New details emerge Cefolia’s disappearance
It has now been 20 days since Cefolia went missing, and there still has been no sign of him. There’s a Facebook group set up to help find Cefolia, which now has around 1,600 members.
This contains some further information that wasn’t previously available, which makes this entire situation even stranger:
On Thursday, August 6, Cefolia returned from California, and was seen at home by family and coworkers
On Friday, August 7, Cefolia missed a corporate event; however, he was seen on video getting gas at around 10AM, and was also seen on video entering Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve, wearing hiking boots and khakis (which isn’t typically what you’d wear if you’re going on a jog)
He didn’t take any traceable devices with him, as his cell phone and Apple Watch were both found at home
On Saturday, August 8, Cefolia was reported missing
On Monday, August 10, Cefolia’s family hired a private investigator
On Friday, August 14, and Saturday, August 15, large searches of the Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve were carried out
During searches, articles of clothing were found, which were turned over to police; at least the shoes were not Cefolila’s, while it’s not clear if a shirt that was found was his
A rotting smell was also reported, but that turned out to be a decaying deer
A couple more things to note (more for context than anything else):
Cefolia was trying to sell his Elmhurst home; it hit the market on June 16, had a price reduction on July 16, and had a further price reduction on August 4 (two days before he went missing)
CrimeOnline claims that Elmhurst Police Chief Michael Ruth said that Cefolia was the subject of a criminal investigation; family and friends are claiming that this isn’t true, so until this is corroborated by another source, I wouldn’t expect this to be accurate (however, I think it’s specifically worth calling this out because otherwise people will start Googling and commenting this as if it’s fact)