jason had been kidnapped ( an early favorite and still the feeling of the kirk family ) ; jason had been sold into slavery ( popular for two weeks ) ; jason had been murdered by the mysterious woman , robbed , his body dumped into the ocean ( more likely ) ; jason had drowned , drunk , in a swim off a sint pieter beach and the woman had simply fled the scene ( the preferred theory of the local police ) ; or jason had committed suicide ( nora quickly slaughtered that theory ; it would savage her ratings ) .