or-- and just kinda protecting himself. 446 00:21:41,568 --> 00:21:43,103 - So that made it all the more strange 447 00:21:43,103 --> 00:21:47,707 when Waggoner saw this posted on Dave's Facebook page. 448 00:21:47,741 --> 00:21:51,311 Him astride Jake's prized bike, 449 00:21:51,344 --> 00:21:54,347 something Jake never would have tolerated. 450 00:21:54,381 --> 00:21:56,416 - He loved that motorcycle. 451 00:21:56,449 --> 00:21:58,218 It had a history with him. 452 00:21:58,251 --> 00:22:00,687 Nobody could ride it, if I remember correctly. 453 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:01,855 - He loved that bike 454 00:22:01,888 --> 00:22:04,591 and he rode it as much as he could, when he could. 455 00:22:04,624 --> 00:22:07,394 To see somebody, his archnemesis on his bike, 456 00:22:07,427 --> 00:22:10,063 which was really, really weird. 457 00:22:10,063 --> 00:22:12,132 - Maybe Jake would ditch the ranch, 458 00:22:12,165 --> 00:22:15,669 maybe even the dog, but not the Harley. 459 00:22:15,702 --> 00:22:17,637 That picture told Jake's friends something 460 00:22:17,671 --> 00:22:22,275 they didn't wanna admit, but now couldn't avoid. 461 00:22:22,308 --> 00:22:26,146 Jake was never coming back. 462 00:22:26,179 --> 00:22:28,815 - Was Jake's family hiding a secret? 463 00:22:28,848 --> 00:22:30,517 Detectives turn up the heat 464 00:22:30,550 --> 00:22:34,554 and uncover a twisted trail of lies. 465 00:22:34,587 --> 00:22:35,789 Coming up... 466 00:22:35,822 --> 00:22:36,990 - The cities kept changing 467 00:22:37,090 --> 00:22:39,492 and the reasons why he was leaving kept changing. 468 00:22:39,526 --> 00:22:41,094 - And in any of those cities, 469 00:22:41,127 --> 00:22:43,596 you couldn't find anybody who'd seen him or talked to him. 470 00:22:43,630 --> 00:22:45,365 And there was no financial record of him 471 00:22:45,398 --> 00:22:47,334 anywhere in those places? - Correct. 472 00:22:47,367 --> 00:22:49,235 - Deb said that she thought that he might be 473 00:22:49,269 --> 00:22:51,104 in witness protection somewhere. 474 00:22:51,104 --> 00:22:53,373 - Witness protection? - Yeah. 475 00:22:53,406 --> 00:22:55,175 - So, maybe he's living under another name 476 00:22:55,208 --> 00:22:57,510 somewhere else in the country? - Yep. 477 00:22:57,544 --> 00:22:59,879 - As the excuses grew stranger, 478 00:22:59,913 --> 00:23:03,083 the prosecutor grows more suspicious. 479 00:23:03,116 --> 00:23:05,952 - We couldn't buy the family's reasoning any more. 480 00:23:19,799 --> 00:23:22,502 - Spring 2017, Jake Millison had been 481 00:23:22,535 --> 00:23:25,572 off the grid for nearly two years. 482 00:23:25,605 --> 00:23:28,675 He had disappeared without a trace. 483 00:23:28,708 --> 00:23:30,443 Reporter Chris Rourke had been 484 00:23:30,477 --> 00:23:31,845 watching the story closely, 485 00:23:31,878 --> 00:23:34,514 along with all of the town of Gunnison. 486 00:23:34,547 --> 00:23:36,916 - It was always talked about in the community. 487 00:23:36,950 --> 00:23:38,785 It was always on people's mind. 488 00:23:38,818 --> 00:23:42,155 Um, I recall a body was found west of town. 489 00:23:42,188 --> 00:23:44,958 I-It turned out to be a hiker that had, you know, 490 00:23:44,991 --> 00:23:46,659 gone the wrong way on a trail. 491 00:23:46,693 --> 00:23:49,729 But, you know, anytime something came up like that, 492 00:23:49,763 --> 00:23:52,766 we always wondered, "Do you think that's Jake?" 493 00:23:52,799 --> 00:23:55,301 - Rourke kept thinking back to her interview 494 00:23:55,335 --> 00:23:59,105 with Jake's mom, and to something Deb had said. 495 00:24:15,689 --> 00:24:20,060 Now, for just a second, think about that. 496 00:24:20,060 --> 00:24:23,329 I interview a lot of women whose children are-- 497 00:24:23,363 --> 00:24:24,531 have disappeared. 