MB: And thats when he got back in the car and he left but then we drove the guy I was with he, we you know we waited up there for probably twenty minutes I mean and then we heard the tires squeal and by the time we got you know we backed out went down to the end by the time we got down there we saw him take off. We also know an eyewitness Ben confirms the Bahner brothers were in that area at the time of the kidnapping. Late last month, Danny Heinrich agreed to confess to killing the 11-year-old boy setting in motion a flurry of difficult negotiations between defence attorneys, investigators and prosecutors that would put him behind bars for decades and finally unlock the secrets to a mystery that has long haunted the state of Minnesota. About 200 people gather to mark what would have been Jacob's 12th birthday and to launch formally the Jacob Wetterling Foundation to focus on the prevention and elimination of stranger abductions of children. There, Heinrich said he forced the boy to perform a sex act on him. DM: And then what? MR. SCHLEICHER: After you handcuffed him, did Jacob Wetterling say anything to you? Gov. We did not have proof of murder, so we literally had to find Jacob in order to move forward at all. Novel Innocent Rage, VIDEOS Inside Heinrich's home, cops say they found child pornography along with news reports aboutthe Jacob Wetterling case. Muehlbauer said Agent Lund talked to her about Kohls, who had been molesting his own granddaughter. MR. SCHLEICHER: So you were sober, correct? On the way I said -- Are you taking me home? MR. SCHLEICHER: What did you do when you transferred the remains to this farm property? Heinrich objects to officers seizing them because "they just didn't look right." MB: Tell me about it. MR. SCHLEICHER: All right. There was photographing of me tied to a cross, Seitz said. Jerry termed Als demeanor as being disturbed. RB: I think he did. THE DEFENDANT: It would be to the north of the, of the -- where I shot him. The location was revealed by Danny James Heinrich, a long-timeperson of interestin the abduction of another boy, Jared Scheierl, in the nearby town ofCold Spring. I, I loaded it with two rounds. After you covered Jacob's body back up with the Bobcat, you returned the Bobcat to the construction site? MR. SCHLEICHER: What was your purpose in returning to the site? MR. SCHLEICHER: Fairly close to the original place where you had buried Jacob Wetterling the year before? And you know this was that was before all this started. THE DEFENDANT: From my apartment. I stepped out of my car. And there is something else very compelling. Heinrich laid in wait for the three to return, and when they did, he put on a mask and confronted them with a revolver. Muehlbauer said she met a man named Vern Seitz at a motel where they met so she could play audio recordings of Michael Bahners confession to him. We wake up every morning to give you and your family all you need to start your day. For nearly 27 years, he was the brown-haired kid with the smiling eyes portrayed on "Missing" posters, billboards, and pizza boxes. THE DEFENDANT: I placed Jacob in the grave, and then I covered it back up with the Bobcat. Somebody to be there to protect them. The measure would be known as the Jacob Wetterling Act. According to those who loved him, the second of the Wetterlings' four children was enthusiastic about sports, including football and hockey. DM: He got back in and I mean when did he take him did he walk down and take him or I guess they said he was standing up on the road did he get him and come back and you guys got scared or what? Jacob Wetterling, the sixth-grader from St. Joseph who was abducted in 1989 by a masked gunman on a dark country road, is fixed in time. MR. SCHLEICHER: Did you see anything else in the area that caught your attention that would have been by the grave site? She then posed the most perplexing question of all. Stearns County Sheriff Charlie Grafft retires. Heinrich authorizes investigators to take the rear tires from his blue 1982 Ford EXP hatchback. Police found and positively identified the remains on September 6, 2016, and declared the case closed. Paynesville police chief tells Wetterling investigators that his town has had a year of molestation episodes. DM: That long? From Albany, I got off the interstate and hit another country -- county road that went to Roscoe, Ultimately, a million fliers are sent around the country. On September 1, 2016, theFBIrecovered human remains from a pasture nearPaynesville, Minnesota, about 30 miles (48km) from the site of the abduction. There is ample reason