Jayme Closs: Hometown Hero
CBS News journalists explore the courage of Wisconsin teenager Jayme Closs, held captive for 88 days before escaping, and how she and her community have bonded to help her heal.
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CBS News journalists explore the courage of Wisconsin teenager Jayme Closs, held captive for 88 days before escaping, and how she and her community have bonded to help her heal.
"48 Hours" goes inside the Closs case, the extraordinary stories of other children found, and the the heartache of families with children still missing.
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CBS News journalists explore the courage of Wisconsin teenager Jayme Closs, held captive for 88 days before escaping, and how she and her community have bonded to help her heal
"As tragic as this whole thing is and-- it's brought to light for me just what human kindness can do," Barron, Wis. resident tells Gayle King
At Jake Patterson's sentencing hearing, prosecutors showed a select few evidence photos to the court and asked that Patterson be sentenced to life in prison for the murders of Jayme Closs' parents and the 13-year-old's kidnapping
The 13-year-old appeared with family and friends to receive her honor on Wednesday
Closs told police that the night she was abducted, she was asleep in her room when the family dog started barking
In phone call to reporter from jail, a man identifying himself as Jake Patterson describes holding the Wisconsin teen prisoner
Patterson wrote that he planned to plead guilty because he didn't want Jayme's family "to worry about a trial," the station reports
Jayme's alleged kidnapper to face a judge in person for the first time on Wednesday
The FBI and Jennie-O contributed a total of $50,000 for information on Closs' whereabouts; she had been kidnapped for nearly three months
Jake Patterson, charged with abducting Jayme Closs after killing her parents, described himself as "an honest and hardworking guy"
The mood in the Wisconsin community is shifting from joy to shock over the horrific details of Closs' kidnapping and her parents' murder
New details are emerging about suspect Jake Patterson and his plan to allegedly kidnap 13-year-old Jayme Closs
We still don't know exactly what horrors Closs may have endured while imprisoned in a dilapidated cabin for 88 days and witnessing her parents murdered
The complaint says Jake Patterson told investigators: "He knew that was the girl he was going to take"
The child safety activist, who was herself abducted in 2002, talks about steps to recovery for Wisconsin teen who was held captive for three months
When the young kidnapping victim escaped the Wisconsin cabin where she'd been held, she ran into Jeanne Nutter, who used her child protection skills to get the girl to safety
Jayme Closs' family members never gave up hope that she would be found, but like the rest of the country, they are still in shock
"I quickened my pace and got to her and she just sort of fell into me and said, 'I'm Jayme,' and I said, I know," Jeanne Nutter told "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King; watch the full interview Monday, Jan. 14
The Mesa 11-year-old was riding her sister’s bike when she disappeared in 1999
"There's no going back," says Elizabeth Smart, who was abducted at age 14 for nine months, of life before abduction
With Jayme Closs now reunited with relatives, investigators are working to learn more about her alleged abductor Jake Patterson