498 00:24:24,564 --> 00:24:26,933 And they know exactly when the last time 499 00:24:26,966 --> 00:24:28,835 they spoke with them was. - Yeah. 500 00:24:28,868 --> 00:24:30,570 - To the minute. - Yeah. 501 00:24:30,603 --> 00:24:31,705 - But I can't remember 502 00:24:31,738 --> 00:24:33,773 when the last time I talked to him was. 503 00:24:33,807 --> 00:24:35,875 - Right, "I have to look at my calendar." 504 00:24:35,909 --> 00:24:38,211 - Very odd. - Yes. 505 00:24:38,244 --> 00:24:39,913 - By now, Prosecutor Jessica Waggoner 506 00:24:39,946 --> 00:24:44,384 had moved on from "odd" to "possibly criminal." 507 00:24:44,417 --> 00:24:46,186 Jake's friends seemed credible, 508 00:24:46,219 --> 00:24:49,155 saying Jake would not have taken off like that. 509 00:24:49,189 --> 00:24:51,825 His family? Not so much. 510 00:24:51,858 --> 00:24:54,694 - We couldn't buy the family's reasoning any more. 511 00:24:54,728 --> 00:24:56,563 Deb Rudibaugh had said from the beginning 512 00:24:56,596 --> 00:24:58,998 that he had left for Reno, Nevada 513 00:24:59,099 --> 00:25:01,468 to do some martial arts fighting. 514 00:25:01,501 --> 00:25:05,271 And then Stephanie Jackson would tell friends and family 515 00:25:05,305 --> 00:25:11,911 that Deb Rudibaugh told her that he was in Portland or Seattle. 516 00:25:11,945 --> 00:25:13,380 And the cities kept changing. 517 00:25:13,413 --> 00:25:15,815 And the reasons why he was leaving kept changing. 518 00:25:15,849 --> 00:25:18,418 - And in any of those cities, you couldn't find anybody 519 00:25:18,451 --> 00:25:19,886 who had seen him or talked to him. 520 00:25:19,919 --> 00:25:21,621 And there was no financial record of him 521 00:25:21,654 --> 00:25:23,790 anywhere in those places. - Correct. 522 00:25:23,823 --> 00:25:25,191 - Since he disappeared, 523 00:25:25,225 --> 00:25:27,494 Jake had never used a credit card, 524 00:25:27,527 --> 00:25:31,564 never used his passport. Never gotten a new cell phone. 525 00:25:31,598 --> 00:25:34,401 And never visited an ATM. 526 00:25:34,434 --> 00:25:36,469 And as she pieced it all together, 527 00:25:36,503 --> 00:25:38,772 the prosecutor began to wonder if Jake Millison 528 00:25:38,805 --> 00:25:42,509 had really ever left the 7-11 ranch. 529 00:25:42,542 --> 00:25:45,245 It was time to search the land that seemed to have 530 00:25:45,278 --> 00:25:48,848 a starring role in this family drama. 531 00:25:48,882 --> 00:25:52,118 That would be easier said than done. 532 00:25:52,152 --> 00:25:55,321 - The property that we're talking about is massive. 533 00:25:55,355 --> 00:25:57,924 They owned some hunting rights in various places 534 00:25:57,957 --> 00:25:59,359 up in the mountains. 535 00:25:59,392 --> 00:26:02,095 They had a quarry across the road. 536 00:26:02,128 --> 00:26:03,630 They had caves. 537 00:26:03,663 --> 00:26:05,031 - By spring, she had enough 538 00:26:05,065 --> 00:26:07,634 to convince a judge to sign a search warrant. 539 00:26:07,667 --> 00:26:10,804 But the prosecutor was born and raised here. 540 00:26:10,837 --> 00:26:13,573 And she knew she had to wait. 541 00:26:13,606 --> 00:26:16,042 - With Gunnison and its weather, 542 00:26:16,042 --> 00:26:17,844 we couldn't have searched for him in the spring. 543 00:26:17,877 --> 00:26:19,379 Grounds are still frozen. 544 00:26:19,412 --> 00:26:20,814 And that would have caused some problems 545 00:26:20,847 --> 00:26:22,649 of being able to find him. 546 00:26:22,682 --> 00:26:25,051 Um, so we knew it had to be in the summer. 547 00:26:25,051 --> 00:26:29,189 - Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Jeremy McDonald's experience 548 00:26:29,222 --> 00:26:32,559 was going from weird to weirder. 549 00:26:32,592 --> 00:26:35,528 How'd they explain Jake's absence? 550 00:26:35,562 --> 00:26:38,498 - So, they had -- always told me 551 00:26:38,531 --> 00:26:41,901 that he just left. He just disappeared. 