Jayme Closs at ‘Coward’ Kidnapper’s Sentencing: ‘He Should Stay Locked Up Forever’
Jayme Closs, the Wisconsin 13-year-old who was kidnapped for over three months in October after her parents were murdered, had a message for the courtroom at her abductor’s Friday sentencing hearing: “Jake Patterson will never have power over me.”
Patterson, 21, has admitted to abducting the teenager on October 15, 2018, and holding her hostage for 88 days after killing her parents at their home in Baron. He pleaded guilty in March to two counts of intentional homicide and one count of kidnapping as part of a deal with the Barron County District Attorney’s Office.
“Last October, Jake Patterson took [my parents] away forever,” Jayme said in a victim statement read by her attorney in court Friday. “There are some things Jake Patterson can never take away from me. He can’t take away my freedom. I will always have my freedom and he will not”
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