A public memorial service was held this (Sunday) morning for 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling at the College of St. Benedict. Each of Jacob's immediate family members spoke to the crowd, including his mom Patty.
A reminder that there will be a memorial service for Jacob Wetterling in St. Joseph tomorrow (Sunday). The Clemens Field House in the Haehn Campus Center at the College of St. Benedict is hosting the service.
An 11-year-old that captured the hearts of all Minnesotan's in 1989, is still loved and thought of. Although he may be gone, his presence and old jersey number still live on.
As I was running errands last night, I kept noticing business in the area showing their support to the Wetterling family in remembrance of Jacob. Many stores had something on their signage out front, or had a picture in their windows showing that the Wetterling family was in their thoughts...
For nearly 27-years he was considered by authorities as a 'person of interest' in the abduction of Jacob Wetterling. But now with the recent confession in court by Danny Heinrich, Dan Rassier's name has finally been cleared.
A farm about a mile east of Paynesville, along old Highway 23, is the place where Jacob Wetterling's remains were found last week, after nearly 27 years of search. Doug Voss of Paynesville says when authorities knocked on his door last week, saying they wanted to search his property, he didn't know what to think.
Search warrants related to the Jacob Wetterling abduction case were unsealed this (Friday) morning. One of the warrants was used in the digging search of the Rassier farm in St. Joseph in 2010.
Star Tribune gossip columnist, C.J. apologized to a KARE 11 news anchor Jana Shortal for comments she made in a recent opinion piece bashing the anchor's pants during the Jacob Wetterling coverage.
The next big day in the prosecution of Danny Heinrich will be his sentencing on November 21st. The federal judge will be sentencing him to 20 years in a federal prison on one charge of receiving child pornography.
Danny Heinrich admitted to kidnapping, sexually assaulting and murdering Jacob Wettering. Patty Wetterling spoke at a news conference: "our hearts are hurting" and "for us Jacob was alive until we found him."
Days after the tragic news broke that authorities found Jacob Wetterling's body, his mother Patty Wetterling, released a statement to the media this (Monday) morning in reaction to the news.