WISCONSIN MAN CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING, INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE IN JAYME CLOSS ABDUCTION

Wisconsin man charged with kidnapping, intentional homicide in Jayme Closs abduction

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.

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.

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