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 My name is Laurie Broussard, I am Jacob Michael Olivier's mother.  Jacob is 23 yrs. old. He was last seen on Aug, 24, 2011 in Everglades National Park Fl. There is a video that he was by himself when he entered the park at 1pm. He was driving a 1998 Isuzu Pick Up.  His truck was found on the 27th of Aug. The Park Rangers ran the Texas License Plates on the truck and found that it belonged to my Ex-husband, he informed them that it was Jake driving the truck. Jake was living and working in Texas at that time. The search was started at that point. At this time I was unaware that he was missing, I found out after the search was over from a news reporter that called and asked if I know Jacob Olivier, I asked why. That is when he told me that Jake was missing in the Everglades. Needless to say I was speechless, all I could say is he is my son, then the next questions were  how, when, where, why. Then he told me what he knew. I just cried and didn't know what to do. I asked if his father already knew,  he said yes. I was not given the chance to go there to help with the search to find my son.That was taken away from me by his father. I strongly fell the search did not go far because in their eyes they saw that this man had no loved ones there to help find him. If I had known I would have done  everything that I could to have been there. I called his father and asked why he did not call me and his words to me were " You didn't need to know and then when I was gonna call you they told me you called them."
      His cell phone was last pinged off a tower at 4:45 pm. They were able to triangulate his cellphone number off the towers. The Rangers used that in their search to try to locate him. The search included bloodhounds and human remains K-9 patrol to search. We are asking anyone that knows anything about the case or his whereabouts to please contact us to help bring him home safe. He has a loving family waiting for him to come home here. Aaron is in foster care in Mississippi and needs his daddy right now. 
      My son Tim and I are working very hard to do anything and everything to help find Jake to bring him home to us and his son. We live in Pooler, Ga. and I found out after I had the interview with WTOC -TV that Jake had come to Guyton,Ga. on Aug. 11th and 12th. He went there to see a female friend. He told her that he was looking for his "mom and his little brother."He left Guyton on the 12th  of Aug. about 5pm she was the last one to see him here that we know of. Jake stayed the night at her house on the 11th and on the 12th he told her that he was going to find me. That day I had a doctor appointment and he did not make contact with me. That is something that I will have to live with everyday until the day that we find him so that I can tell him that I'm so sorry that I was not there for him.  I was later told that he was in Daytona, then he spent one the night on the 23rd of Aug. at a motel in Homestead Fl. the next day is when he entered the park, no one has seen him since.
     James and I just spent 3 days in the Everglades to see the last place where Jake's truck was. Pine Glades Lake is about 1mile long around and we walked it. At no time in that lake did we get the feeling that Jake was in that Lake. We do know that there is no cell phone coverage at the lake at least with Verizon. Knowing my son like I do, he would not follow a normal path and there are several areas that do not have a path for tourist to go on a regular basis. We meet with Dave and there will be more searching in the area for Jake. Dave is a very wonderful man that is devoting his time and energy to this case, when it seems like everyone else has giving up. His words "I WILL NEVER GIVE UP ON FINDING  YOUR  SON OR THE ANSWERS TO GIVE YOU THE PEACE YOU NEED".  We can not thank him enough. Thank you Dave, you are special in our hearts.
       Besides Dave, James, Tim, Courtenay and Myself no one is doing anything to find my son.
       As far as his father's side that I have been told by authorities they have not been cooperative to help with information and help finding Jake. Which doesn't surprise me,  He  doesn't communitcate with me. He is a very cold hearted person. When I did tell him Jake was here looking for me and his little brother  before he went missing his words were " he wasn't looking for you". I strongly feel Jake was running from his dad was coming here which he did but I wasn't here that day. Then 2 weeks later he is missing. I have a lot of regret inside, anger at his father he would not be missing if it wasn't for him. If he had not kick him out the house and had Jake living on the streets since he was 16,  he could have sent him back to me instead of the streets but he choose to continue keeping them from me for 5 years without contact.
      Jake found me when he was 17 and moved here with me he was already on drugs, he went to rehab in Texas and then more problem with his dad then I never saw him again.
      As long as there is a breath in me I will never stop looking for my son. No matter what it takes I will never give up my search, As a mother that is just a part of you that won't let you quit. Jake would do the same for me if I was missing.