It’s been a year since Jayme Closs escaped a Wisconsin killer who shot her parents before abducting her. The brave teen continues to heal and thrive after being held captive for months, in a remote house of horrors. “She’s doing what every 14-year-old kid is doing and that’s just being a kid,” Barron County Sheriff …
A Wisconsin man accused of kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs after killing her parents in their Barron County home last year, apparently replied back to a local reporter who mailed him a letter. KARE reporter Lou Raguse sent 21-year-old Jake Patterson a letter full of questions earlier this year, without any indication that he’d receive a …
The Wisconsin company where 13-year-old Jayme Closs’ parents worked for decades announced it will donate $25,000 of the reward fund set aside for whoever located the girl, to Jayme herself. The Green Bay Gazette reports that Hormel Foods announced the decision on Wednesday to allow its company Jennie-O, where slain victims James and Denise Closs worked, …
A Wisconsin man suspected of kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs after shooting her parents dead, apparently held a Christmas party at his home, all the while hiding the young girl out of sight, according to sources. Journal Sentinel reports that 21-year-old Jake Patterson held a Christmas Day party at his rural home in Gordon, a home …
Prosecutors in the case of Wisconsin man, Jake Patterson, accused of kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs after shooting her parents dead, will not put the girl on the stand to testify. AP reports that Barron County District Attorney Brian Wright told reporters that Jayme, who he described as an “unbelievable” teen, would not be asked to take the …
Jake Patterson, the man accused of kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and shooting her parents dead, reportedly admitted that he tried two times prior to kidnap the girl before finally succeeding on October 15. According to the criminal complaint against Patterson, filed at the Barron Circuit Court and released Monday, Patterson targeted Jayme after spotting her …
The man accused of kidnapping Jayme Closs after shooting her parents to death in October had one intended target, and her parents stood in his way of obtaining her, according to police. Despite rumors and speculation spread heavily across social media, Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald reiterated that there is no evidence to suggest suspected …
The man accused of kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs apparently had aspirations of becoming a Marine, but according to a high school classmate, he dropped during boot camp. Daily Beast reports that Clinton Rolnik was a classmate of suspected killer and kidnapper, 21-year-old Jake Patterson, at Northwood High School in Minong, Wisconsin. According to Rolnik, his former high school …
When 13-year-old Jayme Closs escaped from a remote Wisconsin cabin Thursday after being held captive for 88 days, she apparently came across the right people. After a former social services worker found her asking for help along a rural, secluded road in Gordon, she took her to the home of a family armed and ready …
A press conference held by Barron County Sheriff’s Office in Wisconsin has shed additional details on Jayme Closs, a 13-year-old girl found alive close to Gordon, who vanished in October after someone shot her parents to death in their own home. “[The suspect is] Jake Thomas Patterson. He is 21 years old, from Gordon, Wisconsin,” …
As Wisconsin authorities continue to search for 13-year-old Jayme Closs, who vanished last month after he parents were shot to death inside their home, authorities are asking hunters to keep an eye out for any evidence that could help provide tips on what happened to her. “We ask that hunters report anything suspicious such as …
The FBI announced Wednesday that a $25,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the whereabouts of Jayme Closs, a Wisconsin girl who disappeared from her family’s home 11 days ago. CBS reports that law enforcement, as well as the family and friends of 13-year-old Jayme are hoping the reward will persuade someone …
