THE DEFENDANT: Not right offhand, I don't, no. Red converse tennis shows size 3-1/2, OTHER DM: I was thinking last night about what you were telling me when we were sitting in the cafe about I think I told you about Lou in the burgundy car they got rid of that then you told me you guys were there you admitted to that you said you guys were in your car and he was in his or what tell me again or you dont remember it all what he said did you see him get out? According to those who loved him, the second of the Wetterlings' four children was enthusiastic about sports, including football and hockey. He said he pulled out his revolver, which had not been loaded, and put two rounds in the gun. Heinrichs voice wavered at one point, but he showed little emotion in court and Luger said he has expressed no remorse to authorities. I touched his penis. 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. 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. The puzzle of the abduction of Jacob Wetterling has many pieces. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act was passed in 1994 and was the first to establish mandatory state sex offender registries. DM: Jacob in the car? Because thats what I felt. The official story of Jacobs kidnapping and murder was contrived by members of law enforcement and the judicial community because American Public Radio was about to publish a podcast entitled In The Dark, which focused squarely on the Wetterling case. He admitted abducting Wetterling near the boy's home in the central Minnesota community of St. Joseph on Oct. 22, 1989. I took his jacket out of the bag. Video camera, CHILDRENS SHOES MR. SCHLEICHER: So there was no penetration? Vern stated that when he was young, he was abducted at a zoo and taken to several homes where he was molested, she said. 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 ____. MR. SCHLEICHER: What was your purpose in removing the shoes and throwing them --, THE DEFENDANT: I, I just noticed that I hadn't buried them with him so --. Was he fighting him or anything? Paynesville, before I got to Paynesville, I turned on the sewage pond road. THE DEFENDANT: I never dug any. He was still standing. Varnold had indicated that he had reported Bennis as a possible source in that if this Council of 13 or the name Rick Bennis came up in our computer more than once, Nohner reported. 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. 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. Those efforts, alongside one of the highest-profile police searches in U.S. history, yielded the occasional heart-stopping lead. Failed to report flower. DM: Mike when Lou got Jacob could see him pulling him up the road there? Heinrich appears in a police lineup with five other white males. More reserved than his wife, he struggled with the investigation and turned to psychics. MR. SCHLEICHER: How long did you remain at your home? A masked gunman appeared and made the boys throw away their bikes. MR. SCHLEICHER: He knew that you were armed, is that right? Well he saw it obviously before he went down to get him. / CBS Minnesota. In a chilling confession in a Minnesota courtroom, Danny Heinrich, a longtime suspect, finally admitted to the 1989 abduction, assault and killing of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling. He provides them with his tennis shoes and samples of body hair. MR. SCHLEICHER: What was his reaction to that? The report describes Kutzs reaction to a question he was asked about the occult. Well how did he see it. Holmseth discovered the bones and teeth found by law enforcement were not human. Starting their inaugural basketball season, the Minnesota Timberwolves donate proceeds from 5,400 tickets to the team's first home game to the search for Jacob. Jerry termed Als demeanor as being disturbed. Analysis found a mix of three or more unidentified people. Heinrich faces a maximum of 20 years on the child pornography count, though Judge John Tunheim will decide his sentence, AP reports. Listen Court awards $17 million to victim of Jacob Wetterling's killer. Jacob would not have been found and the details wouldnt have been told without the events of today., Luger added, Hes not getting away with anything.. At the request of law enforcement, Patty Wetterling invites Rassier to talk and asks him if he abducted Jacob. 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. I walked back to the scene then. I asked their names,their ages. TIMELINE: The night of TRANSCRIPT: The 911 call EPISODE 2 The Circle The witness, who will remain un-named herein, said Jerry Wetterling murdered Jacob during a satanic ritual sacrifice. MR. SCHLEICHER: Okay. Diane Muehlbauer: What did you tell them? Size 2-1/2 gray childs shoe 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. MR. SCHLEICHER: For the purpose of listening to . MR. SCHLEICHER: Okay. The recording was given to FBI agent Dan Lund by bail bondsmen Diane Muehlbauer. Read:JonBenet Ramsey's Brother Is Asked About What Happened The Night His Sister Died in Exclusive Interview. Vernon Seitz was 62 years-old when he emerged from obscurity in December of 2008 telling his psychiatrist he wanted to confess to killing two children in the late 1950s. You can worship anybody you want, Muehlbauer said, explaining how Lund dismissed the subject by making it a freedom of religion issue. Jacob Erwin Wetterling, a young American from St. Joseph, Minnesota, was abducted from his home on February 17, 1978, and killed on October 22, 1989. MR. SCHLEICHER: And this was a fairly remote area, is that right? 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. I got out. He didn't know what I was doing. 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. The following lead was discovered buried in thousands of documents today by Muehlbauer while she was reviewing newly released documents. DM: So then how did he get down to the road where you took him, MB: Well he got out he came over to us and talked to us I dont quite recall what he said but then he got back in and thats when it all took place. MR. SCHLEICHER: And this area, is there also a gravel pit in the area? 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. He liked to fish with his dad, Jerry. 