Jake Patterson Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping Jayme Closs, Killing Her Parents

The man accused of abducting 13-year-old Jayme Closs of Barron and killing her parents pleaded guilty today (Wednesday) instead of going to trial.  Twenty-one-year-old Jake Patterson was charged with two counts of intentional homicide and kidnapping while a count of armed burglary was dropped.  Prosecutors say Patterson shot and killed James and Denise Closs on October 15th before kidnapping Jayme and holding her captive for 88 days in a cabin near Gordon.  The plea agreement calls for no criminal charges to be filed in Douglas County where Jayme was being held.  Patterson wrote a Twin Cities T-V station earlier this month and said he intended to plead guilty because he didn’t want Jayme’s family to worry about a trial.  The intentional homicide counts carrying a life prison sentence.

Source: WRJC.com

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