This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, JEROLD HAAS who may have made it to be 43 years old, born on September 30, 1975. His life was ripped away from us and his life ended too soon.  He took off August 31st, 2018, not telling anyone what he was doing or where he was going. His badly decomposed remains were found November 3, 2018.  Many are heart broken. Everyone who knew him loved him. He had a big heart and a kind gentle nature. He was low key and laid back. Many knew him as Darry, tonehog or Knot, Not Naught! online.  What a tragedy that can never be reversed.  We'll remember him forever. He wasn't a person easy to forget. He left behind many online friends, his music online under tonehog and computer videos on YouTube. He was a good soldier and suffered much hardship.

We know he went in the woods to get away, think and be alone. He had a habit of doing that when under a lot of stress or experiencing a major anxiety attack or upset about something. He never was gone for very long. (Normally less than a week.)

He had been doing contract work making more money than he had ever made and simultaneously doing Tessr programming. He had just completed a cryptocurrency project for a non-profit, Tessr. Tessr  Advisory Board members changed the mission of the foundation at the meeting he missed attending August 30, 2018. It was supposed to be a non-profit educational foundation for free education.  The mission was changed to securing the voting. Who wouldn't be in favor of secure voting? Jerold wouldn't have.  His political affiliation was a Libertarian. He was a self-professed tin foil hat guy on his twitter account. He wouldn't have wanted to be involved in project or work to do with the government. One of the board members was an ex-Columbus politician. They messed with the wrong computer nerd.  He left with the cryptocurrency coded programming key. He did not make the airdrop that was scheduled to take place before he left Columbus. I guess he got the last word in on Tessr but at the cost of his life. Tessr folded with his demise. He did white hat hacking. Several employers called him a computer Ninja. He was playful and funny and young at heart.

All his computers, cell phones, headphones etc. which were normally in his backpack were accounted for. His personal computer after drying out was operational but not the work computer. His wallet with some cash (not all that he left with), bank card, credit cards, were in his pants pocket wallet.  The mystery is why he was found so far away from his backpack containing all that was important to him. He NEVER went anyplace without his backpack and computers. His life was in his computers. He was a brilliant highly skilled computer software engineer (programmer/coder) who spoke three foreign languages (Spanish, German & Mandarin Chinese). There was evidence he had been camping and living off the land. People living on The Shepherd's Way, Clarksville, Ohio witnessed him walking on the road and being in the woods behind their homes.

Because he wasn't found soon after his death and his remains were badly decomposed; his exact cause of death hasn't been determined. His bones showed he had a broken femoral neck (dislocated/broken hip). This was a life-threatening injury.  He would not have been able to stand or walk with those injuries without great difficulty and pain at least for the distance he was found from his backpack. Those injuries normally occur from a fall from a very great height or a high energy collision such as being hit by an automobile, motorcycle while walking or a fight where a person is knocked down and their leg jumped on. 

There were 4 twitter posts deleted the last week in September 2018. Where he was or how those posts got deleted is unknown. It is a big mystery. None of his computers or phones were used after he went missing from Columbus according to detectives. The police did subpoena the records from twitter. Twitter said only his computers were used. So, this an unsolved puzzle. 

His remains which appeared to be dumped were found in a thicket near a soybean field at 183 Spring Hill Road, Clarksville, Ohio owned by Mr. Wm. C. O'Bryan, President & Chief Executive Officer of S.P.A., Inc./Softpak LTD a $23 million dollar computer software company.  The property is titled in the name of Springhill Farm, LLC.  Mr. O'Bryan has another estate in Punta Gordon, Fl. where he permanently resides.  Mr. O'Bryan permits people to hunt his property and there are supposedly deer tree stands but the police informed me that he had NO deer cameras on his property anywhere on his over 300 acres.  That is highly unusual.

The question is why was his remains found so far away from his backpack? It took the Warren County Police department 2 weeks to find his backpack because Mr. Wm. C. O'Bryan would only authorize initially that the police could search within 100 feet of where his remains were found. My son's 10 missing teeth, hand, feet, neck and throat bones and the rest of his bones were never found. The police were able to search further than 100 feet from where my son's remains were found on Mr. O'Bryan's property by airplane and located his backpack two weeks after his remains were found. How did Jerold sustain such life-threatening injuries in a soybean field?  Why has Mr. Wm. C. O'Bryan refused to let Jerold's Mother see where Jerold was found (dumped & perhaps died) and why has he posted no trespassing signs and blocked the road to prevent access to his driveway? May God forgive Mr. O'Bryan for his heartless concern for a grieving mother.