552 00:26:41,935 --> 00:26:43,703 I never met Jake. 553 00:26:43,737 --> 00:26:47,340 And so I didn't know anything about what he was like. 554 00:26:47,374 --> 00:26:49,576 So, I just kinda thought, "Well, maybe he did just leave", 555 00:26:49,609 --> 00:26:51,277 you know, if that's what they say. 556 00:26:51,311 --> 00:26:53,146 There was even times when Deb said that 557 00:26:53,179 --> 00:26:54,280 she thought that he might be 558 00:26:54,314 --> 00:26:56,149 in witness protection somewhere. 559 00:26:56,182 --> 00:26:58,451 - Witness protection? - Yeah. 560 00:26:58,485 --> 00:27:00,286 - So maybe he's living under another name 561 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,023 somewhere else in the country? - Yeah. 562 00:27:03,056 --> 00:27:05,291 - He said theories about what happened to Jake 563 00:27:05,325 --> 00:27:07,193 would be dinner conversation. 564 00:27:07,227 --> 00:27:11,498 Maybe Jake was dead, had an accident, maybe worse. 565 00:27:11,531 --> 00:27:13,700 One night, Jeremy says he was having dinner 566 00:27:13,733 --> 00:27:15,168 with Stephanie and Dave. 567 00:27:15,201 --> 00:27:19,439 And threw out his own theory, just as a joke. 568 00:27:19,472 --> 00:27:22,442 - I mentioned, "What if-what if Deb did it? 569 00:27:22,475 --> 00:27:25,378 "And buried him in the backyard?" 570 00:27:25,412 --> 00:27:28,381 And at that very moment that I said that, 571 00:27:28,415 --> 00:27:33,253 the whole demeanor of Steph completely changed. 572 00:27:33,286 --> 00:27:36,122 And it got really awkward. 573 00:27:36,156 --> 00:27:39,426 And you could see that darkness in her eyes. 574 00:27:39,459 --> 00:27:45,899 I-I remember just feeling I stepped somewhere wrong. 575 00:27:45,932 --> 00:27:47,233 - Coming up... 576 00:27:47,267 --> 00:27:49,135 - I just kinda froze and I just said, 577 00:27:49,169 --> 00:27:50,770 "Is that what I think it is?" 578 00:27:50,804 --> 00:27:55,275 - A frightening discovery followed by a terrifying threat. 579 00:27:55,308 --> 00:27:57,310 - She just looked at me and said, 580 00:27:57,344 --> 00:27:59,779 "You know you can't ever leave now, right?" 581 00:27:59,813 --> 00:28:01,681 At that point, I didn't really know what to do. 582 00:28:01,715 --> 00:28:03,383 - You sleep with one eye open that night? 583 00:28:03,416 --> 00:28:05,018 Or maybe both eyes open? 584 00:28:05,018 --> 00:28:07,520 - I don't think I slept for a couple nights. 585 00:28:07,554 --> 00:28:11,024 - When Dateline: Secrets Uncovered continues. 586 00:28:21,133 --> 00:28:24,103 - By summer of 2017, Prosecutor Jessica Waggoner 587 00:28:24,136 --> 00:28:26,271 was ready to execute a search warrant 588 00:28:26,305 --> 00:28:28,574 at the 7-11 Ranch. 589 00:28:28,607 --> 00:28:30,609 She had listened to Jake's friends, 590 00:28:30,642 --> 00:28:33,379 gathered her evidence, and then waited for 591 00:28:33,412 --> 00:28:37,583 the Colorado sun to melt the frozen ground. 592 00:28:37,616 --> 00:28:41,754 And there was one more event Waggoner had waited for. 593 00:28:41,787 --> 00:28:47,292 An annual convention of dogs, but not just any dogs. 594 00:28:47,326 --> 00:28:51,063 These dogs have a very particular set of skills. 595 00:28:51,063 --> 00:28:55,300 Skills that make them a nightmare for some people. 596 00:28:55,334 --> 00:28:57,936 - So, every year, a bunch of cadaver dogs 597 00:28:57,970 --> 00:29:01,507 will come out and get certified for FEMA 598 00:29:01,540 --> 00:29:03,776 by going to these old mining towns 599 00:29:03,809 --> 00:29:07,246 and doing these searches for the old grave sites. 600 00:29:07,279 --> 00:29:08,881 - That's right, it's a gathering of 601 00:29:08,914 --> 00:29:13,452 some of the top cadaver search dogs in the country in, 602 00:29:13,485 --> 00:29:16,622 of all places, Gunnison. 603 00:29:16,655 --> 00:29:19,425 And you thought, "What better time to look for a body 604 00:29:19,458 --> 00:29:22,628 then when there are a lot of cadaver dog teams in town"? 605 00:29:22,661 --> 00:29:25,197 - Exactly. - There you go. 606 00:29:25,230 --> 00:29:26,832 - Lisa Higgins was there, 607 00:29:26,865 --> 00:29:30,035 a dog trainer for more than 30 years. 