to believe Jacob was kidnapped for a purpose and was kept alive until he was murdered on Halloween, 1989. CHILD I TRIED TO HELP YOU I TRIED SO HARD! MR. SCHLEICHER: After you confronted the children, what did you ask them to do? MR. SCHLEICHER: And is it fair to say that you acted alone in the kidnap, sexual assault and murder of Jacob Wetterling? As part of that effort, investigators took another look at the sexual assault of 12-year-old Jared Scheierl, of Cold Spring, nine months before Jacobs disappearance. MB: He was on the front seat on the passenger side. Eyewitness to Jacob Wetterling's kidnapping describes fighting boy dragged to car with knife to his throat Lab reports proves the official story about Danny Heinrich was a lie "Jacob was punching him, I mean he was waling on him he wanted to get out of the vehicle " By Timothy Charles Holmseth on August 27, 2018 at 8:17 A.M. CST Heinrich said he went home for a couple of hours, then went back to the gravel pit and buried Jacob about 100 yards away. MR. SCHLEICHER: Okay. THE DEFENDANT: Nothing, none at that time -- well, yes, there was a tree growing in that -- excuse me. He says he downloaded the images from the internet. Al indicated there is alot occult activity occurring between St. Johns University and the Alexandria area. by Timothy Charles Holmseth on October 2, 2018 at 6:52 CST. We might be one step closer to understanding what the government was hiding in the Wetterling case. Brenda Bahner: And at that time I said no. Sigafoos asked Allen if he ever talked to Jerry Wetterling about the occult. Decades later, authorities thought they finally found the man they were looking for. And all of your actions that you took were voluntary of your own free will, is that right? On 11-18-89 Inv. MR. SCHLEICHER: Do you recall what their answers were? The Wetterlings appear on "CBS This Morning.". THE DEFENDANT: I had to go to the bathroom. Jerry stated Al Kutzer came to the Wetterling house the Wednesday after the abduction. Jacob Erwin Wetterling(February 17, 1978 October 22, 1989) was a boy fromSt. Joseph,Minnesota, who waskidnappedfrom his hometown and murdered at the age of 11 on October 22, 1989. Patty Wetterling told investigators that on the Sunday before October 22, 1989 (the day Jacob was kidnapped) they had a marriage encounter reunion at the Wetterling residence and Jacob was home. He was a good, creative student, though he also procrastinated and disliked homework. So you saw Jacob in the car? Brenda Bahner: They asked me if I saw Jacob. After almost 27 years, Danny Heinrich was willing to talk, and we had to grab the moment.. I said, Don't cry. The other is of a man thought to have tried to abduct a boy in the Minneapolis suburb of New Brighton. Patty Wetterling provided the investigators a list ofBahai faith members suggesting the task force check them out. I walked back again. THE DEFENDANT: I didn't drive. So it would have been about 25 years later. Heinrich said he told the two other boys to run and not look back or hed shoot. It reports the sample contained DNA from at least two people. Muehlbauer said that on one occasion at the Del-Win Ballroom in St. Joseph she was talking to a drunk priest. Try again later. Rudy Perpich meets with National Guard, state officials, Grafft and the Wetterling family. In the years after Jacobs disappearance, his mother became a nationally known advocate for missing children. Another disturbing item found by police was a 40 by 30 drawing entitled Sacrifices His Son. A murder charge could still apply _ but not without a body. MR. SCHLEICHER: All right. The information is found in reports which are contained in the recently released Jacob Wetterling file. This startling revelation comes as two former FBI agents from the Jacob Wetterling investigation have told reporters at press conferences the Stearns County Sheriffs Office is misleading the public about facts. Understand, local law enforcement has been given this information. On March 28, 2018 the Star-Tribune quoted media attorney Mark Anfinson saying, When the federal government comes into a state district court and says the foundations of the republic are going to be shaken if you rule against us, its tough to ignore that. The lead was in regards to occult activity and his possible relationship to Jacob Wetterling's abduction. Deputies search on horseback. He had first been questioned shortly after Jacobs abduction, but he maintained his innocence and authorities never had enough evidence to charge him. Stearns County Sheriff's Office The jersey Jacob Wetterling was wearing the night he was abducted and murdered. 