Published January 25. 2017 03:47PM
Police have new clues in the search for Jesse Farber of Tamaqua, who disappeared on Aug. 11, 2015. Those clues, some of Farber's belongings, led police and searchers to a new area, located about one to one and one half miles west of where Farber was initially thought to have disappeared. During the initial searches in 2015, the new area was searched by helicopter, with no success. Those searches centered on an area behind the Tamaqua Area Senior High School, as that is where Farber said he was when he last contacted his loved ones. The area is heavily wooded and contains dozens of coal stripping pits. The teams are using cadaver dogs from Pennsylvania K9 Search and Rescue and the New Jersey Rescue and Recovery K9 Unit. Taking the lead in the search is Wolfpack Search and Rescue based in the Lehigh Valley. Also assisting were Tamaqua and Schuylkill Township Police. The area is remote and only accessible by foot or high-profile four wheel drive vehicles.