Family Friend Has 'No Doubt' That Jayme Closs Will Recover
Some of the 13-year-old's loved ones told CBS News' Jamie Yuccas that Jayme has been making steady progress dealing with her trauma.
Some of the 13-year-old's loved ones told CBS News' Jamie Yuccas that Jayme has been making steady progress dealing with her trauma.
Jake Patterson, who is charged with kidnapping Jayme Closs and killing her parents in Barron, Wisconsin, will appear in court Wednesday.
The man charged with kidnapping Jayme Closs and killing her parents is scheduled to be back in court on Wednesday.
The man accused of kidnapping Jayme Closs and murdering her parents will be back in court next week.
Douglas County prosecutors say they do not anticipate filing additional charges in the immediate future against 21-year-old Jake Patterson, the western Wisconsin man suspected of kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents three months ago.
Hormel Foods and Jennie-O say they'll donate the $25,000 it had offered in reward money for information leading to Jayme Closs directly to the 13-year-old girl.
A Wisconsin community came together Sunday night to give thanks and celebrate the safe return home for Jayme Closs.
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WCCO-TV's Mary McGuire sat down with the 911 operator who took the phone call that led authorities to Jayme Closs.
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What happened to Jayme Closs is rare. Less than one percent of abductions are from strangers and Jayme's case is rare even within that one percent. Experts say parents should not downplay what happened to Jayme, but to use it as an important teaching moment.
Attorneys for the man accused of kidnapping a Wisconsin teenager and killing her parents say his confession could be a problem in his defense.
Authorities in western Wisconsin say they are investigating reports of hacked Facebook accounts setting up crowdfunding pages for Jake Patterson, the man accused of kidnapping Jayme Closs and killing her parents.
Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald says the community is inspired by the courage of 13-year-old Jayme Closs. Now that she is home, they can heal together.
One of few people who knows what it's like to be held captive and survive spoke with WCCO-TV Tuesday. Jasmine Block was just 15 years old when she was taken from her Alexandria home in August 2017, and locked inside a closet for 29 days. She swam across a lake to escape.
On the day Jayme Closs escaped last week, court documents say Jake Patterson drove from Gordon to the town of Haugen, Wisconsin. It's where his mom lives and where WCCO found more people are wondering what they might have missed.
CNN's Jean Casarez reports that Jake Patterson's father arrived at the Barron County Justice Center on Tuesday afternoon, saying he wanted to pass along a note to the Closs family.
The man accused of kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs after killing her parents is now being held on a $5 million cash bail in the Polk County, Wisconsin jail.
In 12 pages, there are awful answers to the questions that for 88 days haunted a team of investigators and the small Wisconsin town of Barron.
The circumstances of what happened are hitting the people in that small community hard, but as horrified as anyone is who hears these details, no doubt it's the hardest on Jayme's family and friends.
The following is a transcript of the 911 call placed after Jayme Closs escaped from a home in Gordon, Wisconsin, on Thursday and encountered Jeanne Nutter, who was walking her dog at the time.
Over the nearly three-month stretch Jayme was gone, Barron Area Schools Superintendent Diane Tremblay says the district did whatever it could to help investigators bring her home while also providing support to an emotional community.
Though Wisconsin allows a video appearance in court, Patterson's attorneys say they will request Patterson appear in person given the severity of the case. Patterson is currently in a single cell at the Barron County jail.
Jayme was being held in a remote area in Gordon, Wisconsin – in cabin country – where very few full-time residents live.
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Wednesday kicks off a stretch of lovely summer weather in the Twin Cities.
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