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Jayme Closs says she's feeling 'stronger every day' 1 year after kidnapping
Closs was kidnapped as a 13-year-old and held for months until she escaped in January.
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Jayme Closs feeling 'stronger every day' 1 year after kidnapping: Exclusive
Jayme Closs was kidnapped and her parents were murdered on Oct. 15, 2018.
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Sentencing for the man who kidnapped Jayme Closs
Jake Patterson was sentenced to two consecutive life terms for killing Jayme's parents and holding the teenager captive for 88 days.
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Closs' statement read as her kidnapper gets life
Jayme Closs vowed to never let her kidnapper take her freedom or her spirit from her in a powerful statement read at the sentencing hearing of Jake Patterson.
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'I took back my freedom': Teen's statement read as her kidnapper gets life in prison
Jake Patterson went to Jayme Closs' home, killed her parents and kidnapped her.
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Elizabeth Smart brings together abduction survivors in hopes of helping Jayme Closs
Elizabeth Smart was abducted in 2002 and held captive for 9 months, and now she wants to help another abduction survivor, Jayme Closs.
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Elizabeth Smart leads message of support for Jayme Closs
Smart and other survivors of infamous kidnapping cases are speaking out in a new Lifetime documentary to offer hope to Closs, who escaped to safety.
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Elizabeth Smart shares advice for Jayme Closs
Smart's will have a 90-minute special "Smart Justice: The Jayme Closs Case" that will air on Lifetime on Saturday, April 27 and promises to look at the Closs case through the eyes of survivors.
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'Bye, Jayme': Man who abducted 13-year-old girl, killed her parents pleads guilty
Jake Patterson, 21, killed Jayme Closs' parents then kidnapped her.
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Man pleads guilty to abducting teen and holding her captive
Jayme Closs was 13 years old when Jake Patterson killed her parents, kidnapped her and held her in a rural cabin for 88 days.
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Man who abducted 13-year-old Jayme Closs pleads guilty
Jake Patterson, 21, shot and killed Closs' parents on Oct. 15 and kidnapped the 13-year-old from her home in rural Barron, Wisconsin.
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In moving speech, kidnap survivor Elizabeth Smart comforts Jayme Closs' community
Elizabeth Smart is speaking to Jayme Closs' neighbors in the wake of her kidnapping.
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Teen who escaped abductor finding 'comfort' in cards, letters, family says
Jayme Closs, 13, was abducted in October and escaped in January.
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Father of suspect in Jayme Closs kidnapping: 'I'm very sorry'
Patrick Patterson's son Jake allegedly targeted the 13-year-old after seeing her board a school bus in October.
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Father of teen girl's alleged abductor speaks out: 'Our hearts are broken'
The father of the young man accused of kidnapping Jayme Closs and killing her parents said he's heartbroken for the girl and is struggling to make sense of it all.
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Jayme Closs suspect waives right to preliminary examination
Jake Patterson, 21, of Gordon, Wisconsin, is charged with kidnapping Jayme Closs and killing her parents.
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Wisconsin teen kidnapping survivor to get $25,000 in reward money
The company that offered the reward said Jayme Closs, 13, who escaped her kidnapper after three months, deserved the reward for her "strength and bravery."
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Jayme Closs to receive $25,000 in reward money for rescuing herself
Barron County Sheriff’s Department refereed to Jayme as "the hero in this case"
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Unclear where $50K reward will go in now-solved abduction case
Jayme Closs, who was abducted in October, escaped on Thursday.
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Family of Jayme Closs kidnapping suspect speaks out
The grandfather of Jake Patterson, accused of kidnapping Closs and killing her parents, described their family as "absolutely heartbroken" and said, "Nobody had any clue."
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Jake Patterson's family breaks silence
The grandfather of the suspect in Jayme Closs' kidnapping and her parents' murder says the family is heartbroken, calling his grandson's alleged actions "gut wrenching."
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Kidnapping suspect was 'a perfectly nice boy,' grandfather says
Jake Patterson, 21, is accused of abducting Jayme Closs, 13, in October.
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Fantasy, control and obsession: Experts weigh in on kidnapping suspect
Jayme Closs, who was abducted in October, escaped on Thursday.
