Suspect - Daniel Heinrich

[Sigrun]

Did you mean Heinrich? Is there a link showing he was ever arrested for Jared? I hadn't seen anything on that. We do know Hollinger was arrested for Jared and let go.

It's in the search warrant.

 

[ThePhantom]

I've been wondering - if the new POI was on the FBI's radar with regard to Jared, were they monitoring his online activity to ascertain whether he was involved in gathering or creating child *advertiser censored*? They (FBI) along with local sheriffs of various counties where I live have long been policing known child molesters' online activities. They cast a wide net and it keeps them very busy. I am assuming Heinrich was also being watched. Does anyone know? Thanks.

 

[shergal]

He thought that DH and one other guy both looked like he could have been the perpetrator but he couldn't identify one for sure out of a lineup.


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I'm confused here. I think we have too many "DH"s. I'm pretty sure it was DAH (Hart) that jared could not identify in a lineup. DJH (Heinrich) was not ever in a lineup that I'm aware of?

 

[Jennibee]

There was always a possibility Jacob was alive as we didn't have any solid leads. Maybe we still don't as such, however, sadly if DH is the perp I feel it's safe to assume Jacob isn't with us any longer.

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[Sigrun]

I'm confused here. I think we have too many "DH"s. I'm pretty sure it was DAH (Hart) that jared could not identify in a lineup. DJH (Heinrich) was not ever in a lineup that I'm aware of?

It's in the search warrant.

 

[thenotebook]

Thank you! Sorry, my mistake. I was typing ahead of thinking. lol. Yes, Fingerhut was right across from the ice arena where Jacob went to hockey practice back in 1989. :/ They also have a storage facility further west across the Sauk River.

Wow, right across the street? ? Creepy connection

 

[thenotebook]

Sanner deserves a lot of credit.

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Do we know this was sanner? They said on the news that they were under pressure from the dept of justice. And it seems like the FBI agents are the ones who did the investigation on Heinrich

 

[Sigrun]

All sorts of stuff, not all included here, but they knew all about him in 1990:

 

[Sigrun]

And the arrest:

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[thenotebook]

Wonder if Heinrich and Feeney know each other. If Feeney was the "medical cop" at Tom thumb, perhaps he and heinrich worked together? Feeney admitted to being in the area that night

 

[Dave K]

And the arrest:

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That link's not working.... or else, my computer's not following through somehow...

 

[JerseyJo]

Didn't the perp who abducted Jared say he had an appointment at the Red Carpet Bar (after the attack). I know it is quite a long time ago, but I wonder if anyone who frequented the Red Carpet remembers Heinrich from that time period?

 

[nmogren]

I'm confused here. I think we have too many "DH"s. I'm pretty sure it was DAH (Hart) that jared could not identify in a lineup. DJH (Heinrich) was not ever in a lineup that I'm aware of?

Yes he was also. It's in the search warrant.


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[Sigrun]

That link's not working.... or else, my computer's not following through somehow...

Ok, let me try to re-attach ....

 

[Sigrun]

The search warrant tells us that the POI was interviewed several times, his current residence searched and that he was arrested. So, whatever we needed to know about his habits and dress seems like it should have been known then. I think the missing link, again, was something solid linking him to the attack. And that didn't come until 2015 with the new DNA evidence. Now, the SOL prevents his arrest on the JS assault. And again there is nothing to tie him directly to JEW. But given what we know, it is I think obvious that the same person who attacked JS is the same person who assaulted AL when JEW was abducted. That is what is so frustrating here. It is obvious he is the guy, but there is really no legal basis to arrest him for it. The only way to arrest him for the JEW case is to find out where JEW was assaulted, it seems.

I think there is a small but reasonable chance that the place where JS was assaulted is the same place where JEW was assaulted. Not certain, but the best clue we have b/c the POI isn't talking. So, yea, I'd like to figure out where JS was assaulted.