608 00:29:30,035 --> 00:29:32,838 Her dogs have helped solve all kinds of cases, 609 00:29:32,871 --> 00:29:36,108 from missing children to serial killers. 610 00:29:36,141 --> 00:29:38,344 - The sheriff asked that I become the liaison 611 00:29:38,377 --> 00:29:41,914 between the K9 group and the agencies 612 00:29:41,947 --> 00:29:43,916 working with this case. 613 00:29:43,949 --> 00:29:46,685 - So, early on July 17th, the cadaver dogs 614 00:29:46,719 --> 00:29:49,421 formed up with dozens of investigators 615 00:29:49,455 --> 00:29:52,624 about a mile from the 7-11 Ranch. 616 00:29:52,658 --> 00:29:57,062 A small group of investigators went ahead to serve the warrant. 617 00:29:57,062 --> 00:30:00,065 Jeremy McDonald was asleep in a trailer 618 00:30:00,065 --> 00:30:02,968 in front of the main house. - It was fairly early. 619 00:30:03,002 --> 00:30:09,041 It was about 7:00 in the morning and, uh, all of a sudden 620 00:30:09,074 --> 00:30:11,910 pounding on my door, you know? "Police, open up." 621 00:30:11,944 --> 00:30:14,246 "Police, come out. Get your hands up." 622 00:30:14,279 --> 00:30:17,916 - Jeremy wasn't wondering for a moment why they were there 623 00:30:17,950 --> 00:30:21,420 because, it turned out, he'd seen something. 624 00:30:21,453 --> 00:30:23,655 So, let's talk about what happened 625 00:30:23,689 --> 00:30:27,059 when you sort of accidentally witnessed something 626 00:30:27,092 --> 00:30:30,729 t-that I'm guessing you wish you could unsee. 627 00:30:30,763 --> 00:30:32,131 - Yeah. 628 00:30:32,164 --> 00:30:34,600 - It was two months before the day of the raid. 629 00:30:34,633 --> 00:30:39,104 Jeremy says David Jackson was operating a backhoe. 630 00:30:39,138 --> 00:30:40,673 - And so I walk around the corner. 631 00:30:40,706 --> 00:30:46,478 I see Dave and Steph standing, looking at a rib cage. 632 00:30:47,212 --> 00:30:50,582 - You heard that right. A rib cage. 633 00:30:50,616 --> 00:30:53,485 - And I just kinda froze. And I just said, 634 00:30:53,519 --> 00:30:56,722 "Is that what I think it is?" And at that moment, 635 00:30:56,755 --> 00:30:58,757 Steph and Dave both turned around 636 00:30:58,791 --> 00:31:01,260 a-and Dave had shock in his eyes. 637 00:31:01,293 --> 00:31:05,964 And Steph turned and threw her arms up in the air. 638 00:31:06,065 --> 00:31:08,233 "I don't know what it is. I'm gonna go call Mom." 639 00:31:08,267 --> 00:31:09,134 "Blah, blah, blah." 640 00:31:09,168 --> 00:31:11,804 And took off running to the house. 641 00:31:11,837 --> 00:31:14,606 You could see-- You could see the rib cage. 642 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,710 And you could see the top part of 643 00:31:17,743 --> 00:31:19,678 what looked like a pair of jeans. 644 00:31:19,712 --> 00:31:22,381 Steph came back and she said, "It's a bear 645 00:31:22,414 --> 00:31:28,654 "or some wild game that Jake shot, illegally." 646 00:31:28,687 --> 00:31:30,389 "Just cover it back up." 647 00:31:30,422 --> 00:31:31,490 - I mean, you have to be thinking, 648 00:31:31,523 --> 00:31:35,461 "Is that Jake?" - I-I definitely was thinking 649 00:31:35,494 --> 00:31:38,630 that was Jake. A-and in my heart, 650 00:31:38,664 --> 00:31:43,402 I knew it was Jake. There-- it had to be. 651 00:31:43,435 --> 00:31:48,173 - Did you say anything. - So, I guess I didn't-- 652 00:31:48,207 --> 00:31:50,709 I didn't know what to think. 653 00:31:50,743 --> 00:31:53,612 A-And I know a lot of people outside looking in think, 654 00:31:53,645 --> 00:31:56,482 "Why didn't you just call the police?" 655 00:31:56,515 --> 00:31:58,784 You have to understand, at that moment, 656 00:31:58,817 --> 00:31:59,952 that was my family. 