One year later, no sign of hostage Ake (Jeffrey Ake taken hostage in Iraq)

[Barrett808]

LAPORTE, IN — The fate of hostage Jeffrey Ake remains unknown, one year after the water treatment industry CEO was taken hostage in Iraq, according to an April 10 Associated Press (AP) report.

Ake, owner and CEO of bottled water equipment and commercial/industrial water treatment supplier Equipment Express in Rolling Prairie, IN, was taken hostage April 11, 2005, and last seen April 13, 2005, as reported by Water Tech Online®.

No new evidence has surfaced in the case, but FBI spokeswoman Wendy Osborne was quoted in the article as saying, "We have no reason to believe he's not alive."

Ake was abducted while working on a water treatment plant outside Baghdad; Equipment Express was part of the rebuilding effort in the war-torn country, the report said.

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