Wisconsin teen Jayme Closs, 13, who was abducted from her home in Barron, Wisconsin on October 15, the same day the teenager’s parents, James, 56, and Denise Closs, 46, were found shot dead inside.
The board chairman of Gordon said Jayme was found at Eau Claire Acres, a development located about 70 miles away from her home. The teen was approached a woman walking her dog in the afternoon, when she told the stranger she had been kidnapped and that a man killed her parents.
Jayme Closs who has been missing since mid-October, has been found alive 70 mile away from her home. The teen was approached a woman walking her dog on Thursday afternoon, when she told the stranger she had been kidnapped and that a man killed her parents
Cops say the suspect, Jake Thomas Patterson, [photo], targeted Jayme Closs. What was his connection to the family?
When she knocked at the couple’s door, the first people to see her described the 13-year-old girl found alive after being missing since mid-October as ‘skinny and dirty but outwardly OK’, said Kristin and Peter Kasinskas , the couple who called 911 after the teenager flagged down a dog walker in rural Wisconsin and showed up at their door.
The Barron County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Thursday evening that Jayme has been located in Douglas County, and the male suspect in the multiple homicide and kidnap was in custody.
The board chairman of Gordon said Jayme [seen left, recuperating in hospital], was found at Eau Claire Acres, a development located about 70 miles away from her home.The teen approached a woman walking her dog, and told the stranger she had been kidnapped and that a male abductor killed her parents.She was located at 4:43 p.m. on Thursday and a suspect was taken into custody at 4:54, according to Douglas County.The dogwalker, who has requested to remain anonymous, went with Jayme to her neighbors’ house and pounded on their door.
The teen vanished from her home in Barron, Wisconsin on October 15, the same day the teenager’s parents, James, and Denise Closs, [photo] were found shot dead inside
Kristin and Peter Kasinskas say their neighbor had a skinny, dirty girl with matted hair, wearing shoes several sizes too big for her feet standing next to her. The neighbor shouted, ‘This is Jayme Closs! Call 911!’
Kristin Kasinskas, who is a teacher, told NBC’s the
Today Show: ‘She knocked on our door, and then actually opened our door and said call 911.
‘I think we recognized Jayme immediately. I mean, her picture has been everywhere around here, billboards and things so we recognized her immediately.
Amber alert: Jayme’s name was added to the top of the FBI’s Missing Persons list and has been on digital billboards across the nation
Searching for Jayme: Volunteers searching for Jayme Closs cross a creek and barbed wire near Barron, Wisconsin 10 days after she vanished on October 15, 2018
Kristin and Peter Kasinskas say their neighbor had a ‘skinny, dirty girl with matted hair wearing shoes several sizes too big for her feet standing next to her’. They recognized Jayme and called 911
‘She seemed kind of in shock and kind of timid, but she did talk to us a little bit, and she came in and sat down in our living room and was able to have a conversation with us.’
‘She didn’t give us a ton of detail. I had asked her if she knew where Gordon, Wisconsin, was. She did not know where Gordon was, and she didn’t know where she was at the time. She was – she did state who she believed had her, and she did give us a little information about the person’s car. But other than that she didn’t give us a ton of detail about.’
Asked if the person the teen mentioned was someone she knew in the community, ‘I recognized the name when I was told it but not somebody I knew well by any means,’ Kristin said.
Kristin Kasinskas told the Today Show: ‘The teen did not know where she was at the time. She did give us a little information about the person’s car. But other than that she didn’t give us a ton of detail about,’ but we believed her
‘She looked thinner than her pictures. We offered her a beverage. We offered her something to eat. She said she didn’t want anything to eat or drink,’ Kristin Kasinskas said
Kristin’s husband, Peter Kasinskas tells the Minneapolis Star Tribune that Jayme was quiet and showed little emotion. He says she told them she didn’t know where she was or anything about Gordon, the small town near where she was found. ‘I don’t know (if she seemed afraid). It wasn’t like she was scared of us. She wasn’t crying or upset. She was just very calm.’
NBC asked Kristin whether Jayme told her how she escaped: ‘Not really. She kind of talked about being locked up or hidden when this person had to leave, but she did not go into any detail about how she got away,’Kristin said.
‘She looked thinner than her pictures. We offered her a beverage. We offered her something to eat. She said she didn’t want anything to eat or drink. She was comfortable. She just was cold, so we did give her a blanket, but yeah, she didn’t want food or anything to drink. I would – I guess I would describe her as looking kind of unkempt.
