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. Read:JonBenet Ramsey's Brother Is Asked About What Happened The Night His Sister Died in Exclusive Interview. So both cars were up there? Brenda Bahner: They asked me if I saw Jacob. His kidnapping on Oct. 22, 1989, became a national spectacle and led to a 27-year investigation. The boy said Michael Bahnber put his penis in the victims butt and went back and forth and peed in his butt. The report describes Kutzs reaction to a question he was asked about the occult. A nearly 27-year-old missing person case came to a close Tuesday when Heinrich confessed to the kidnapping and murder of Wetterling. Something about his sister tied the little kid up, Kevin: Yeah was the one who tied him up in her apartment I guess this all happened in his apartment for a while , DM: I thought I thought his sister told me the police came there the next day and asked where her brother was the night Jacob was now it makes me wonder if they even did. DM: And then what? Write Into Action continues to investigate. Grafft (pictured) says investigators are sure the abduction involves a sex offender, think the abductor has likely left the area and suggests Jacob could be dead. He was quite angry and frustrated when the offer for any amount was refused, Muehlbauer said. Seitzs home was searched by police in Milwaukee and they found what was nothing short of a nightmare. Sheriff's office says laboratory tests on material taken in the July search didn't provide evidence in the Wetterling investigation. I raised the revolver again and shot him again, and that's when he fell to the ground. Another entry in a lead sheet reveals a Sgt. DM: Ya think he said it because he needs to talk about 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." And Jerry Wetterling was on their radar. Approximately 30 miles from the scene of . Cloud in October after the civil trial against Danny Heinrich, who kidnapped and . What was most important to the Wetterlings was to bring Jacob home and know what happened to him, Kendall said. First published on September 8, 2016 / 12:17 PM. A tree or a bush. Jacob Wetterling could have been rescued! Maps and documents of missing child Polly Klaas, ART MB: He basically said that that he was going to do something but we didnt know. He hadn't fallen. You can get dressed, and I got dressed. It is clear investigators are focusing on something odd. "The predominant profile would not be expected to occur more than once among unrelated individuals in the world population," the BCA reports. Video of Jacob before abduction Cloud, that direction, but we headed west on that road. MR. SCHLEICHER: After a couple of hours passed, did you return to the gravel pit area where Jacob Wetterling was lying? Reporting no significant progress in the investigation, authorities give half of the investigators the weekend off. And you know this was that was before all this started. Wetterlings meet with friends and make conscious decision to seek as much publicity for the case as possible. MR. SCHLEICHER: All right. As we know from Part 1 and 2, Michael Bahner said he was at the scene of the Jacob Wetterling kidnapping and witnessed Lou Kohls abduct Jacob at knifepoint. Jacob abducted 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. THE DEFENDANT: I drove as close as I could to a grove of trees. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. A masked gunman appeared and made the boys throw away their bikes. On 11-18-89 Inv. MR. SCHLEICHER: So you were sober, correct? MR. SCHLEICHER: All right. In October 1989, on a quiet road in St. Joseph, Minnesota, Jacob Wetterling was abducted by a masked gunman while riding his bike home from the store. THE DEFENDANT: I went to that -- when I got to Did he run up there with him? MR. SCHLEICHER: All right. THE DEFENDANT: I, I, I raised the revolver to his head. Vern offered to purchase the tapes of the Bahners, for Jerry Wetterling, for any amount. DM: So then what did you hear next? THE DEFENDANT: I walked back home and threw his tennis shoes into a ravine about another 100 yards down the road. Looked back, he was still standing.". / CBS Minnesota. THE DEFENDANT: Not right offhand, I don't, no. Failed to report flower. MR. SCHLEICHER: The tape was a videotape? Using technology that wasnt available in 1989, investigators found Heinrichs DNA on Scheierls sweatshirt, and used that evidence to get a search warrant for Heinrichs home, where they found the child pornography. OPERATION PEDOGATE salutes officers Toll and Varnold for their brave patriotism and humanity. Jacob Wetterling MR. SCHLEICHER: Obviously you were arrested sometime after the search warrant was executed at your Annandale residence. 