He Became Overconfident
Before this happened, Jacobson was enjoying success with the scam. It must have made him very confident that nothing would go wrong. After all, he already mastered how to swap the winning tickets. Since he was accompanied by a female companion every time that he went to the packaging plants, he needed to get creative. Since his female chaperones could not go to the men’s room, he decided that it was the ideal place to pull off a very important part of the scam. He would open the envelopes and reseal them there and then. Because he had not gotten caught, he must have thought that he was untouchable. However, things changed for him when his greatest accomplice was no longer around.
He Became Overconfident
The End Of Colombo
We do not know why, but Jacobson sent a ticket worth $1 million to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in 1998. It could have been an effort to help him out should he get caught or a simple act of kindness. At any rate, it became national news. Around the same time, the nation found out about the death of Colombo. When the accident took place along the border between South Carolina and Georgia, he had been hoping to revive his marriage with Robin. His son had been in the same car but somehow came out with very minor injuries. Sadly, Colombo passed away in the hospital after two weeks. Instead of giving up on the scheme, Uncle Jerry tried to find new people to help him out instead.
The End Of Colombo