36 by 48 drawing of nude boy The State of Minnesota is actually in a state of emergency and action by the U.S. Department of Justice should be commenced immediately in accordance with President Trumps Executive Order issued in December of 2017. Jacob Wetterling And now it appears Jacob could have been saved. Approximately 30 miles from the scene of . He tells her no. Jerry Wetterling and Kutz were in significant communications during critical times before and after Jacob was kidnapped. The BCA reports that 99.5 percent of the general population could be excluded. THE DEFENDANT: Yes, I did. He was fond of animals and spoke of being a veterinarian. Seitzs home contained a map of St. Jospeh, Minnesota and video of Jacob Wetterling taken before his abduction. MR. SCHLEICHER: And you were in custody the entire time, is that correct? Why didnt he do it right there? Book Eat Thy Neighbor The Stearns County Sheriffs Department announced their intention to release the entire 56,000-page Wetterling case file to the public, but Jacobs parents filed a privacy lawsuit to halt the release and avoid exposing themselves to further publicity over this tragedy. The spot where he was buried is about 30 miles southwest of the Wetterling home in St. Joseph, and a little more than a mile from the Paynesville home where Heinrich lived at the time of Jacob's . However, before the boy's family could finally begin to heal, Heinrich revealed the full breadth of the suffering he forced the boyto endure onOctober 22, 1989. The law permits, but does not require, police to tell the community where such offenders are living. The sketch generates hundreds of new tips and more investigators are added to the Wetterling case. It was somebody from Stearns County [Sheriffs Office], Brenda Bahner said. Heinrich said at some point a patrol car with sirens and lights passing nearby caused him to panic. After being charged with child pornography and named as a person of interest in the Wetterling case, Heinrich confessed to molesting and murdering Jacob and agreed to tell police the location of Jacobs body in exchange for a plea deal. After you confirmed that Jacob Wetterling was dead, what did you do? Varnold, Crystal Police Department, regarding a cult called the Council of 13. I told them to get into the ditch with their bicycles. a href= '' https: //www.bing.com/ck/a went missing on 22. Prayer vigil draws 500 people to St. Joseph church. Jacob Wetterling, an 11-year old boy from St. Joseph, Minnesota, was abducted on October 22, 1989, while walking back from a neighborhood store with his brother and a friend. He said he returned to the site about a year later and saw that Jacobs jacket and some bones had become exposed, so he gathered what he could and re-buried the remains across the highway in a field. Delbert Huber was recently questioned again in the 1989 abduction of Jacob Wetterling. DM: Mike when Lou got Jacob could see him pulling him up the road there? Jacob's case went unsolved for decades and . FBI debunks reports that Jacob had been found safe. Green plastic bin with 70 VHS tapes July 7, 1997 MR. SCHLEICHER: What was his reaction to that? It was never loaded until that point. Why did it take 27 years to solve? "The predominant profile would not be expected to occur more than once among unrelated individuals in the world population," the BCA reports. JACOB WETTERLING: Minnesota police departments were submitting tips regarding St. Johns University and an elite blood sacrifice cult, by Timothy Charles Holmseth on October 15, 2018 at 11:11 P.M. CST. I raised the revolver again and shot him again, and that's when he fell to the ground. The recording features a man placing himself at the scene of Jacobs sacrifice along with Jerry Wetterling and several others. / CBS Minnesota. Listen MPR News host Tom Weber: A look back at the Jacob Wetterling case. I stopped the car. You can worship anybody you want, Muehlbauer said, explaining how Lund dismissed the subject by making it a freedom of religion issue. Some questioned whether the deal was enough punishment for the crime, which shattered childhood innocence for many rural Minnesotans, changing the way parents let their kids roam. When we got out of St. Joe, I told him he could sit back up. For 27 years, the question of what happened to Jacob hung over the community like a dark cloud. 