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This person was missing Missing Since 08/11/2015

Missing Since:

Missing Since 08/11/2015

Missing From:

Missing From Tamaqua, Pennsylvania

Classification:

Classification Endangered Missing

Gender:

Male

Race:

Race White

Date of Birth:

Age:

Age 29 years old

Height and Weight:

Height and Weight 5’5 – 5’7, 130 pounds

Clothing/Jewelry Description:

Clothing/Jewelry Description A black hooded sweatshirt, a black t-shirt, light brown bib overalls and either work boots or sneakers. Carrying a camouflage-print backpack.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Farber has a dog bite scar on each cheek and a small scar on his forehead. He has numerous tattoos, including but not limited to: a fox on his left upper arm at the shoulder, a black star wreath above the Roman numerals II, III and IV on the inside of his left forearm, a small ankh symbol on his left forearm, a skull with a snake coming out of it on his right upper arm at the shoulder, a colorful dragon’s skull and words in black Gothic script on his upper back, a bear claw print on the right side of his chest, and a stick figure drawing in a keyhole shape on the left side of his ribcage showing a scene of a man hanging from a tree. Photos of some of his tattoos are posted with this case summary. Farber may use the name Jesse Rex. He has a chipped front tooth. He smoked cigarettes at the time of his disappearance. Farber may have some Latino ancestry.

Details of Disappearance:

On August 11, 2015, Farber disappeared in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. He’d planned to buy drugs that day but the deal fell through. Later that evening, around 7:20 pm, someone saw him walking towards a trail leading into the coal fields.

At 9:09 pm, he called his girlfriend, terrified. He said ten or eleven “coyotes” chased him up a tree on Sharp Mountain. His phone battery was dying, and he urgently asked her to come help and bring guns. The call ended abruptly, and she couldn’t reach him again. She and her brother searched, but couldn’t find him. The police also searched, but to no avail.

Nearly a year and a half later, a hunter found Farber’s sweatpants and backpack in a small tree high up on Sharp Mountain – miles from where he said he was. The area is dangerous, with old, deep mine shafts.

It’s unclear what Farber was running from. It wasn’t likely actual coyotes; they don’t usually hunt in packs or chase people up trees. Some think he was hallucinating from drugs. Others believe “coyotes” referred to a drug gang of the same name, and that gang members might have planted his belongings to confuse the investigation. The police haven’t confirmed the existence of such a gang, however.

Farber’s disappearance remains a mystery.

Agency:

Tamaqua Police Department 570-668-5000

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