Complaint reveals chilling details of Jayme Closs' abduction, captivity
The complaint says Jake Patterson told investigators: "He knew that was the girl he was going to take"
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The woman who found 13-year-old Jayme Closs while walking her dog is describing the moment she came across the young girl. "All I knew was whoever this child is, she's in trouble, because I thought she had her pajamas on," Jeanne Nutter told "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King. Watch more of the interview Monday, Jan. 14 on "CBS This Morning," airing from 7 to 9 a.m. ET/PT.
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After months of searching, 13-year-old Jayme Closs has been found. Police in Wisconsin said she not only managed to break free from the man who killed her parents and abducted her nearly three months ago. She also helped put him in jail. Adriana Diaz reports.
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