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Jayme Closs: Suspect named in kidnapping and murder case | Jayme Closs: Suspect named in kidnapping and murder case |
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Police have named a suspect in the case of a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl who was kidnapped in October after her parents were murdered. | Police have named a suspect in the case of a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl who was kidnapped in October after her parents were murdered. |
Jake Thomas Patterson, 21, is being held on two counts of first-degree homicide and one count of kidnapping, police said on Friday. | Jake Thomas Patterson, 21, is being held on two counts of first-degree homicide and one count of kidnapping, police said on Friday. |
Jayme Closs was located on Thursday evening and is to be reunited with her family, said police. | Jayme Closs was located on Thursday evening and is to be reunited with her family, said police. |
Police believe the suspect attacked the Closs family in order to abduct Jayme. | |
They described the 13-year-old as the suspect's "only target". | |
Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said Mr Patterson has no criminal history in the state of Wisconsin. | Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said Mr Patterson has no criminal history in the state of Wisconsin. |
Investigators believe he murdered Jayme's parents in order to abduct her and took "many proactive steps" to hide his identity from law enforcement and the public. | Investigators believe he murdered Jayme's parents in order to abduct her and took "many proactive steps" to hide his identity from law enforcement and the public. |
At this point, law enforcement did not expand on why Jayme was targeted. Sheriff Fitzgerald said Jayme did not have any contact with Mr Patterson on social media. | |
Sheriff Fitzgerald noted police information was still "limited" and Jayme is still being interviewed by officials. | Sheriff Fitzgerald noted police information was still "limited" and Jayme is still being interviewed by officials. |
"There is a reunification process in place going on right now that includes medical mental evaluation, questioning by detectives and FBI agents, and then reunification with family," he said. | "There is a reunification process in place going on right now that includes medical mental evaluation, questioning by detectives and FBI agents, and then reunification with family," he said. |
Jayme was found on Thursday in the small town of Gordon, some 70 miles (112km) away from her home in Barron. | Jayme was found on Thursday in the small town of Gordon, some 70 miles (112km) away from her home in Barron. |
Police say she had escaped on foot from a remote cabin. | Police say she had escaped on foot from a remote cabin. |
According to Douglas County Sheriff Tom Dalbec, Gordon police located and arrested Mr Patterson thanks to a description of his vehicle that Jayme provided. | According to Douglas County Sheriff Tom Dalbec, Gordon police located and arrested Mr Patterson thanks to a description of his vehicle that Jayme provided. |
Mr Patterson was interviewed by Douglas County officials and then transported to the Barron County jail. | Mr Patterson was interviewed by Douglas County officials and then transported to the Barron County jail. |
Police said Mr Patterson is currently unemployed. | |
FBI Special Agent Justin Tolomeo told reporters: "In cases like this we often need a big break - it was Jayme herself who gave us that break." | |
The Barron County District Attorney Brian Right said he plans to have a criminal complaint against Mr Patterson filed by next week. | |
Local teacher Jeanne Nutter was walking her dog when she found Jayme on Thursday. | |
She told the Associated Press that the 13-year-old had shouted "please help me, I don't know where I am, I'm lost". | |
Ms Nutter said Jayme was skinny, dirty and wearing shoes too large for her feet. | |
She brought Jayme to the home of neighbour Peter Kasinskas, as it was further away from where she found the teenager. | |
"It was like I was seeing a ghost," Mr Kasinskas told the Minneapolis Star Tribune. "My jaw just went to the floor." | |
Jayme stayed at the home for about 20 minutes and declined food and water, the Associated Press reports. | |
Jayme's aunt, Sue Allard, told the Tribune: "It's the news we've been waiting on for three months. | |
"I can't wait to get my arms around her. I just can't wait." | |
On Monday 15 October 2018, emergency services received a call at the Closs family address in Barron from a mobile phone. | |
They heard a disturbance in the background, but no-one spoke to them directly. | |
When police arrived four minutes later, no gun or suspects were found at the scene and there was no sign of Jayme. | When police arrived four minutes later, no gun or suspects were found at the scene and there was no sign of Jayme. |
The following Wednesday, the deaths of James and Denise Closs were officially ruled as homicide by a medical examiner. | The following Wednesday, the deaths of James and Denise Closs were officially ruled as homicide by a medical examiner. |