Just to be clear, (and repeating myself and JS), when Jack died, his body was not identified by any family member, nor even a close friend. There are any number of ways he could have survived, including climbing out........He could have been roaming homeless and soapland's favorite thing....amnesia stricken. He could have been in some hospital in a coma for years! And then, he could just have my Favorite....."it didn't take". LOL. Gosh, I loved that line, and the way all the Salemites just accepted it. Ha.