Jayme Closs Found

Months after she went missing when her parents were killed, Jayme Closs was back in her hometown Friday after escaping her abductor and getting neighbors to call 911. The young girl was rescued Thursday walking down a road in a rural area in northwestern Wisconsin after she fled a home where law enforcement says she was kept by Jake Patterson. Closs was released from a Minnesota hospital Friday and is staying with an aunt. Patterson is scheduled to go to court Monday where he is expected to be formally charged with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide and one count of kidnapping. Authorities say they are still puzzled as to why the suspect allegedly went to Barron to kidnap Jayme from the family home, where her parents were found dead, killed with a shotgun. Both Jayme and the suspect have made initial comments to authorities. Police are now giving her time to settle into her new home before they question her again. Jayme, who was reported missing October 15, was discovered Thursday afternoon by a vacationer walking her dog. Patterson had been keeping Jayme against her will at his home. A woman who has a cabin nearby was walking along the isolated road when she saw Jayme on the cold evening, just about dusk, without a coat or gloves. She said, "I'm lost, and I don't know where I am, and I need help. I’m Jayme.” took Jayme to the closest house, the home of Kristin and Peter Kasinkas, and they called 911. The woman then took Jayme to the closest house and they called 911.

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