The Barron County Sheriff’s Department, which was first notified by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department of the information after a citizen called, declined to release further details at this time.
‘We do not any other details at this time as this is a very fluid and active investigation… we will not be answering any questions or taking calls on this tonight,’ the statement said.
The Barron County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Thursday evening that Jayme has been located in Douglas County, and an initially unidentified male suspect has been arrested
The Barron County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Thursday evening that Jayme has been found and a suspect has been arrested
Kristin Kasinskas neighbor who called 911- Jayme Closs and the dog walker, who has requested to remain anonymous, went with Jayme to her neighbor’s house, [photo], and pounded on their door asking for help
Crime scene: The Closs family home in the Town of Barron, Wis., where Jayme lived with her parents before their brutal murder in October, 2017. Jake Thomas Patterson from the town of Gordon, 70 miles away has been charged with the crime
‘We want to thank the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department and agencies assisting them tonight.
‘We also want to thank all the Law Enforcement agencies across the state and county that have assisted us in this case.
‘We also could not have endured this case without the support of the public and I want to thank them for all the support and help.
‘Finally, we want to especially thank the family for their support and patience while this case was ongoing.
‘We promised to bring Jayme home and tonight we get to fulfill that promise. From the bottom of my heart THANK YOU!’
Jayme’s relieved family have said the teen is ‘talking, doing great and getting rest right now’.
Her aunt, Kelly Engelhardt, told KARE 11 that the news is what the family has ‘prayed for’ every day.
‘I honestly had faith… I figured if they hadn’t found her by now that the person that did this didn’t want her dead, so I had hope. Every day there was hope. We had too much love and support around us for us to give up,’ her aunt said.
Victim’s uncle, Jeff Closs, said he is shocked and beyond grateful for the outcome the family desperately hoped for
Speaking with Kare11, Jayme’s uncle, Jeff Closs, said he is shocked and beyond grateful for the outcome the family desperately hoped for: ‘It was just unbelievable because you hear about… you’re not sure if she’s not going to be found. And when you actually hear it, it’s just unbelievable. We’re all just so grateful and happy,’ Jeff Closs said.
‘We thought it was going to be a different ending and we’re so happy… hopefully she’s OK, we don’t know what condition. Just she’s alive.’
Robert Naiber told GMA: ‘Wow. Whoopie. I’ve never been so happy for two months,’ after he his grand daughter was found.
Another family member Jennifer Smith added: ‘I haven’t got to see [my niece] yet but I get to see her this afternoon and I hear she is doing great and she’s getting rest right now.
‘We have her at a hospital and they’re getting her checked out and they have a suspect in custody and that’s all I know so far. She’s talking, yep, and she’s doing very well.’
Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald holds up a mugshot of tghe suspect at Friday’s press conference
In December, Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald revealed troubling details about the crime scene. Fitzgerald said the killer was in the Closs home for only four minutes, during which they stepped just five feet into the open plan house, shot James and Denise and took Jayme.
Both Denise and James died ‘instantly’ of their wounds, the sheriff said.
Despite a mysterious inaudible 911 call made from her mother’s cell at 12.54am, when police arrived at 12.58am, they revealed there was no sign that Jayme resisted her abductor. There was nothing taken and nothing disturbed.
In fact, there was no forensic evidence of any intruder at all.
Fitzgerald said: ‘That’s the frustrating part of it. We’ve had four different lab teams look at the scene before we released it. We were very strategic. When we discovered it was a major crime, we sealed it off immediately.
‘But if I’m in your house for minutes and I only step five feet inside your home I’m probably not going to leave a big footprint.’
He added: ‘It doesn’t appear that anything was taken, it doesn’t appear that Jayme packed up any clothing.’
Law enforcement officials haven’t ruled out that Jayme unwittingly played a part in the crime.
Fitzgerald, however, said at a press conference in October: ‘I’m telling you – Jayme is missing and endangered.’
However, searches of her social media, cell phone and computer have offered no evidence of conspiracy, – a boyfriend or anyone she met anyone online who might have targeted her or her parents.
Jayme Closs, 13, [right] was abducted and her parents, James and Denise Closs, were both shot dead inside her home in Barron, Wisconsin on Oct 15. The teenager’s was found Thursday in Gordon Town, about 70 miles away. Jake Thomas Patterson [left], has been charged with kidnapping Jayme and murdering her parents
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