657 00:32:00,052 --> 00:32:01,820 And even though it wasn't the most functional family 658 00:32:01,854 --> 00:32:03,589 in the world, it was-- 659 00:32:03,622 --> 00:32:05,591 That was who I ate dinner with every day. 660 00:32:05,624 --> 00:32:09,094 And so a lot of it was I didn't want their boy 661 00:32:09,128 --> 00:32:11,697 to be drug into all of this. 662 00:32:11,730 --> 00:32:15,534 - That boy was Stephanie and Dave's nine year old son. 663 00:32:15,567 --> 00:32:19,505 And, Jeremy said, any thought of contacting police 664 00:32:19,538 --> 00:32:24,243 later evaporated in the name of self-preservation. 665 00:32:24,276 --> 00:32:26,378 - Steph was kinda talking to me and Dave was there 666 00:32:26,412 --> 00:32:28,514 and she just looked at me and said, 667 00:32:28,547 --> 00:32:32,084 "You know you can't ever leave now, right?" 668 00:32:32,084 --> 00:32:35,688 And, uh, at that point, I didn't really know what to do. 669 00:32:35,721 --> 00:32:36,955 - That sound like a threat to you? 670 00:32:36,989 --> 00:32:38,424 'Cause it sounds like a threat to me. 671 00:32:38,457 --> 00:32:40,192 - It did sound like a threat. 672 00:32:40,225 --> 00:32:41,960 - You sleep with one eye open that night? 673 00:32:41,994 --> 00:32:43,529 Or maybe both eyes open? 674 00:32:43,562 --> 00:32:46,432 - I don't think I slept for a couple nights. 675 00:32:46,465 --> 00:32:48,467 - And you never told law enforcement? 676 00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:52,471 - I didn't, I tried to just block it all out. 677 00:32:52,504 --> 00:32:54,440 I didn't-- I didn't want to be involved. 678 00:32:54,473 --> 00:32:57,376 And I wanted no part of it. 679 00:32:57,409 --> 00:33:00,546 - And yet, you were a part of it. 680 00:33:00,579 --> 00:33:03,882 - Yep. 681 00:33:03,916 --> 00:33:07,453 - Now, there they were, the prosecutor, the police, 682 00:33:07,486 --> 00:33:11,357 and the dogs. The search for Jake Millison 683 00:33:11,390 --> 00:33:17,830 was about to get very focused, very fast. 684 00:33:17,863 --> 00:33:20,199 An answer no one wanted. 685 00:33:20,232 --> 00:33:22,868 - I think at that point we felt tapped out. 686 00:33:22,901 --> 00:33:24,937 And reliving it right now, 687 00:33:24,970 --> 00:33:28,107 I'm reliving that aspect of it as well. 688 00:33:28,140 --> 00:33:30,209 Damn. [sniffs] 689 00:33:35,547 --> 00:33:37,649 You mind if we take a break? 690 00:33:37,683 --> 00:33:40,452 - And questions no one could answer. 691 00:33:40,486 --> 00:33:41,687 - We're all scratching our heads, 692 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:45,557 saying "why?" and "how?" 693 00:33:45,591 --> 00:33:47,593 and asking ourselves all the questions, 694 00:33:47,626 --> 00:33:49,661 but still no arrests. 695 00:33:49,695 --> 00:33:52,865 - When "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered" continues. 696 00:34:02,108 --> 00:34:03,376 - Welcome back. 697 00:34:03,410 --> 00:34:06,713 Prosecutor Jessica Waggoner was convinced 698 00:34:06,746 --> 00:34:08,948 Jake Millison was dead. 699 00:34:09,049 --> 00:34:11,151 She believed members of his family had killed him 700 00:34:11,184 --> 00:34:13,319 and then buried his body somewhere 701 00:34:13,353 --> 00:34:15,255 on their sprawling ranch. 702 00:34:15,288 --> 00:34:18,758 Now investigators with search dogs in tow 703 00:34:18,792 --> 00:34:20,293 went sniffing around, 704 00:34:20,326 --> 00:34:22,429 and they found someone... 705 00:34:22,462 --> 00:34:25,465 in a surprisingly talkative mood. 706 00:34:25,498 --> 00:34:27,834 Here's Josh Mankiewicz with the conclusion 707 00:34:27,867 --> 00:34:30,537 of Trouble at the 7-11 Ranch. 708 00:34:33,073 --> 00:34:35,742 - July 17th, 2017, 709 00:34:35,775 --> 00:34:39,279 Jake Millison had been missing for more than two years. 710 00:34:39,312 --> 00:34:41,181 While a convoy of law enforcement 711 00:34:41,214 --> 00:34:44,684 and a pack of cadaver dogs waited down the road, 712 00:34:44,718 --> 00:34:47,487 an investigator questioned Deb Rutibaugh 713 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,889 about her missing son. 714 00:34:49,923 --> 00:34:52,158 She was evasive at first, 715 00:34:52,192 --> 00:34:55,595 and then when Deb heard about those cadaver dogs, 716 00:34:55,628 --> 00:34:58,098 she coolly and calmly... 