"I know she's a child who's been incredibly traumatized," Jeanne Nutter said Friday. I just said to her, 'I am so happy to see you,' because I thought she was dead." "When she was sitting on my couch, I couldn't believe it. "They got in the house, and I loaded a gun and got ready and was standing at the door waiting until the police showed up, because she (Jayme) said she didn't know when he was coming back," Peter Kasinskas recounted to the Associated Press. "She opened up our door and said this is Jayme Closs, call 911. Kasinskas said Jayme flagged down one of her neighbors, Jeanne Nutter, who was walking her dog Thursday. The girl appeared unkempt, looked as though she had lost weight and was wearing shoes that were too big for her when she showed up at Kristin Kasinskas' front door in Gordon, Wis. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office said Jayme was found at 4:43 p.m. There's no doubt about it," he added late Friday. Jayme returned Friday to Barron, where she was reunited with her aunt.įitzgerald praised the teen's fortitude and will to survive during the 88-day ordeal. On Friday afternoon, Fitzgerald said Patterson was not at the house when Jayme escaped but was believed to be driving around trying to find her when he was pulled over. Jayme had described the vehicle to authorities. Patterson was pulled over in his vehicle and arrested near the Gordon residence where Jayme was held, said Thomas Dalbec, sheriff of Douglas County in Wisconsin. MPR News typically does not name criminal suspects until they are charged but decided to name Patterson now given the high-profile nature of the case. Fitzgerald said authorities are not looking for any other suspects and that Patterson had no prior criminal record in Wisconsin. ![]() Intentional homicide and kidnapping charges are expected to be filed Monday. Patterson, he added, had worked deliberately to hide his trail, including shaving his head so as not to leave hair behind at the scene. The sheriff said that authorities know of no contact between Patterson and the family until that night. ![]() 15 and kill Jayme's parents, but that tests were needed to verify if it was the same weapon.įitzgerald said kidnapping Jayme was the main reason Patterson went to the Closs home that night. press conference, telling reporters that Patterson had weapons in his home, including a shotgun similar to what was believed to have been used to blast the door at the Closs family home on Oct. Lykken added that Patterson hadn't been rehired by the company since.įitzgerald added more detail during a 4 p.m. Barron County Sheriff's Department via APįitzgerald said he didn't think Patterson ever encountered the Closs family in person during his time at Jennie-O.
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