48 by 36 drawing of 6 boys in bondage Copyright 2022 Crime Museum, LLC - All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy |. MB: He didnt say nothing cuz he was right down the road I mean. MR. SCHLEICHER: You had walked back to the scene from your --. September 7, 2016, In this Aug. 28, 2009, photo, Patty and Jerry Wetterling show a photo of their son Jacob Wetterling, who was abducted in October of 1989. So I thought I would go over there and see if I could find a shovel, or else it would have taken me hours to dig the grave with a little shovel. Heinrich said he shot the boy again, killing him, before burying his remains in a farm in Paynesville. What --. Meanwhile, a foundation begins a nationwide mailing campaign to notify hospitals, truck stops, social agencies and others about the abduction. After his attorneys agree to a deal in which Heinrich will be charged only on the pornography case and not kidnapping or murder, Heinrich shows investigators where he buried Jacob's body. I figure I've got to move it. RB: Well the other kids riding around town. THE DEFENDANT: I found a spot. 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. Death 22 Oct 1989 (aged 11) . MR. SCHLEICHER: Did he make any statements to you at that time? He said he took Jacob into his car, handcuffed him and drove to a gravel pit. The law permits, but does not require, police to tell the community where such offenders are living. Diane Muehlbauer: You were scared to tell them that you did see him? 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. The report notes that during the April 5 interview Jerry and Patty Wetterling borrowed money to Bug Kingbird, who is an American Indian, currently living on possibly the White Earth Indian Reservation. 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. Muehlbauer said Seitz wanted to purchase the recordings and was willing to pay any amount. Well how did he see it. Varnold, Crystal Police Department, regarding a cult called the Council of 13. I pulled into a driveway, passed -- after they passed me, turned around and faced the direction of the road that they would be coming back on. Investigators say they are getting hundreds of calls. Brenda Bahner: And at that time I said no. I camouflaged the area with grass and brush. She then posed the most perplexing question of all. One is of a man heard talking about the abduction in the Tom Thumb store two weeks after it took place. Murder of Jacob Wetterling Wetterling's grave. Jacob Wetterling was abducted from St. Joseph, Minn., on Oct. 22, 1989. I don't know. I panicked. Several incidents of an unknown adult male groping or chasing juvenile males had been reported to Paynesville law enforcement from about September 1986 through the following September. And the judge, understandably, is going to be deferential to a federal agencys claim, Anfinson said. According to fellow prisoners, Richard Bahner told many people in prison he was involved in Jacobs kidnapping and torture. Have been found in Minnesota . MR. SCHLEICHER: Okay. Heinrich said he drove Jacob to a gravel pit near Paynesville and assaulted him. Then, the judge and Heinrich discussed the remaining aspects of the plea agreement and Heinrich later verbally pleaded guilty to child pornography. At the request of law enforcement, Patty Wetterling invites Rassier to talk and asks him if he abducted Jacob. Muehlbauer said she is very concerned about the way law enforcement handled evidence in the Jacob Wetterling investigation. In 2009, Vern Seitz was found dead in his home in Milwaukee, only days after he told his psychiatrist he wanted to confess to two murders. Letters regarding Jacob Wetterling Why would Jerry Wetterling have a friend that is into kiddy porn, bondage, and cannibalism, Muehlbauer said. 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. The sketch generates hundreds of new tips and more investigators are added to the Wetterling case. MR. SCHLEICHER: What was your purpose in returning to the site? Fast forward to July 2015 when authorities were issued a warrant to search Heinrich'shome after police say DNA evidence linked him to the sexual assault of a 12-year-old boy in the area 10 months prior to Jacob's disappearance. 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 . You walked over across the highway to a location of a rural farm in rural Paynesville, is that right? They turned a renewed spotlight on him as part of a fresh look into Jacobs abduction around its 25th anniversary. Investigators release what they consider a better sketch of the abductor, combining aspects of previous sketches. St. Joseph Communications uses cookies for personalization, to customize its online advertisements, and for other purposes. MR. SCHLEICHER: He knew that you were armed, is that right? Analysis found a mix of three or more unidentified people. On the way I said -- Are you taking me home? I told Jacob to turn around, I had to go to the bathroom. Prosecutors say Heinrich was making his own pornography using copies of a Paynesville yearbook from the 1970s. Michael Bahners brother, convicted child rapist Richard Bahner, talks about knowing Jacob Wetterling (Richard and Michael were the scene of the kidnapping), By Timothy Charles Holmseth on August 28, 2018 at 6:18 P.M.CST. Diane Muehlbauer: So you were just scared to tell them back then? Heinrichs voice wavered at one point, but he showed little emotion in court and Luger said he has expressed no remorse to authorities. FBI says it has 20 agents assigned to the case. MR. SCHLEICHER: You told him that you had to go to the bathroom? All Rights Reserved. Transcribed by Timothy Charles Holmseth, Kevin: Dont talk like that cant have the here. MR. SCHLEICHER: How long did you remain at your home? Can you please describe the revolver? The 1989 abduction of Jacob Wetterling from rural Minnesota began a decades-long mystery that Danny Heinrich has finally put to an end. He was a good, creative student, though he also procrastinated and disliked homework. The buried remains were identified as Jacobs on Saturday. JACOB WETTERLING: Eyewitness evidence to Jerry Wetterlings presence at Halloween sacrifice of Jacob was given to FBI agent large granite wall that moves hidden at St. Johns University trafficking dungeon identified? The recording was given to FBI agent Dan Lund by bail bondsmen Diane Muehlbauer. About 1,000 people gather to commemorate the first anniversary of Jacob's abduction. Video camera, CHILDRENS SHOES THE DEFENDANT: Yes. 