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Wisconsin man charged in Jayme Closs abduction

Posted at 12:52 PM, Jan 14, 2019
and last updated 2019-01-14 14:17:11-05

A Wisconsin man has been charged with kidnapping, two counts of first-degree intentional homicide and armed burglary in the abduction of 13-year-old Jayme Closs and the slaying of her parents.

Jake Thomas Patterson was arrested Thursday after Jayme apparently escaped from a remote northwestern Wisconsin cabin where she says she was held.
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  • Patterson was charged on Monday.

    Investigators say the 21-year-old man broke into James and Denise Closs' home near Barron, Wisconsin on Oct. 15 by blowing the front door open with a shotgun. Jayme's parents were shot to death and the teenager vanished the same day.

    Investigators believe Patterson planned to abduct Jayme but say they don't know what led him to target her.