Anyone catch this today at 2:00? I hope this brings closure, and that dirt bag they have in custody gets lynched..
I am curious though.. Why hold a press conference if the answer to every single question is “we are not ready to discuss this at this time”…
No real evidence has come out yet. Either the headlines are premature or they aren’t saying what they know.
No real evidence has come out yet. Either the headlines are premature or they aren’t saying what they know.
Im thinking they have the guy pegged but they just havent let the cat out of the bag yet.
They kind of just shrug their shoulders at the fact that his body fluids are on the clothes of another victim.. This tells me they have him pegged for something much bigger..
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also, check out sketch/picture from 1990.. Looks pretty close to me
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The guy seems like a very likely suspect and should have been from day one. Maybe he was.
After reading the story, it almost seems as though there may not be much evidence to link him directly to Jacob. Unless they find a body, I’d bet charges are unlikely.
I’m usually dead wrong about these things so stay tuned.
One of the bigger mysteries is how this case has totally overwhelmed the media. I get the seriousness of the story, but I don’t understand how it gets to be the most covered versus any other abduction case.
I met Patty Wetterling this year at a training course I went to put on by the National Center for Exploited and Missing Children.
She showed a video of Jacob and the expression on her face will stay with me until the day I die. You could see it in her eyes it was just as if it had happened yesterday. She spoke about the case and it was truly a remarkable experience to listen to her speak.
She mentioned Joy Baker who did a blog about Jacob’s abduction. Joy has recently removed most of her postings because the case was heating up again. Joy uncovered a lot of information that had previously been overlooked and connected many dots. Primarily the issues in Paynesville as well as getting Jared to come forward and share his story.
The dirtbag Henrich had his DNA matched to Jared from coldspring who was assulated in January of 1989. The belief has long been that the same person who assaulted Jared also took Jacob.
They have matched the shoes Henrich had in 1989 to footprints they found at the crime scene. They also matched his tires to tire tracks found at the crime scene. The search warrant that was issued had some of Jacob’s personal items listed on it as items they were looking for. My understanding is that this guy has been a suspect since 1990 but he is just now being released to the public.
It turns out this Henrich guy lived in paynesville during 87-88 when there was a string of assaults/attempted assaults on young males, his DNA matches that taken from Jared (cold spring victim), and they have matched some physical evidence left behind to his shoes and car. I would bet a years pay he is the guy who took Jacob. I am almost certain that Patty Wetterling feels the same way.
I’d say its so widely covered due to the family being very well known around the state. Patty Wetterling was in politics and the family has done lots of things for child protection/abuse. And everyone loves a good unsolved mystery.
For over 90 days the Feds have had enough to charge this scum with child porn and they sat on it for investigation of a cold case 26 years old. So for the first academic quarter my son went to school daily within 200 hundred feet of this pedophile even though he should have been in custody. What is it with this one case that makes the Feds put hundreds of young children in daily danger instead of just arresting him on the spot?
I am guessing it’s called following procedure and having your ducks in a row, so what you charge will stick and some scum lawyer won’t get him off on a technicality in a week, so he can move right back next to your kids and you can’t do anything about it, but beoch how the Feds botched the first arrest and should have done it right the first time… but that’s just my guess.
No real evidence has come out yet. Either the headlines are premature or they aren’t saying what they know.
my guess is they have info or they wouldn’t of tied him into the wetterling case. kinda scary some of the places they identified where he lived and stayed. right in my back yard.
The case has always been close-to-home for me. I grew up in the area, and a couple years younger than Jacob would be, and I know people that knew him. I was terrified after it happened, and as a father now, things like that terrify me. I really hope that some closure can come to this case.
anyone get the pioneer press?????????? I was told there is an article in there BUT DONT KNOW HOW ACCURATE IT IS, THAT THERE ARE HUMAN REMAINS ON THIS GUYS PROPERTY ALONG WITH SIZE 5 SHOES, clothing that saye wetterling. again not sure on accuracy!
anyone get the pioneer press?????????? I was told there is an article in there BUT DONT KNOW HOW ACCURATE IT IS, THAT THERE ARE HUMAN REMAINS ON THIS GUYS PROPERTY ALONG WITH SIZE 5 SHOES, clothing that saye wetterling. again not sure on accuracy!
NO. They have not found that stuff.
That is on the list of evidence they’ve been looking for on this guys property. They have not found anything and have not said they’ve found anything.
That is what they are looking for, but so far nothing has been reported.
If this turns out to be nothing but sensationalism someone should be going to jail alright. The person responsible for the headlines! Wreaks of Yahoo news style.
that’s why I asked if someone got that paper. just goes to show how crap gets started??????:???::???: 
All of the media are guilty of over-hyping this situation and drawing too many hard connections when none have been proved or even solidly established.
I lived in St. Cloud in 1989 and my sister was a grad student in St. Joe and lived within a quarter mile of where the abduction took place. The community and the state were shaken to the core by this crime. I get that everybody wants to know the answer, but the media is over playing these developments.