717 00:34:58,098 --> 00:35:00,500 dropped a bombshell. 718 00:35:00,533 --> 00:35:03,937 - Deb Rutibaugh said that while Jake was asleep 719 00:35:04,037 --> 00:35:08,308 in the upstairs area of the lodge, 720 00:35:08,341 --> 00:35:12,278 she went up, and she shot him in the head. 721 00:35:12,312 --> 00:35:15,048 - The confession was almost casual, 722 00:35:15,048 --> 00:35:19,352 as a mother described murdering her own son. 723 00:35:19,386 --> 00:35:22,856 - She said that she was able to drag the body out 724 00:35:22,889 --> 00:35:26,826 and then, uh, she took the backhoe 725 00:35:26,860 --> 00:35:30,063 and buried him in a manure pile. 726 00:35:30,063 --> 00:35:32,632 Deb had pointed them to the corral, 727 00:35:32,665 --> 00:35:35,802 so that's where dog handler Lisa Higgins sent Jack, 728 00:35:35,835 --> 00:35:38,972 a German Shepherd from West Virginia. 729 00:35:39,072 --> 00:35:42,242 - Jack went in, and he performed his trained final response, 730 00:35:42,275 --> 00:35:44,477 which was a passive sit 731 00:35:44,511 --> 00:35:47,447 in the area he was most concerned with. 732 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:49,749 - Investigators brought in a backhoe, 733 00:35:49,783 --> 00:35:54,120 and the 7-11 Ranch slowly gave up its secrets. 734 00:35:54,154 --> 00:35:56,923 - Jake Millison was no longer missing. 735 00:35:56,956 --> 00:36:00,694 His remains were found wrapped in a trash bag. 736 00:36:00,727 --> 00:36:03,296 - I think at that point we felt tapped out. 737 00:36:03,329 --> 00:36:05,398 I felt tapped out. 738 00:36:05,432 --> 00:36:08,835 And reliving it right now, 739 00:36:08,868 --> 00:36:12,038 I'm reliving that aspect of it as well. 740 00:36:14,507 --> 00:36:17,344 Damn. [sniffs] 741 00:36:17,377 --> 00:36:19,045 - You okay? 742 00:36:22,048 --> 00:36:25,085 - You mind if we take a break? 743 00:36:25,118 --> 00:36:27,654 - Jake's friends had long accepted the truth 744 00:36:27,687 --> 00:36:30,623 that they'd never see him alive again. 745 00:36:30,657 --> 00:36:34,227 So when they got the word, it was no shock. 746 00:36:34,260 --> 00:36:36,062 - It's closure, but it sucks, 747 00:36:36,062 --> 00:36:38,732 because I'd rather have my friend than closure. 748 00:36:38,765 --> 00:36:41,501 - Now it was time to get, uh-- 749 00:36:41,534 --> 00:36:44,571 get some convictions, find out the truth, 750 00:36:44,604 --> 00:36:47,674 find out, you know, who was involved. 751 00:36:47,707 --> 00:36:48,942 - If this feels to you 752 00:36:48,975 --> 00:36:51,077 as if it should be the end of the story 753 00:36:51,077 --> 00:36:53,213 of what happened to Jake Millison, 754 00:36:53,246 --> 00:36:54,748 listen to this. 755 00:36:54,781 --> 00:36:57,250 No one was arrested that day. 756 00:36:57,283 --> 00:37:00,053 The news spread quickly around Gunnison. 757 00:37:00,086 --> 00:37:01,755 - We learned that Deb had confessed, 758 00:37:01,788 --> 00:37:03,189 and we're all scratching our heads, 759 00:37:03,223 --> 00:37:07,027 saying "why?" and "how?" 760 00:37:07,027 --> 00:37:10,130 and asking ourselves all the questions, 761 00:37:10,163 --> 00:37:12,132 but still no arrests. 762 00:37:12,165 --> 00:37:14,567 - You got a body, you got a confession, 763 00:37:14,601 --> 00:37:16,936 why aren't you putting the handcuffs on people? 764 00:37:17,037 --> 00:37:18,772 - There was a lot of people on scene 765 00:37:18,805 --> 00:37:20,140 that wanted that to happen, 766 00:37:20,173 --> 00:37:24,044 and I heard a lot of screaming when I said no, 767 00:37:24,044 --> 00:37:26,946 but nothing was matching up yet. 768 00:37:27,047 --> 00:37:29,182 - It was hard to believe. 769 00:37:29,215 --> 00:37:33,486 As tough as Deb was, she was 5 feet tall, 97 pounds, 770 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:37,290 and remember, suffering from stage IV cancer. 