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. Jacob Wetterling could have survived his kidnapping ordeal if law enforcement in Minnesota had acted. Muehlbauer said she was told that Kohls later burned his vehicle to get rid of the evidence. RB: Jacob Wetterling? Allen responded he did hear a rumor about the occult activity in an area from St. Johns University to Alexandria. In about 20 or so minutes, about a half hour later, he said I'm cold, and I said, Okay. THE DEFENDANT: I never dug any. Based upon tips from Muehlbauer, Timothy Charles Holmseth began to examine official reports from the coroner. I walked back again. Cloud. Heinrich's disappearance had remained unresolved untillast week, when Heinrich led police to the isolated spot where he buried Wetterling's body after molesting him and fatally shooting him. He denies any knowledge about the abductions of either Jacob or Jared. A 62-year-old man named Vernon Seitz died peacefully in his Milwaukee home, but thanks to a tip from a psychiatrist to whom Seitz had confidentially confessed about murdering two other boys in 1958, Seitzs house and business were thoroughly searched after his death. Heinrichs attorneys declined to comment after the hearing. This was not an opportunity we could pass up, U.S. Attorney Andy Luger said. So you saw Jacob in the car? MR. SCHLEICHER: Could you as best you can please describe the route that you took from the point of the, what would have been the Raisser farm, to the point you ended up? John Sanner (pictured) replaces Jim Kostreba as Stearns County sheriff. When Jacob Wetterling went missing in 1989 one of the first thoughts police had, was to track down all the local violent sex offenders in the area to see if they could be potential suspects. 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.. His abduction remained a mystery for nearly twenty-seven years. Approximately 20 minutes or so later, they came back. They could have saved Jacob because they knew where Jacob was, Muehlbauer said. Investigators are inundated with tips; they find tire and shoe tracks they think might be important. Authorities named Heinrich as a person of interest in Jacobs disappearance last October when they announced the child pornography charges. Reports make specific mention of a couple from the Indian reservation and a clergyman from St. Johns Parish. And now it appears Jacob could have been saved. According to Vern they were friends for many years, Muehlbauer said. He tells investigators he drove his car through the Wetterling crime scene out of curiosity after hearing reports about the search on a police scanner. THE DEFENDANT: I dragged him off about 100 yards off to the north of the site where I shot him. Writer then observed Allens foot tapping the floor in what appeared to be a nervous reaction. Because thats what I felt. Investigators get access to a 1987 Mercury Topaz that Heinrich owned until March 1989. A sealed criminal complaint against Heinrich is signed by Special Agent Shane Ball, in presence of U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey J. Keyes. THE DEFENDANT: Nothing, none at that time -- well, yes, there was a tree growing in that -- excuse me. THE FOLLOWING WAS FOUND IN VERN SEITZS HOME, JACOB WETTERLING THE DEFENDANT: Got back on the road that the boys were on. MINNEAPOLIS For nearly 27 years, one man knew where Jacob Wetterling was. I (Timothy Charles Holmseth) chose to report this, because experience has taught me there are times when persons possess solid information about a missing persons whereabouts, but will be executed if they give their name sometimes the person with the information is a police officer thus the information is submitted as a psychic vision. MR. SCHLEICHER: I need you to tell the Court what happened on that evening beginning around 8:00 p.m. in the city and town of St. Joseph, that area. 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. RB: Yep bike riding up to ________ and come back ride around town down by the railroad tracks. 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 Somebody to be there to protect them. He later tells investigators he has burned them. To prove murder, we had to be able to prove that Jacob Wetterling died. MB: He told me not to say anything so Ive been having_______. SPECIAL PUBLISHERS NOTE: Timothy Charles Holmseth extends a very special thank you to Diane Muehlbauer and (the late) Larry Peart for their dedication and personal sacrifice in exposing the truth about the murder of Jacob Erwin Wetterling. Rudy Perpich meets with National Guard, state officials, Grafft and the Wetterling family. 