Police Say Wisconsin Man Confesses To Abducting Jayme Closs And Killing Her Parents
Jake Thomas Patterson allegedly told police he decided to abduct Jayme after spotting her board a school bus. Authorities say he controlled her with threats of "bad things."
by Daniella Cheslow
Jan 14, 2019
3 minutes
What drove a man to fatally shoot a couple in Wisconsin and kidnap their teenage daughter?
A filed Monday unspools a grisly crime that began when, according to authorities, suspect Jake Thomas Patterson, 21, spotted a girl boarding a school bus. It ended with her escaping Thursday from more than two months of captivity. Prosecutors charged Patterson Monday with kidnapping Jayme and killing her parents. They also charged him with armed robbery. The reports Patterson sat expressionless as he appeared in court Monday
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