771 00:37:37,323 --> 00:37:39,693 About a week before Jake was murdered, 772 00:37:39,726 --> 00:37:41,394 she'd had surgery. 773 00:37:41,428 --> 00:37:45,432 - Deb admitted that she couldn't lift a gallon of milk 774 00:37:45,465 --> 00:37:47,167 all the way into July or August 775 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:49,302 from the surgery without help. 776 00:37:49,336 --> 00:37:51,438 - Investigators didn't think there was any way 777 00:37:51,471 --> 00:37:54,140 she had dragged Jake's 180-pound body 778 00:37:54,174 --> 00:37:56,943 down the stairs, outside, 779 00:37:56,976 --> 00:38:00,146 and then buried him all by herself. 780 00:38:00,180 --> 00:38:03,049 They were certain she had help. 781 00:38:03,083 --> 00:38:04,818 The suspect needle 782 00:38:04,851 --> 00:38:07,120 is sort of pointing away from Deb 783 00:38:07,153 --> 00:38:08,655 and towards Stephanie. 784 00:38:08,688 --> 00:38:09,756 - This entire case, 785 00:38:09,789 --> 00:38:12,459 the suspect needle was pointing at Stephanie. 786 00:38:12,492 --> 00:38:13,626 - The motive? 787 00:38:13,660 --> 00:38:17,063 The prosecutors said this was all about the 7-11, 788 00:38:17,097 --> 00:38:20,200 millions of dollars of valuable ranch land. 789 00:38:20,233 --> 00:38:22,235 Stephanie wanted it, 790 00:38:22,268 --> 00:38:24,738 but Jake stood to inherit it. 791 00:38:24,771 --> 00:38:25,939 Jake was murdered 792 00:38:26,039 --> 00:38:28,908 so that he wouldn't inherit the ranch. 793 00:38:28,942 --> 00:38:30,677 - We believe so, yes. 794 00:38:30,710 --> 00:38:34,781 I believe that Stephanie knew almost immediately, 795 00:38:34,814 --> 00:38:36,116 if not at the time. 796 00:38:36,149 --> 00:38:38,718 - And had manipulated this into happening. 797 00:38:38,752 --> 00:38:40,887 - And had created the situation. 798 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:42,722 If it was not for Stephanie Jackson, 799 00:38:42,756 --> 00:38:45,058 Jacob Millison would be here breathing today. 800 00:38:45,058 --> 00:38:46,426 - The prosecutor also believed 801 00:38:46,459 --> 00:38:48,762 Stephanie persuaded her husband Dave 802 00:38:48,795 --> 00:38:51,398 to help with the cover-up. 803 00:38:53,133 --> 00:38:56,670 Finally, seven months after Jake's body was discovered, 804 00:38:56,703 --> 00:38:58,972 deputies arrested Deb. 805 00:39:03,109 --> 00:39:06,780 And Stephanie. And Dave. 806 00:39:06,813 --> 00:39:10,183 Jeremy McDonald cooperated with investigators 807 00:39:10,216 --> 00:39:14,154 and was never charged with any crime. 808 00:39:14,187 --> 00:39:16,022 - Gunnison District Court is in session... 809 00:39:16,022 --> 00:39:18,892 - After initially denying any involvement, 810 00:39:18,925 --> 00:39:20,293 Dave Jackson pleaded guilty 811 00:39:20,326 --> 00:39:22,562 to tampering with a deceased body 812 00:39:22,595 --> 00:39:25,031 and received ten years. 813 00:39:32,472 --> 00:39:33,907 - Yes, sir. 814 00:39:33,940 --> 00:39:36,276 - By then, forensics left little doubt 815 00:39:36,309 --> 00:39:38,545 who actually pulled the trigger. 816 00:39:38,578 --> 00:39:39,913 At Jake's autopsy 817 00:39:39,946 --> 00:39:42,349 they found the slug that killed him. 818 00:39:42,382 --> 00:39:43,583 - The bullet was still there, 819 00:39:43,616 --> 00:39:45,652 and we were able to match it to the gun. 820 00:39:45,685 --> 00:39:49,356 - Deb's gun, a Lady Smith & Wesson revolver. 821 00:39:49,389 --> 00:39:51,958 They found it under Deb's bed 822 00:39:52,058 --> 00:39:54,828 with Deb's DNA on the handle. 823 00:39:54,861 --> 00:39:56,296 - Ms. Rutibaugh, you certainly do have 824 00:39:56,329 --> 00:39:57,697 the right to make a statement... 825 00:39:57,731 --> 00:39:59,866 - In May of 2019, 826 00:39:59,899 --> 00:40:03,570 four years after she killed her son, 827 00:40:03,603 --> 00:40:06,439 Deb pleaded to second degree murder. 