100 yards to the north, northwest -- northeast. 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. MR. SCHLEICHER: You had a shovel with you? by Timothy Charles Holmseth on October 16, 2018 at 10:51 A.M. CST. The recent story put out by the Stearns County Sheriffs Office that Daniel Heinrich confessed to Jacobs murder and led detectives to the body was proven to be a hoax after the teeth and bones found were determined to not be human. RB: I think he did. 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. He was fond of animals and spoke of being a veterinarian. The recording captures Bahner telling Muehlbauer he was present and witnessed Jacob being kidnapped at knifepoint by a man named Lou Kohls. [Varnold] said he this Bennis was not capable of performing such an abduction because he was legally blind, but he mentioned that Bennis was participating in an occult type thing, named the Council of 13. After you were finished, you indicated that Mr. Wetterling said something? Search and investigation begin within minutes. The puzzle of the abduction of Jacob Wetterling has many pieces. MR. SCHLEICHER: Do you know now that the three children involved were Jacob Wetterling, Trevor Wetterling, Aaron Larson? The lead was in regards to occult activity and his possible relationship to Jacob Wetterling's abduction. The FBI was given a recording of a man who was captured on tape saying he eye-witnessed Jacob Wetterling be sacrificed on Halloween 1989. 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. Well he saw it obviously before he went down to get him. Eleven year old Aaron Larson was next. 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. 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. No arrests were ever made. Michael Bahner told Muehlbauer on tape he watched Lou Kohls drag Jacob to the car with a knife to his throat. I asked him to undress. They find and collect two police scanners, a carrying case, lists of scanner frequencies, a pair of boots, clothing. Mund had created the plaster casts of the tire marks at the scene of Wetterling's abduction. 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. Wednesday, August 31, 2016, last week, you were transported in custody by law enforcement to the site where you had buried Jacob's remains for the second time, is that right? 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. Paynesville police chief tells Wetterling investigators that his town has had a year of molestation episodes. Al indicated there is alot occult activity occurring between St. Johns University and the Alexandria area. He also confesses to the assault of Scheierl in Cold Spring earlier in 1989. I said, Dont cry.. Diane Muehlbauer: What did you tell them? After you covered Jacob's body back up with the Bobcat, you returned the Bobcat to the construction site? THE DEFENDANT: Yes, I did. MR. SCHLEICHER: Okay. Jacob's smiling face was burned into Minnesota's psyche, appearing on countless posters and billboards over the years. I put a mask on. Jacobs mother then confirmed that Seitz had come to visit her twice after Jacobs abduction, claiming to be a psychic and wishing to talk to her about her son. The details are well-known: Jacob was riding a bike home from the local Tom Thumb store with his brother and best friend when a man in a mask stepped from the shadows into the road. Allen commented he and Jerry never talked much about the occult. Officers also found "numerous videotapes of what appear to be surreptitiously recorded footage of neighborhood children delivering newspapers, riding bicycles, playing in public playgrounds and participating in sporting activities.". 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 DEFENDANT: I left him, and I went home. Investigators search the Paynesville home of Heinrich's father, where Heinrich has been living since November 1989. WhenJacob said "I'm cold," Heinrich saidpanic took over, according tothe Minneapolis Star-Tribune. And I got on the interstate and headed north to Albany. Afterward, Jacob asked whether he was taking him home. MR. SCHLEICHER: And is it fair to say that you acted alone in the kidnap, sexual assault and murder of Jacob Wetterling? Heinrich, 53, admitted Tuesday that he abducted, sexually assaulted and shot Jacob to death in 1989, then buried the boys body in a field in rural central Minnesota. Did you know what happened to him then? The witness, who will remain un-named herein, said Jerry Wetterling murdered Jacob during a satanic ritual sacrifice. He said he had amnesia and bore a promising mole on his cheek. Stearns County Sheriff's Office The jersey Jacob Wetterling was wearing the night he was abducted and murdered. I dug a hole with the trenching tool about two feet deep. I asked their names,their ages. About 100 yards up that road, there is an approach and -- to a field next to a grove of trees. Jacobs fate was unknown for 27 years, until authorities were finally led to a set of remains identified as Jacobs in September 2016. Here is that portion in full: MR. 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