34 pages of nude boys THE DEFENDANT: A Regency 50-channel scanner. THE DEFENDANT: I left him, and I went home. Search and investigation begin within minutes. THE DEFENDANT: Got back on the road that the boys were on. Can you just briefly describe the scanner? Heinrich appears in a police lineup with five other white males. Investigators search Heinrich's Annandale, Minn., home, a small one-bedroom house owned by his father. Wetterlings record an interview to be broadcast on the Geraldo Rivera show next week. Police found many disturbing materials, including child pornography, bondage devices, books on cannibalism, newspaper clippings about missing children, and, most importantly, a laminated poster of Jacob Wetterling. It was late at night again, probably around midnight, with a flashlight. Muehlbauer told Timothy Charles Holmseth the Stearns County Sheriffs Office was given a copy of the recorded confession in 1997 but did not enter it into their files until 2015. Muehlbauer said Seitz wanted to purchase the recordings and was willing to pay any amount. I asked their names,their ages. MR. SCHLEICHER: How long did you remain at your home? Wetterling hasn't been seen since he was abducted while riding his bike with several friends in Stearns County in October of that year. I figure I've got to move it. Heinrich speaks with investigators during the search and acknowledges he has child porn, stating that some of the things law enforcement would find are "pretty damning." MR. SCHLEICHER: After a couple of hours passed, did you return to the gravel pit area where Jacob Wetterling was lying? Can you please describe the revolver? What did you do after you placed him in your vehicle? So I figured, I remembered there was a construction company next door. Investigators think the two cases are related. He started to cry. Box of 35 VHS tapes A man named Kevin, who agreed to speak this year with an APM Reports journalist on condition his last name not be used, comes forward to authorities. Jacobs and Steinberg covered the lead refer to written report (page 2748). Heinrich said he drove Jacob to a gravel pit near Paynesville and assaulted him. After coming across Jacob, his younger brother, and another boy on their bikes that evening, Heinrichordered the other childrento flee,hetold a federal courtroom in Minneapolis Tuesday. THE DEFENDANT: He said, I'm cold. 6 nude boys with 6 adults performing genital exams And I think what it is was a lot of these kids they dont want to go home. 66 by 60 drawing of boys being prepared for crucifixion You drug him? The report from the interview with Jerry Wetterling reads in part: Officers begin interviewing Jerry at approximately 1450 hours. FBI says it has 20 agents assigned to the case. To prove murder, we had to be able to prove that Jacob Wetterling died. Correction. I think [childs name] saw a snuff film, Muehlbauer said, recalling what Lund told her. A 1994 federal law named for Jacob requires states to establish sex offender registries. MR. SCHLEICHER: He knew that you were armed, is that right? The lab determined the teeth and bones were NOT HUMAN. Video camera, CHILDRENS SHOES Al Kutzer also reportedly told Jerry Wetterling that families in the occult at times take people, raise them so they believe in the system and eventually sacrifice them,the report said. Investigators search the farm where Rassier and his parents still live, digging up parts of it and declaring Rassier a "person of interest.". I put a mask on. confession came as part of a plea agreement. Patty indicated she and Jerry gave money to the Kingbirds in the past. Writer then observed Allens foot tapping the floor in what appeared to be a nervous reaction. Authorities arrested a man who was . MR. SCHLEICHER: Okay. Illuminating Journalism from American Public Media. THE DEFENDANT: Listening to police calls. U.S. Department of Justice begins the national Child Abduction Response Team initiative to prepare multiagency law-enforcement teams to quickly respond to incidents involving missing, endangered, or abducted children. MR. SCHLEICHER: All right. MR. SCHLEICHER: For the purpose of listening to . ST. JOSEPH, Minn. (AP) _ The search for an 11-year-old boy who was abducted at gunpoint last week intensified after a motorist reported seeing a young man and a boy in a car stopped along a road, the FBI said. MR. SCHLEICHER: Mr. Heinrich, at some point approximately a year later, did you return to the site where you had buried Jacob Wetterling's body? THE FOLLOWING WAS FOUND IN VERN SEITZS HOME, JACOB WETTERLING What caliber and type was it? Its incredibly painful to know his last days, last hours, last minutes, his mother, Patty Wetterling, said after the guilty plea. Seitz told Muehlbauer he was prepared to pay her whatever she wanted for the tapes. Up until last