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Frank Jacobs' body was dumped in Vista Del Mar - and his taxi van was stolen. Monica Bodden has more:…

Hernilda Tillett, Mother
"The last time I spoke to my son was Sunday. My son came to me Sunday morning and hug me and tell me 'Happy Mother's Day'."

Monica Bodden Reporting
It was around 9 o'clock this morning that Hernilda Tillett - received the news about the vicious murder of her oldest son - 35 year old taxi Driver - Frank Jacobs.

This is the drain where his body was found - around 6:50 this morning- on the road to Vista Del Mar.

His body was covered with multiple stab wounds. And his taxi van was nowhere in sight.

Hernilda Tillett, Mother
"His girlfriend call us and tell us that he didn't come home, so I say maybe he just went with some of his friends, I didn't think it any kind of way, so after when my other son came and say that he is going to the police station and he says that he will not leave it like that because he is my oldest brother, he went to the station, the police told him that no name like Frank Jacob is not here. But after like an hour later, one of the police call my son and tell him it looks like the taxi driver who is your brother, that's why he went to the station and identify the name and everything and then they say that he is at the morgue. So I got the news about 9 o' clock this morning."

Gabriel Jacobs -Father
"My son was the oldest one and I don't know exactly what happen. He went up and take some tourists and they just did that to him - stab him up and all that stuff. I don't really know exactly what happen. He was with me yesterday morning. We got coffee and tacos and the only thing he told me after that is 'I'll see you dad'."

Tittett says there was no way her son could have survived such a gruesome attack.

Hernilda Tillett, Mother
"The way how the body looks - we could see because there were too much people around but my sister who saw the body when they brought it in told me that all over his legs, body and hands have stab wounds. No way to get away from death."

Monica Bodden
"How many stabs did he receive?"

Hernilda Tillett, Mother
"My sister say she heard the police say its 101. I don't know."

Around 8:50 this morning Jacob's grey Chevy Astro taxi van was found on a feeder road off mile 24 on the Northern Highway - in the village of Biscayne.

Today his family is stilling trying to figure out who would want to murder their loved one.

Hernilda Tillett, Mother
"Right now I feel weak, trembling inside, heartbroken because that's my oldest son and its painful. I want justice, everybody does but sometimes the justice don't comes, it just ride on and leave like that. But God is above and know everything."

While his family says he was stabbed 102 times, police say it is more like 20 times. It is notable that his body was found in the same area as Rennick Reneau's - who was killed in 2007. And one more note, Jacobs was charged for drug trafficking back in 2006 when he was allegedly caught with 128 pounds of marijuana. He was never convicted and his mother today told us she doesn't believe that had anything to do with his murder….