There are 11 registered sexual predators living within walking distance (5 miles) of where he was camping and found which was off of The Shepherd's Way, Clarksville, Ohio. (Actually 13 at the time of his death. 2 have moved away.) There are two camps in Clarksville, Ohio for children that no doubt attracts sexual predators within walking distance of where my son was found. One of those camps rent to outside clubs and organizations for activities during the time my son went missing.

The area looks like a safe haven with many beautiful, large and expensive homes with lots of trees and many acres of woods. We lived in Warren County and Jerold graduated from Springboro High School, so he was familiar with the area. But oh, how things have changed since then... You would find it hard to believe the kind of activities that go on in the children's camp in Clarksville rented to the outside groups in September each year for more than the last twelve years. I was totally shocked. Do people who live on The Shepherd's Way and in Clarksville, Ohio Warren County know what is happening in their neighborhood?

Within walking distance there was and still is a bar which is a known to be frequented by a notorious motorcycle club.

Within walking distance was and still is an RV camp known to contain many people who are down on their luck and who have drugs and there is much violence.

All the country roads surrounding the area he was in have no streetlights. It's very dark on all the two-lane country roads surrounding where my son was camping, and my son wore all dark clothing. It was his routine to walk his dog every night. He walked to and from his work in Columbus normally.

If my son was struck by a golf cart (golf carts are available at 4H Camp Graham), an automobile, motorcycle or a 4-wheeler (Mr. O'Bryan has 4 wheelers), there is an area on Mr. O'Bryan's property that vehicles pull off the road into and near the soybean field where my son was found.  Was he ambushed at the creek where he had made a campsite and where his backpack was found?

My son was NOT gay, but he was a handsome man and would get hit on sometimes by men.

The area is known as a hub for gay activity, drugs, violence and demonic pagan worship every September at the childrens 4 H camp in Clarksville.

My son left with $200 cash in his wallet but was found with about half of that. How did he spend any money camping in the woods?  No one remembers ever seeing him in any stores or in Clarksville making any food purchases. Police say no one pays attention to other people anymore. Everyone is self-absorbed staring at their smart phones.

My son was found hundreds of yards away from his backpack where he was camping. Everyone the police spoke to said Jerold never went anywhere without his backpack.

The last week of September posts were deleted from his twitter account. I believe that is when he died. Police investigation indicates that none of his phones or computers were used after the day he went missing. The last post he made on his twitter account was " ANARCHIST ". 

The Coroner from Warren County, Dr. Russell Uptegrove (paper coroner as he has no facilities to do autopsies) suggested to me that perhaps he fell down and broke his femur which is the strongest bone in the body. That may have been so but how did he get so far from the camp site to the wet soggy soybean field where he was found. It was also suggested he fell possibly from a deer tree stand that was not terribly far away or jumped off the bridge. The bridge was too far away from where he was found for that to be feasible.  It's quite ridiculous. My son was afraid of heights and would not have been climbing a tree or jumping off a bridge. The coroner said this because there is a frequency of people in Clarksville who jump off the bridge or perhaps are pushed.  

I can't believe he would go to Mr. O'Bryan's property which has so many mosquitos (used to be a mushroom farm) and was very wet, soggy and cold that September. My son was wearing black tennis shoes with thin socks. People can't tolerate being there (I've been told by reporters and photographers) because of the mosquitos. His shirt found near his bones was only a t-shirt. It's inconceivable that he would go willingly in a mosquito infested area and leave his computers & cell phones so far away dressed the way he was unless he was injured elsewhere and crawled or was transported some other way to where his remains were found. It rained a lot that September 2018 and the weather turned cold in the evenings. He took no coat, sweater or jacket. It's hard to believe he was out in the weather under those conditions without the proper clothing to keep warm for all that time.