Does this sound like the type of pervo that could be the perp? Certainly. But now as in 1989, the problem is this pervo has managed to stay just out of reach in terms of hard evidence. And additional hard evidence gets really hard to find after 26 years pass.
Sorry, but unless the perv breaks down and confesses, I’m not optimistic. The problem is that whatever was done with Jacob, the issues with finding him have compounded as time has passed. Unless the cops get help from somebody who knows something solid that gets them in the right place, I’m not optimistic that this can be solved just by arresting somebody.
Grouse
Waterboard him… 
I hope the advancements in forensic technology and subsequent detective work slams the door on this case and some closure can be found.
If this turns out to be nothing but sensationalism someone should be going to jail alright. The person responsible for the headlines! Wreaks of Yahoo news style.
Good Lord. I’m fairly sure that this wasn’t a stunt to sell some newspapers. As far as WHY they came out with something but also said they couldn’t comment on other things: They ARRESTED THE DUDE! People ask questions,, His family will know why he was arrested, neighbors, co-workers, etc. What’s wrong with telling the public that a POS was living in town and that they wanted him off the streets. ALSO, why tell the public everything they know? It’s an ongoing investigation and what right do we have for them to lay everything on the table for us (and the dudes lawyers)? We know they have something on the scumbag, and it will come out sometime. I have no issues with making a big deal about this, because IT IS a big deal.
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If this turns out to be nothing but sensationalism someone should be going to jail alright. The person responsible for the headlines! Wreaks of Yahoo news style.Good Lord. I’m fairly sure that this wasn’t a stunt to sell some newspapers. As far as WHY they came out with something but also said they couldn’t comment on other things: They ARRESTED THE DUDE! People ask questions,, His family will know why he was arrested, neighbors, co-workers, etc. What’s wrong with telling the public that a POS was living in town and that they wanted him off the streets. ALSO, why tell the public everything they know? It’s an ongoing investigation and what right do we have for them to lay everything on the table for us (and the dudes lawyers)? We know they have something on the scumbag, and it will come out sometime. I have no issues with making a big deal about this, because IT IS a big deal.
I didnt say it wasn’t a big deal! I said I didnt like them using JW’s name unless they know there is a connection. FO
I’ll say it. Other than freinds and family and the surrounding community why is this kid abducted in 1989 so much more important than any other child that shows up on a milk carton? Year after year its the same thing. Every five or seven years there seems to be a break that leads no where. Yes there is massive sensationalism going on here.
Can’t imagine the extra resourses and the extra attention this one child got/getting over some other child.
I think what they hope for is getting that one person who knows something and has been afraid to come forward while the scumbag has walked free. Now that he will likely be locked up for many years, they hope that person comes forward. The fear these criminals put into witnesses is very compelling.
This is a fairly common crime solving tactic.
-J.
I’ll say it. Other than freinds and family and the surrounding community why is this kid abducted in 1989 so much more important than any other child that shows up on a milk carton? Year after year its the same thing. Every five or seven years there seems to be a break that leads no where. Yes there is massive sensationalism going on here.
Can’t imagine the extra resourses and the extra attention this one child got/getting over some other child.
AMEN!!! I have been thinking the same thing for years…RR
The other main issue with this case is the vast majority of these abduction cases are done by family friends or relatives. This one was a stranger abduction. Makes it much worse and harder to ever get solved. I don’t mind the investigators churning this info every few years. It’s the worst of the worst they are trying to get here.
-J.
I’ll say it. Other than freinds and family and the surrounding community why is this kid abducted in 1989 so much more important than any other child that shows up on a milk carton? Can’t imagine the extra resourses and the extra attention this one child got/getting over some other child.
As Jon pointed out, it’s because stranger abduction is (fortunately) very rare. Even more rare is for the case to go unsolved for so long and, of course, for years there was the hope that somehow Jacob could still be alive.
Unfortunately, many abductions turn in to murder cases, but this one was completely without resolution in terms of knowing what happened to Jacob and who did it.
Also, I think that the fact that this happened in greater MN and not in the metro area was (and probably is) a factor in both the initial interest in the case and continued interest. I think this case shattered many people’s illusions that this kind of crime happened only in big cities. This one struck home literally and figuratively and I think that leaves a lot of us in MN really wanting this solved.
Grouse
…a missing child is a missing child…RR
Very well said Grouse!
…a missing child is a missing child…RR
Where has it EVER been indicated that the Wetterling case took resources away from another investigation? As far as I know all of these cold cases get similar treatment. This one just get’s more run in the MEDIA because it was such a big story then, and continues to draw viewership and clicks. Just because the media covers one more than any other, doesn’t mean the others are getting short shrift from the actual cold case investigators. Another one that I would like to hear more on is Joshua Guimond, but he was a college student so not as much public interest imo.
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