I hesitate to post this because I know many people are very skeptical of psychics, etc. and we can't consider any of it fact. But as long as the topic (sort of) came up in this thread, I thought I'd share this website. The site owner does tarot readings for missing children/people and she did one for Jacob. It's a bit long but it is an interesting read, if you want to take the time.
http://empathysinsights.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/jacob-erwin-wetterling.html
Wow, Thanks, KeepHopeAlive - this was VERY interesting. (I will admit I'm a skeptic on stuff like this, but it does tend to make you think in a certain direction, which is interesting.) I suppose it's general enough that it could apply to many things. But the music and dancing made me think of the polka fest that was going on that day at the Del-Win ballroom.
In St. Cloud, we have the Mississippi River, with small islands in it down near the college called the Beaver Islands. Years ago when this first happened, I remember there being rumors that (apologies for gruesome thoughts) Jacob's body had been disposed of at Landy Packing, which was a meat processing plant along the river - right near the college. I'm not sure where the rumor started, but I remember hearing it from several different people. They seemed to think someone who possibly worked there had disposed of the body that way, and that's why nothing has ever been found. (Not sure of the actual practicalities of that scenario - just reporting what I remember hearing back then.)
If you go to this link
https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&so...,&hnear=County+Road+121,+St+Joseph,+Minnesota
(or if that doesn't work - go to google maps and put in "St. Joseph MN Lions Park, County Road 121, St. Joseph, MN") That park is a small "landmark" in town. If you look over to the right on the map about 4 inches, you will see Kiwi Court, where Jacob's home was. Then you can follow 295th Ave. to 16th Ave. SE which takes you down to the abduction site. As you can see on satellite view, there are several small quarries, "pot holes" (midwest term) or ponds scattered across there which would be filled with water. Further East behind DR's property is the Sauk River, which flows all the way into St. Cloud and dumps into the Mississippi. To the North, the Sauk River continues on through Rockville, Cold Spring, Richmond, into a big chain of lakes.
Also, the machines and construction could refer to the construction going on out behind St. Ben's college (which is in downtown St. Joe, on the north side of WEST Minnesota Street.)
It all is certainly a rural area, with many farms and fields and Jacob may well be close to home.