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Missing Person Cases 3

Jacob’s case shedding hope on Jodi’s case

By Caroline Lowe · On September 27, 2016

After 27 years, we finally know the answer to Minnesota’s biggest unsolved mystery: Where’s Jacob?

We recently learned Jacob’s killer, Danny Heinrich, buried Jacob on a farm site barely 30 miles from where he was abducted in St. Joseph, and not far from where Heinrich lived in 1989.

1989 sketches of suspect.

1989 sketches of suspect in Wetterling case.

Heinrich kept his secret until finally deciding to make a deal for less prison time, just over a month before he was scheduled to begin a child porn trial in Minneapolis.As part of the deal, Heinrich led investigators to Jacob’s remains.

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Danny Heinrich (Source: KMSP-TV)

It was difficult to sit in the front row of a federal courtroom, listening to Heinrich methodically describe the 11-year-old boy’s terrifying last hour. I’ll never forget Jacob’s question to Heinrich: “What did I do wrong?”

NOTE: PHOTO PROVIDED BY PATTY AND JERRY WETTERLING -- 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling, on a horseback riding excursion, circa summer 1989, before he was abducted and kidnapped near his St. Joesph home. Photo copied on Sunday, October 18, 2009. (Pioneer Press: Richard Marshall)

11-year-old Jacob Wetterling on a horseback riding excursion in 1989. (Image: Wetterling Family, Pioneer Press)

It was devastating for Jacob’s family to hear the horrific details of the crime, to learn Jacob was hidden almost in plain sight, not far from where his killer had lived.

With Jacob finally home, my thoughts often turn to, “Where’s Jodi?”

(Jodi covered Jacob’s abduction when she was a reporter in Minnesota, even interviewing Patty Wetterling, Jacob’s mother.)

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Jodi covering Jacob’s story. (Image: FindJodi)

I wonder if Jodi is also buried close to where she was abducted on June 27, 1995, on her way to anchor the morning news at KIMT TV, in Mason City, Iowa.

I wonder if Jodi’s abductor is someone who, like Heinrich, was on law enforcement’s possible suspect list from the beginning- someone who already has been interviewed.I wonder if he’s a serial predator like Heinrich or someone she knew.

And, if Jodi’s abductor hasn’t kept his crime a secret all these years, I wonder if someone who knows something will now come forward, perhaps prompted by Jacob’s case being solved.

Sadly, while Jacob’s family didn’t get the answer they hoped for, at least their agonizing search is finally over and Jacob is home.

Encouraged by Jacob’s case finally being solved, our FindJodi team is committed to continuing our journey to find answers for Jodi’s family, to bring Jodi home.

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Caroline Lowe

Caroline Lowe

Caroline Lowe is a veteran crime reporter and has an extensive background in covering cold cases. Her work has appeared on 20/20, Oprah, Court TV and Forensic Files. Lowe’s decision to join FindJodi.com came from her dedication to cold cases and her persistence to never give up in finding the truth.

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3 Comments

  • remnant1988 says: September 28, 2016 at 10:13 am

    “God, reveal all these terrible secrets, that these horrible evil people did to these innocent victims
    For YOUR GLORY LORD JESUS ”
    AMEN.

    Reply
  • yaegerj says: December 18, 2016 at 8:54 am

    Get your answers from Jodi herself, on the other side from a reputable psychic. She will tell you from spirit what happen, who did it, and where her body is. Good Luck, and many many prayers to the family.

    Reply
  • josi83 says: February 23, 2017 at 3:46 pm

    c est vraiment triste toutes ces disparitions.
    courage aux familles

    Reply
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