Concerns J. Wetterling but seems appropriate to post here.
Sept 20 2018
Stearns County sheriff says Jacob Wetterling case 'went off the rails'
"ST. CLOUD — Thousands of investigative documents in the Jacob Wetterling abduction and murder case were released to the public Thursday morning, but not before the Stearns County sheriff pointed out numerous missed opportunities to catch the perpetrator in the days, weeks and months after the 11-year-old was kidnapped at gunpoint by a masked stranger in October 1989 and killed."
"Among other missed opportunities, according to Gudmundson:
On Jan. 8, 1990, the Paynesville police chief said Heinrich should be considered a suspect. “It should be noted that Danny Heinrich bears a strong resemblance” to the artist’s sketch of the suspect, Gudmundson said. Later in an interview, Heinrich is “deceptive,” about the Wetterling kidnapping, the sheriff said.
During a search of Heinrich’s property, police found in a locked trunk photos of children, including of one with a boy exiting a shower with a towel around his neck. Heinrich objected to the confiscation of the photos, saying they “just didn’t look right.”
“Inexplicably, they were not confiscated,” Gudmundson said, and Heinrich later burned the photos.
On Feb. 7, 1990, Heinrich appeared at the Sheriff’s Office demanding his property be returned, angry that rumors were circulating that he was homosexual."