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Chilling details revealed about kidnapping of Jayme Closs
The man charged with kidnapping the Wisconsin teenager and killing her parents told prosecutors he tracked down the 13-year-old after spotting her at a school bus stop.
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Chilling new details emerge in Jayme Closs case
The kidnapped Wisconsin teen says she was forced to stay under the suspect's bed and her mother was made to tape her mouth shut before she was killed, according to a new criminal complaint.
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Horrific details emerge in Jayme Closs kidnapping
Jayme Closs, 13, escaped on Thursday and has been reunited with her family.
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Man accused of kidnapping Wisconsin teen held on bail
The suspect allegedly told police that he saw Jayme Closs on the way to work one day and decided she "was the girl he was going to take."
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Jayme Closs' alleged kidnapper's bail set at $5 million
Jake Patterson, 21, is charged with kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents, James and Denise Closs.
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Former kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart offers advice to Jayme Closs
Jayme Closs escaped from the man who allegedly killed her parents.
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New details on rescue of 13-year-old Jayme Closs
Plus, Elizabeth Smart, who survived being held captive, explains what Closs might be going through in the first few days back with her family.
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Family members describe moment they discovered Jayme Closs was safe
"I was overwhelmed. I couldn’t talk," her grandfather said.
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Authorities are looking for connections between Jayme Closs and her accused kidnapper
Jake Thomas Patterson, 21, has been accused of kidnapping Jayme Closs and murdering her parents.
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Jayme Closs is safe with family after her abduction 3 months ago
Investigators continue to question the 21-year-old suspect about the kidnapping and murder of the teen's parents.
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Jayme Closs spends 1st restful night back with family
After 88 days in captivity, Jayme Closs had a "good night sleep," her family said.
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New details revealed about Jayme Closs's escape from her captor
The 13-year-old who escaped from her alleged captor, 21-year-old Jake Patterson, is now spending her first night free after 88 days.
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Timeline of 13-year-old Jayme Closs saga, from kidnapping to remarkable escape
Timeline of 13-year-old Jayme Closs saga, from kidnapping to remarkable escape
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Suspect charged with kidnapping, murder after teen's 'amazing' escape
The suspect, Jake Thomas Patterson, was arrested after Jayme Closs was found.
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After survival and escape, missing teen now faces long road to recovery, experts say
Jayme Closs faces acute treatment and long-term therapy, according to experts.
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'I need help,' missing girl told dog walker after she escaped alleged captor's home
The teen told the woman that she managed to leave after the man left the house.
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21-year-old charged with kidnapping of missing 13-year-old Jayme Closs
Authorities in Wisconsin have charged a 21-year-old man with kidnapping Jayme Closs and murdering her parents.
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Wisconsin girl missing since October found alive
Jayme Closs was found an hour away from her hometown and a suspect is in custody in connection to the case. ABC News' Janai Norman reports.
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Missing teen Jayme Closs found alive after 3 months
The 13-year-old Wisconsin girl, who was kidnapped after her parents were found murdered in their home last October, has been found alive, police say.
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Missing 13-year-old, whose parents were murdered, found alive: Police
Jayme Closs, a Wisconsin girl who was kidnapped after her parents were found murdered in their home, has been found alive, police say.
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Missing teen found alive months after parents murdered
Jennifer Smith, the aunt of Jayme Closs, 13, who was found alive in Douglas County, Wisconsin, describes Closs's reunion with her family months after she was abducted.
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Missing teen found 3 months after parents were murdered
She was kidnapped after her parents were murdered, police said.
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Loved ones of missing 13-year-old Wisconsin girl hold onto hope she will be found
Jayme Closs,13, vanished on Oct. 15, from her home in Barron, Wisconsin, where he parents were found shot to death.
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Investigators receive over 1,000 tips in desperate search for Jayme Closs
Investigators say they have received over a thousand tips, and have thoroughly investigated more than 800 of them, in the desperate search for 13-year-old Jayme Closs.
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Operation scaled back in search for missing Wisconsin girl
Jayme Closs, 13, has not been seen since she was abducted on Oct. 15.
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Sheriff looking for cars of interest in case of missing girl
Jayme Closs, 13, was taken from her home last week.
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'This is the right thing to do': Volunteers scour for clues in missing girl case
Jayme Closs, 13, has not been seen since she was abducted on Oct. 15.
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