Dan Jarski

The Vanished Podcast

Wondery

True Crime, Society & Culture, Cold Case, Investigative, Find The Missing, Vanished, Missing Persons, Documentary, News, Disappeared, Exhibit C

4.5 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

62-year-old Dan Jarski disappeared from Grant Park, Illinois on September 9, 2018. That morning, he fed his dog, took the key to his van and his driver’s license and left. Dan left his wallet and cell phone at home. His vehicle was recovered a few days later at a state park, but no trace of him has been found. Law enforcement agencies have conducted extensive searches for Dan using ATVs, drones, dogs, boats, and more. Dan’s wife Janace is looking for answers about why Dan disappeared and what may have happened to him.

Anyone with information about Dan’s case is urged to call the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office at 815-933-3324 or Detective Brady Bertrand at 815-802-7159.

You can follow Dan’s case on Facebook at Find Dan Jarski.

UPDATE: Dan's remains were located in Kankakee River State Park on November 10, 2018.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to the vanished ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:06.0	Music.
0:24.0	Every day, when I wake up, it's like, how do you function? You know, my youngest son asked me if I wanted him to come home to be home.
0:36.0	And I said, no. I said, at least at school, you have distractions. I said, I finally went back to work just because I couldn't sit at home and do nothing anymore.
0:54.0	On the evening of Saturday, September 8, 2018, Dan Jarski was at his home in Grant Park, Illinois with his son DJ, while his wife Janice went to take care of her father in a neighboring town.
1:06.0	The next morning, he fed their dog, took the key to his van and his driver's license and left.
1:12.0	Dan left his wallet and cell phone at home. His vehicle was recovered a few days later at a state park.
1:20.0	Law enforcement agencies have conducted extensive searches for Dan using ATVs, drones, dogs, boats, and more. But no trace of Dan has been found.
1:31.0	Dan's wife Janice is looking for answers about why Dan disappeared and what may have happened to him.
1:37.0	Amarissa, and from Wondery, this is episode 143 of The Vanished. Dan Jarski's story.
1:50.0	Dan Jarski's story.
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2:11.0	Well done. You've sorted through the embarrassment of riches that is the modern podcast landscape.
2:19.0	And found me Rob Briden on my podcast.
2:23.0	In this series of Briden and I talk to among others, Harry Hill, Ben Elton, Charlotte Church, Steve Cougan, and Dame Harriet Walter.
2:33.0	And that's just a few.
2:35.0	We tend to chat for about 45 minutes to an hour, never longer.
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