Friday, proof that Jacob Wetterling was no longer alive did not exist. Kendall said. In chilling detail, Heinrich stood before a federal judge Tuesday and calmly described how he abducted, molested and killed Jacob, as some members of the Wetterling family cried. Eleven-year-old Jacob Wetterling, bicycling home from a convenience store with friends after dark, is abducted in St. Joseph, Minn., a small town about 75 miles northwest of Minneapolis. You remembered him over there and stuff? This particular lead sheet was terminated as this suspect had already been spoken to by Officers Boeckers and Tremper on 10-26-89 from a different source,the report said. After the second, Jacob fell to the ground. When the abductor asked his age, Jacob answered, "I am 11 years old.". MR. SCHLEICHER: All right. Brenda Bahner told Muehlbauer in a recorded conversation that law enforcement questioned her after Jacobs kidnapping. According to Muehlbauer, Seitz said he had been sent by Jerry Wetterling to meet her. Connect with TODAY Online!Visit TODAY's Website: http://on.today.com/ReadTODAYFind TODAY on Facebook: http://on.today.com/LikeTODAYFollow TODAY on Twitter: http://on.today.com/FollowTODAYFollow TODAY on Google+: http://on.today.com/PlusTODAYFollow TODAY on Instagram: http://on.today.com/InstaTODAYFollow TODAY on Pinterest: http://on.today.com/PinTODAYChilling Confession Reveals Details Of Jacob Wetterlings Death 27 Years Ago | TODAY The boy said Michael Bahnber put his penis in the victims butt and went back and forth and peed in his butt. Kevin: I think hes trying to get it off his chest, DM: Boy he sure must lie when the authorities come up there then, Pedophile cannibal had video of Jacob Wetterling before his abduction he was a friend of Jerry Wetterling, By Timothy Charles Holmseth on August 31, 2018 at 11:15 A.M. CST. THE DEFENDANT: I told Trevor and Aaron to run away, not look back or I would shoot, and I took Jacob back to my car. Sheriff's office says laboratory tests on material taken in the July search didn't provide evidence in the Wetterling investigation. NBCs Gabe Gutierrez reports from Minneapolis. Subscribe to TODAY: http://on.today.com/SubscribeToTODAY Watch the latest from TODAY: http://bit.ly/LatestTODAYAbout: TODAY brings you the latest headlines and expert tips on money, health and parenting. Jacob Erwin Wetterling (February 17, 1978 - October 22, 1989) was an American boy from St. Joseph, Minnesota, who was kidnapped from his hometown and murdered on October 22, 1989, at the age of 11. 2,100 KIDS RESCUED BY U.S. MARINES FROM UNDERGROUND, ALEXANDRIA GODDARDS BEHAVIOR CAUGHT LIVE ON VIDEO, Jacob was selected as the Halloween sacrifice for a cult, Jerry and Patty Wetterling are completely involved, An eye-witness once saw Jerry Wetterling through a window in a black robe that was open and he had nothing on underneath outside was a circle of robed men with candles. MB: Well Jacob was punching him I mean he was waling on him he wanted to get out of the vehicle, MB: I mean it was like right and left every three seconds there was a punch or something but then, MB: But then the guy I was with he saw well Im not going to say he saw but to me he said he thinks he saw but I know damn well that he saw it he saw Lou have a knife that I do know, MB: It was he was on the front seat on the passenger side. Law enforcement found child porn, pictures of missing children including Jacob Wetterling, map of St. Joseph, sex toys, art of child sacrifice, and books on cannibalism. Public service announcements were being aired across the nation, telling children not to trust strange men or go with them under any circumstances. The boy's remains were removed from a pasture about 30 miles from his home and confirmed to be Wetterling's through dental records, as reported by NBC News. One of his favorite songs that year was "Listen," by Baha'i folksinger Red Grammer. To us, Jacob was alive until we found him.. Heinrich agreed to enter a guilty plea on charges related to possession of child pornography as part of his deal. The proceedings then turned to the Wetterling case. Death 22 Oct 1989 (aged 11) . FBI agents interview Danny Heinrich, a resident of Paynesville, 30 miles from St. Joseph. Transcribed by Timothy Charles Holmseth, RB: And thats where I got to know the kids around town because I was like a big brother to them ____. 1997 CONFESSION ON TAPE! When the boys got to the woods and looked back, the man and Jacob were gone. Drawing of nude boy in frame Yeah see Bill called me and said him his brother and his sister were all in on it, Kevin: Right yeah. After asking the boys their ages and choosing which one he wanted to keep, the man ordered Jacobs friend and brother to run and not look back, threatening to shoot them. So I said, Okay. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Last year, authorities found images of child pornography at the Annandale. September 8, 2016 / 12:17 PM I panicked. October 11, 2022 by Hilda Selasie. Heinrich said he shot the boy again, killing him, before burying his remains in a farm in Paynesville. Size 2-1/2 gray childs shoe 'To us, Jacob was alive until we found him,' mother says, By The Associated Press Cloud, that direction, but we headed west on that road. Prosecutors say Heinrich was making his own pornography using copies of a Paynesville yearbook from the 1970s. Small round bone with no marrow For nearly 27 years, the kidnapping of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling remained an open and active investigation his family never giving up hope that the truth would one day be uncovered. Wetterlings meet with friends and make conscious decision to seek as much publicity for the case as possible. Those two oath-keeping police officers may have been trying to save Jacobs life on the night before Halloween by directing law enforcement to St. Johns University. National broadcast system known as Amber Alerts is created to inform public of cases of potentially abducted children. Diane Muehlbauer with convicted pedophile Richard Bahner He is not considered a suspect, and, as a result, investigators start to focus on suspects who would have been on foot. Minnesota man describes killing 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling in chilling detail As part of a plea agreement Danny Heinrich, 53, will not face murder charges, but will probably get 20 years. During the search Heinrich tells investigators he most likely was at home the day of the Wetterling abduction and that he was not in St. Joseph that weekend. Michael Bahner told Muehlbauer on tape he watched Lou Kohls drag Jacob to the car with a knife to his throat. Heinrich then changed his plea to guilty to receipt of child pornography in accordance to his plea agreement. When I got over there, I noticed there was a Gehl or a Bobcat, and I'm familiar with operating one of those, and I remembered where they kept the key. Watch:Brothers Missing for Two Months Could Have Been Abducted by Mom, Family of Madalina Cojocari Say They Are 'Devastated' as Missing Girl's Mom Arrested Month After Disappearance, Inquest Sought to Finally Solve Mystery of Missing 'Vatican Girl', Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Speaks With Biden and Addresses Congress, Calling for American Aid, Son of 2 Canadian Billionaires Increases Reward in the Search to Find Parents' Killer, Compounding Pharmacies Can Provide Families With the Children's Medicine Sold Out at Drugstores Across US, Victim of Serial Rapist Identifies Her Attacker to His Future Neighbors Ahead of His Prison Release. Jacob Wetterling was abducted from St. Joseph, Minn., on Oct. 22, 1989. I brought a shovel with me, but it wasn't big enough. MR. SCHLEICHER: So there was no penetration? U.S. Sen. Dave Durenberger proposes a national registry of people who have committed crimes against children. DM: Jacob in the car? Heinrich said that on the night of Oct. 22, 1989, he saw Jacob, Jacobs brother, and a friend bicycling down a rural road near Jacobs home in St. Joseph. Vern offered to purchase the tapes of the Bahners, for Jerry Wetterling, for any amount. Al Kutzer then told Jerry Wetterling that he believes Jacob could possibly be buried alive in a shallow grave near the St. Johns University grounds. It appears the investigators were onto something. MR. SCHLEICHER: After you dug the grave with the Bobcat, what did you do? Investigators search the Paynesville home of Heinrich's father, where Heinrich has been living since November 1989. Maps and documents of missing child Polly Klaas, ART The agency also tells investigators Heinrich could not be excluded from being a possible contributor to the mixed DNA on the Paynesville baseball cap. They took Jacob to Brenda Bahners apartment in a sleeping bag, Muehlbauer said. All Rights Reserved. Cloud PI Larry Peart, is well known for capturing a pedophile named Michael Bahner on tape, admitting that he and his brother Richard Bahner, kidnapped Jacob with a man named Lou Kohls. Analysis found a mix of three or more unidentified people. About 100 yards up that road, there is an approach and -- to a field next to a grove of trees.
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