My son was not on any drugs or medications when he went missing. He had been only taking Mr. Ford's miracle herbs Life Vantage. My son had been a taking prescription drug for anxiety (General Anxiety Disorder) for years.  He lost his driver's license as a result of one incidence with only privileges to drive to and from work. He was trying to get off all that medication. There were no signs of any alcohol or drugs where he was found, camping or in his backpack or in his personal property taken from his apartment that he shared with his recent new girlfriend.
 
Bottom Line- ACCIDENT, NATURAL OR ACT OF VIOLENCE?  Warren County Coroner says- UNDETERMINED

Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. Isaiah 40:30

Jerold had unplugged from all technology. In his backpack he had a New Testament with Psalms. My son is finally in a place of safety.  May he rest in peace and I so look forward to seeing him again soon at the resurrection. The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart, and merciful men are taken away; none considering that the righteous are taken away from the evil to come. He shall enter into peace; they shall rest in their beds (the grave) each one who walked in his uprightness. (Isa. 57:1-2) GOD IS NOT ALOOF EVEN FROM SUFFERING, TRAGEDY, AND DEFEAT.  Regardless of what may take place, eyes of faith sparkle with joyous certainty that, somehow, this too is operating to affect a rescue, an exodus into a land of milk & honey, and ultimately victory.

The popular and well-known technology magazine from New York - "WIRED"- has an article about Jerold Haas and the Tessr Foundation on the one-year anniversary of Jerold's death and having gone missing in the November/December 2019 edition.  This edition is now available in November written by Brendan I. Koerner. (Author of the Book "The Skies Belong to Us") 
Some of the information in this article is inaccurate. Some of the information used in this article describing my son's character came from people who were supposedly friends of my son. People are inclined to be jealous of those who are gifted.  Like my grandmother always said, "Them that accuse are most always them that are a doing." Money or the lack of it is the one thing you can count on to destroy lifelong friendships as well as marriages and create illness from stress. My son was a contract worker who didn't get paid regularly and has not so good credit and didn't pay bills or debts reliably. Sometimes he didn't get paid at all. Much of his work was done for his best friend from high school who did not pay him what he was worth.  He went months working without payment, no health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance or benefits. He struggled financially much of his adult working life. His "friends" and loyalty to them to build their start-up computer software business was his downfall.  (Steve Job and Steve Wozniak scenario) He was tolerant and long suffering to a fault. My son didn't have a mean bone in his body. However, he was a passive aggressive personality.  

My son was never arrested (poor choice of words) by the police for breaking a window to a church to take refuge from cold winter weather. He was detained, given something to eat, drink and was driven home. He was supposed to pay for the broken window glass. He died before it was paid. This occurred on one of his "called to the wild" escapes in winter one snowy night when it had gotten terribly frigid. 

My son's skeleton remains were not leaned up against a tree, but in a discombobulated position against a small honey suckle bush (with the skull in pieces a distance away).

The medications my son took were prescription drugs prescribed by his physician for anxiety. He was never arrested for buying or selling street drugs or alcohol related incidents.  He has never been charged with any felonies. There are inaccurate online stories to smear his name and reputation to minimize his life and suggest his death was his own doing. But my son was doing very well financially at the time of his death. Even the police said they don't believe that was the case because he was making a lot of money at the time he left.

May the Lord repay all his friends and associates according to their works.
2 Timothy 4:14

Jerold's own words from his twitter account

PLEASE REVIEW GALLERY OF PHOTOS, LIFE, STORIES TABS AT THE TOP AND FEEL FREE TO ADD A TRIBUTE TO HIS MEMORY.

If anyone has any information that might lead to solving the mystery of what happened to Jerold, please contact me, Jerold's Mum or perhaps Major Steve Arrasmith, Investigations Division Commander, Warren County Sheriff's Office at 513-336-0070. 

His family is still looking for answers. We don't know when he died, exactly where he died and why he died or how he died. There is something of his that is missing. Something that someone may have thought was very valuable. Perhaps he burned it in a campfire to keep warm.  If anyone in Clarksville or Columbus, Ohio knows, saw or heard something, please let us know no matter how insignificant it may seem. It may be a mystery that will never be solved in my lifetime.

REMEMBER:  THERE IS NO AGONY LIKE THAT OF AN UNTOLD STORY!
TIME DOES NOT HEAL ALL WOUNDS!    BUT TIME DOES WOUND ALL HEELS!