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Summary: Jacob Wetterling’s remains have been found after Danny Heinrich led investigators to an undisclosed site in Central Minnesota.



Summary: Excerpts from an excellent compilation by St. Cloud Times reporter David Unze of the history of the investigation of Jacob Wetterling’s abduction, focusing on 1990 case notes by private investigator Larry Peart while working as the lead investigator for Minnesota’s Eighth Judicial District’s public defender’s office. The article includes an overview of the so-called Paynesville assault cluster, gleaned from the federal criminal complaint charging Danny Heinrich and the search warrant used to search his Annandale house in summer 2015.



Summary: On Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015 Jerry and Patty Wetterling spoke to the media for the first time since 52-year-old Danny James Heinrich of Annandale, Minn., was arrested on child pornography charges and named a “person of interest” in the Oct. 22, 1989 abduction of their son Jacob.



Summary: On Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015 law enforcement authorities named 52-year-old Danny James Heinrich of Annandale, Minn., as a “person of interest” in the October 1989 abduction of Jacob Wetterling. Read the search warrant executed on July 28, 2015 that led to Heinrich’s arrest on child pornography charges.



Summary: A new book has been published on the 1989 abduction of Jacob Wetterling in St. Joseph, Minn., the search for Jacob, and suspects in Jacob Wetterling’s kidnapping.

The book, titled “It Can’t Happen Here: The Search for Jacob Wetterling” (2015), was written by Robert M. Dudley and edited by Dianne Rassmussen, with illustrations by Milo Von Strom and cover design by Brittany Tainter.

The book can be purchased at Amazon.com (Paperback, $19.95; Kindle, $7.99).



Summary: On Sunday, Oct. 22, 1989 — 25 years ago today — 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling was kidnapped while riding his bicycle with his friend Aaron Larson and younger brother Trevor near his home in St. Joseph, Minn. Jacob remains missing and the case remains unsolved.



Summary: On Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014, at 8 p.m. Central Time, CNN’s “The Hunt With John Walsh” will feature the unsolved missing person case of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling, who was kidnapped on Oct. 22, 1989, while biking with his friend Aaron Larson and younger brother Trevor near his home in St. Joseph, Minn.


Oct 5th, 2010

Update: Jacob Wetterling’s remains have been found after Danny Heinrich led investigators to a site in Central Minnesota. … Previous: Stearns County Sheriff John Sanner announced that nothing of consequence was found in the July 2010 search of the Rassier farmstead in the Jacob Wetterling kidnapping investigation; however, he added that technology could eventually improve to the extent that it would allow for future testing of the items seized.


Aug 26th, 2008

Summary: On the 43rd day of his campaign against U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann for the Republican nomination as House of Representatives candidate in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District, Aubrey Immelman completed his second walking tour, a 50-mile campaign swing across the Sixth Congressional District down Highway 23 from Foley in the east to Paynesville in the west. … In line with his campaign focus on national security, he also reported multiple bombings in Iraq.


Aug 23rd, 2008

Summary: On the 40th day of his campaign against U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann for the Republican nomination as House of Representatives candidate in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District, Aubrey Immelman continued his 50-mile walking tour across the Sixth District to Rockville, Cold Spring, Richmond, and Roscoe, stopping by the Rockville Rock-Fest festival and parade.