On the comment thread under it, a friend wrote, “Very nice pic!!

Jayme’s escape was one of the most dramatic returns of a missing girl since Elizabeth Smart and the three young women held in Cleveland.Elizabeth Smart posted a statement on Instagram that read in part, “What a miracle!!! “They are husband and wife and the mother and father of Jayme, the missing 13 year old,” Sheriff Fitzgerald said in a statement that he posted to Facebook shortly after Jayme vanished.Barron County officials have identified the two deceased individuals as James,56 & Denise Closs, 46…parents or missing 13 year old. “It was Jayme herself who gave us that break.”.Court records do not show a previous criminal history in Wisconsin for Jake Thomas Patterson. Family was told suspect name. What an extraordinary young lady.”,As for Jake Patterson, the superintendent of the different school district (Northwood) he once attended labeled him quiet and a good student.On the evening of October 15, 2018, the Barron County Sheriff identified the deceased parents as James, 56 and Denise, 46. But they don’t know the guy. I hope we may all continue to support and embrace Jayme as she reclaims her life and comes to terms with the reality of her situation. Patterson had no criminal record in Barron County or the state of Wisconsin, according to Fitzgerald. It will be a long road but we are family strong and we love this little girl so much!! The deceased are the mother and father of Jayme.” On October 16, he said autopsies were still being conducted, so he couldn’t release the cause of death yet. The interview was audio and video recorded. He noticed James standing in the large picture window. She also said Patterson "will never have any power over me.

James had a flashlight and was shining it outside. James made some comment like show me your badge and he assumed James thought he was the police. But he was wrong." Again, the above are the allegations in the complaint and have not been proven in a court of law.The Barron County sheriff has described a violent scene and said there was a shooting in the Closs house, but, for months, he declined to give many more details.“Our deputies on scene. He would turn music on in his room so she couldn’t hear what was happening if anyone else was in the house with him, the complaint accuses.He would also make her stay under the bed when he left the house, sometimes for 12 hours at a time, with no food, water or bathroom breaks, according to the complaint.One time, he “got mad at her and hit her really hard on her back with what she described as a handle for something used to clean blinds,” says the complaint.She didn’t remember what she did to make him mad but remembers Patterson telling her that if it happened again the punishment would be worse next time.On January 10, 2019, he said he was going to be gone for five or six hours and made her go under the bed. He placed her in the trunk. James collapsed to the ground.He used his shoulder and tried to break the door open but was unable to do so. Family members had never given up in their quest to find the missing girl, flooding social media with reminders of her.On Facebook, Denise’s page is filled with photos of Jayme and other family members, including odes to her parents. Says #JaymeCloss found near Duluth. “This is Jayme Closs! He was overcome with emotion. Hansen was convicted in 2018 for beating and nearly killing a 17-year-old girl with a shovel a decade earlier.Hansen is still listed as in the custody of the New Mexico Corrections Department, according to online records. “We just don’t see this thankfully.”,Jeff Closs, Jayme’s uncle, told KARE11 after she was found: “It was just unbelievable because you hear about … you’re not sure if she’s going to be found. Jake Patterson, 22, was transferred to a facility within the New Mexico Corrections Department’s system, but a representative for the department could not … Jayme was 13 at the time of her abduction and turned 14 this month. What has been such a heart wrenching tragedy finally has some happiness in the story. He then removed the tape from her mouth, hands and ankles and told her to go into his bedroom and take off all of her clothes, which he put in a bag.

The bathroom curtain was shut and he ripped it off the rod and threw it on the floor. For example, Sheriff Fitzgerald said the suspect was unemployed.Getting our first look at some yearbook photos from suspect Jake Patterson’s senior year.