Description:
On this episode, we discuss the kidnapping of Jayme Closs and the murder of her parents, James and Denise Closs. This devastating case turned into a nationwide interest and a search to find 13-year-old Jayme.
Sources:
- Expanded Homicide: https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/topic-pages/expanded-homicide
- Kidnapping of Jayme Closs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Jayme_Closs
- The day Jayme Closs saved herself: Year later, records tell story of Barron teen's defiant escape from Jake Patterson: https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2020/01/10/jayme-closs-one-year-since-teen-saved-herself-jake-patterson/2778222001/
- Man who kidnapped Jayme Closs never thought Wisconsin teen would escape because she was ‘terrified of me’: https://www.chicagotribune.com/midwest/ct-jayme-closs-kidnapping-20191221-7zl52maywrc4fp7spnje35v3ey-story.html
- Jayme Closs, Kidnapped by a Stranger, Endured Horror, Police Say: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/us/jayme-closs-updates-jake-patterson.html
- The Jayme Closs case: A chilling tale of murder, kidnapping and escape in rural America: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/19/us/jayme-closs-case-moment-by-moment/index.html
- The man who kidnapped Jayme Closs told police he'd been thinking of kidnapping a girl for 2 years and that 'if it wasn't Jayme, it would probably be someone else': https://www.insider.com/jayme-closs-kidnapper-jake-patterson-police-interview-2019-12
- One year later: Investigators open up about Jayme Closs case: https://www.cbs58.com/news/one-year-after-her-daring-escape-jayme-closs-continues-to-heal
- Creepy New Details: Jayme Closs' Kidnapper Jake Patterson Slept In The Same Bed: https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2019/12/jayme-closs-kidnapper-jake-patterson-slept-in-same-bed/
- Wisconsin Man Pleads Guilty To Abducting Jayme Closs And Killing Her Parents: https://www.npr.org/2019/03/27/707373987/wisconsin-man-pleads-guilty-to-abducting-jayme-closs-and-killing-her-parents
- Jayme Closs' kidnapper gets two life sentences for killing her parents and 40 years for abduction: https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/24/us/jayme-closs-kidnapper-jake-patterson-sentencing/index.html
- 'I can’t believe I did this' | Accused Jayme Closs kidnapper writes letter from jail: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/accused-jayme-closs-kidnapper-writes-letter-from-jail/89-e1a0eb81-4e41-474c-9800-5aa3672a7883