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 unhandcuffed him. And Jerry Wetterling was on their radar. I dug a hole with the trenching tool about two feet deep. Seitzs life when heard in his own words is a sad and tragic nightmare that began with his captors and abusers that worshipped Satan. Investigators search the Paynesville home of Heinrich's father, where Heinrich has been living since November 1989. For nearly 27 years, he was the brown-haired kid with the smiling eyes portrayed on "Missing" posters, billboards, and pizza boxes. Investigators release to public sketch of man seen in the Tom Thumb convenience story the night of the abduction, saying they have exhausted other means of finding the man. DM: And that was about what? They took Jacob to Brenda Bahners apartment in a sleeping bag, Muehlbauer said. If it matters to you, it matters to us. I turned my head and it clicked once. When we got out of St. Joe, I told him he could sit back up. There is also other reports about a satanic cult called in by everyday people. Did you know what happened to him then? He said he had amnesia and bore a promising mole on his cheek. Just the jacket I remember, and I put the bones in that hole and then his jacket on top and covered it up and left. And where specifically in Paynesville did you go? 40 by 30 drawing entitled Sacrifices His Son Investigators release what they consider a better sketch of the abductor, combining aspects of previous sketches. I said, Don't cry. You remembered him over there and stuff? THE DEFENDANT: .38 Special, Smith & Wesson, snub THE DEFENDANT: I drove as close as I could to a grove of trees. The measure would be known as the Jacob Wetterling Act. On September 1, 2016, theFBIrecovered human remains from a pasture nearPaynesville, Minnesota, about 30 miles (48km) from the site of the abduction. Brenda Bahner told Muehlbauer in a recorded conversation that law enforcement questioned her after Jacobs kidnapping. DM: Ya think he said it because he needs to talk about it? (Sherburne County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) (The Associated Press) MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota man who confessed to kidnapping, raping and killing 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling says his. On the way I said -- Are you taking me home? That's correct. White laundry basket with 48 VHS tapes MB: He told me not to say anything so Ive been having_______. A nearly 27-year-old missing person case came to a close Tuesday when Heinrich confessed to the kidnapping and murder of Wetterling. Heinrich was found guilty of child pornography and placed in a Massachusetts federal prison in January 2017 to begin his 20-year sentence. Allen responded, If you guys dont have anything now, you guys will probably never have anything right?the report said. Human hair Heinrich describes in court how he abducted, assaulted, killed and buried Jacob. Muehlbauer said she is very concerned about the way law enforcement handled evidence in the Jacob Wetterling investigation. Box of 35 VHS tapes I was made to say I belonged to Satan and rejected God and all that type of stuff, Seitz told Muehlbauer. His home, which contained freshly laid cement and fresh dirt mounds outside, was more like a child porn production company in a dungeon operated by a satanic cannibal. Novel Innocent Rage, VIDEOS MR. SCHLEICHER: You had a shovel with you? MR. SCHLEICHER: With the touching, this was something you compelled him to do? Television newsmagazine show "A Current Affair" broadcasts national report on the abduction, generating many more phone tips from around the country. Varnold reported. Authorities arrested a man who was . I walked back. I raised the revolver again and shot him again, and that's when he fell to the ground. MB: Tell me about it. THE DEFENDANT: I went to that -- when I got to DM: Were just going try to get to the bottom of that night because there concerned about him, not him okay they already know he was there Im just trying if you could just tell me a little more of what you remember I mean how he got back up there or did he tell you right away Im going I mean how did he I mean you guys went there okay what did he say to you? MR. SCHLEICHER: And after you pointed out the location of the grave site, you were transported in custody away from the scene and were returned to jail, is that right? From Albany, I got off the interstate and hit another country -- county road that went to Roscoe, 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. The Jacob Wetterling Resource Center (originally the Jacob Wetterling Foundation) was founded by Jacobs parents in 1990 to educate the public on ways to prevent child abduction and molestation. MR. SCHLEICHER: You told him that you had to go to the bathroom? Bahner told Muehlbauer he was at the scene of Jacob Wetterlings kidnapping and eyewitnesses a man named Lou Kohls drag Jacob to his car with a knife to Jacobs throat. Cancel Report Abuse Done. And you said that you dragged Jacob Wetterling's body from the place where you shot him to about 100 yards off? Did he run up there with him? Eleven year old Aaron Larson was next. You walked over across the highway to a location of a rural farm in rural Paynesville, is that right? The AP typically doesnt identify victims of sexual assault, but Scheierl has spoken publicly for years about his case, saying he hoped it could help investigators find his attacker and Jacobs kidnapper. I stopped the car. Brenda Bahner: And at that time I said no. Its incredibly painful to know his last days, last hours, last minutes, his mother, Patty Wetterling, said after the guilty plea. I said I can't take you all the way home. Last year, authorities found images of child pornography at the Annandale. A lot of police activity started coming over the radio, so I decided I would head back to my home town of Paynesville. He was also the investigator who, on Oct. 30, 1989, had received an FBI crime lab report connecting the tracks to one of two types of Sears tires. He had even been interviewed in the initial investigation of Jacobs kidnapping, but was ruled out as a likely suspect. The recording captures Bahner telling Muehlbauer he was present and witnessed Jacob being kidnapped at knifepoint by a man named Lou Kohls. OPERATION PEDOGATE salutes officers Toll and Varnold for their brave patriotism and humanity. 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