828 00:40:06,473 --> 00:40:07,741 Even then Deb maintained 829 00:40:07,774 --> 00:40:11,344 she alone did the crime and the cover-up. 830 00:40:11,378 --> 00:40:13,680 - And my daughter Stephanie Jackson 831 00:40:13,713 --> 00:40:17,250 in no way knowingly had anything to do 832 00:40:17,283 --> 00:40:20,954 with Jake's death or subsequent cover-up. 833 00:40:20,987 --> 00:40:23,923 - She was sentenced to 40 years. 834 00:40:23,957 --> 00:40:27,160 - I would like to start out by saying thank you 835 00:40:27,193 --> 00:40:29,095 for the opportunity to speak. 836 00:40:29,129 --> 00:40:30,730 - Then facing a trial 837 00:40:30,764 --> 00:40:33,500 for the first degree murder of her brother, 838 00:40:33,533 --> 00:40:37,003 Stephanie admitted she was part of the cover-up. 839 00:40:37,037 --> 00:40:39,639 She pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting 840 00:40:39,673 --> 00:40:43,076 and to tampering with a deceased body. 841 00:40:43,109 --> 00:40:46,112 - What I am guilty of is believing 842 00:40:46,146 --> 00:40:50,784 the stories and lies my mother told everyone 843 00:40:50,817 --> 00:40:52,552 for over two years. 844 00:40:52,585 --> 00:40:56,389 - All of it, she said, was her mom's idea. 845 00:40:56,423 --> 00:40:59,626 - I would also like to apologize to my father, 846 00:40:59,659 --> 00:41:02,896 my grandparents, my extended family, 847 00:41:02,929 --> 00:41:05,732 and anyone else who's been affected... 848 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,836 by my mother's heinous actions. 849 00:41:09,869 --> 00:41:11,438 - The judge didn't buy it 850 00:41:11,471 --> 00:41:13,740 and sentenced Stephanie to the maximum, 851 00:41:13,773 --> 00:41:16,676 24 years in prison. 852 00:41:16,710 --> 00:41:20,447 It all seemed to flow from homespun greed, 853 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,282 and the river that ran through it 854 00:41:22,315 --> 00:41:26,419 was green with money and maybe a drop of jealousy. 855 00:41:27,887 --> 00:41:30,123 In November, 2019, 856 00:41:30,156 --> 00:41:33,693 Deb Rutibaugh died in prison from her cancer 857 00:41:33,727 --> 00:41:35,895 at the age of 70. 858 00:41:35,929 --> 00:41:36,996 So whatever really happened, 859 00:41:37,097 --> 00:41:39,632 maybe Deb took that to the grave with her. 860 00:41:39,666 --> 00:41:40,900 - I think so. 861 00:41:40,934 --> 00:41:43,103 I don't think Stephanie will be telling us anytime soon 862 00:41:43,103 --> 00:41:45,472 what really happened that night. 863 00:41:45,505 --> 00:41:48,108 - We do know this-- all those stories, 864 00:41:48,108 --> 00:41:51,544 Jake taking off, Jake abusing drugs, 865 00:41:51,578 --> 00:41:54,848 the idea that there were two Jakes, 866 00:41:54,881 --> 00:41:56,483 those were all lies, 867 00:41:56,516 --> 00:41:59,419 and his friends never believed them. 868 00:41:59,452 --> 00:42:01,187 You know, if it weren't for you 869 00:42:01,221 --> 00:42:03,089 and Jake's other friends, 870 00:42:03,123 --> 00:42:05,859 this case quite possibly would never have been solved. 871 00:42:05,892 --> 00:42:07,427 - I believe that. 872 00:42:07,460 --> 00:42:10,563 Jake's several buddies on the mat 873 00:42:10,597 --> 00:42:12,732 and his friends outside, 874 00:42:12,766 --> 00:42:15,301 we were the ones that pushed this 875 00:42:15,335 --> 00:42:16,670 to get this out. 876 00:42:16,703 --> 00:42:19,606 - His family kind of underestimated 877 00:42:19,639 --> 00:42:21,174 his second family, didn't they? 878 00:42:21,207 --> 00:42:23,076 - Absolutely. 879 00:42:23,076 --> 00:42:25,211 - Now it's the end of the story 880 00:42:25,245 --> 00:42:27,347 of what happened to Jake Millison. 881 00:42:27,380 --> 00:42:30,083 His friends fought for him. 882 00:42:30,116 --> 00:42:33,186 His family fought against him. 883 00:42:33,219 --> 00:42:36,356 And in the end it's hard to tell who won. 884 00:42:40,460 --> 00:42:41,661 - That's all for this edition 885 00:42:41,695 --> 00:42:44,097 of "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered." 886 00:42:44,097 --> 00:42:44,964 I'm Craig Melvin. Thank you for watching.