 

[Jennifermn]

Does anyone know how long the DNA technology has been around that helped LE identify DJH as JS's perp?

I feel somewhat angry that LE knew who DJH was all along, and the DNA evidence was there all these years. I realize in 1990 they would not have been able to make a match, but when?

Perhaps I am taking my frustration out inappropriately. The fact that the SOL has run out in JS's case is beyond frustrating. But I feel like local LE botched both JS's investigation and JEW's. If not for the attention Joy and Jared brought to these cases, would DJH be free man to this day? From the press conference yesterday I had the impression the FBI played a bigger roll in apprehending DJH. One year ago they revisited the case, and I have to imagine that is due to the attention thanks to Joy, Jared, Eloc and others.

It does strengthen my feelings on the difference amateur sleuthing can make in these cold cases and makes me feel proud to be a member of this website.

 

[nmogren]

Does anyone know how long the DNA technology has been around that helped LE identify DJH as JS's perp?

I feel somewhat angry that LE knew who DJH was all along, and the DNA evidence was there all these years. I realize in 1990 they would not have been able to make a match, but when?

Perhaps I am taking my frustration out inappropriately. The fact that the SOL has run out in JS's case is beyond frustrating. But I feel like local LE botched both JS's investigation and JEW's. If not for the attention Joy and Jared brought to these cases, would DJH be free man to this day? From the press conference yesterday I had the impression the FBI played a bigger roll in apprehending DJH. One year ago they revisited the case, and I have to imagine that is due to the attention thanks to Joy, Jared, Eloc and others.

It does strengthen my feelings on the difference amateur sleuthing can make in these cold cases and makes me feel proud to be a member of this website.

I think just in the last year.


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[Sigrun]

Does anyone know how long the DNA technology has been around that helped LE identify DJH as JS's perp?

That is a great question b/c I honestly wonder what new technique was made available only within the last year that would have made a difference. I wonder if the pressures you mention didn't have something to do with someone deciding to test the DNA. There has been a lot of activity and pressure in the last couple of years, from many directions. I also wonder why if so much pressure was put on DR based on less circumstantial evidence, why so little was placed on the latest POI. I don't know but would like to. I can't discuss it, but it is my opinion that key persons felt that the new POI was the person, and that they felt this way for a while.

I am less concerned about retribution and more about preventing this kind of stuff. If the DNA had been tested say, in 2000, it would not have changed anything. I feel sick saying it but I think JEW was gone within 3 hours. What *could* have made a difference however, was if the JS arrest could have resulted in charges. Then the new POI wouldn't have been on the streets to abduct JEW. It is all very nauseating.

btw: the only thing "new" about this technique that I've heard so far is that it was nuclear DNA. But that has been out for about 5 to 10 years now (at least).

 

[JerseyJo]

Does anyone know how long the DNA technology has been around that helped LE identify DJH as JS's perp?

I feel somewhat angry that LE knew who DJH was all along, and the DNA evidence was there all these years. I realize in 1990 they would not have been able to make a match, but when?

Perhaps I am taking my frustration out inappropriately. The fact that the SOL has run out in JS's case is beyond frustrating. But I feel like local LE botched both JS's investigation and JEW's. If not for the attention Joy and Jared brought to these cases, would DJH be free man to this day? From the press conference yesterday I had the impression the FBI played a bigger roll in apprehending DJH. One year ago they revisited the case, and I have to imagine that is due to the attention thanks to Joy, Jared, Eloc and others.

It does strengthen my feelings on the difference amateur sleuthing can make in these cold cases and makes me feel proud to be a member of this website.

I asked a similar question earlier. I wonder if this is the "technology" that LE kept indicating that they were waiting for...

 

[ELOCsoul]

Well I guess we know now about the suspect whose name and info was blacked out of the early search warrants:

Search warrants released publicly by WCCO-TV in May 1996, revealed information about three early suspects in the Wetterling investigation. Although two of the three suspects had been ruled out, the third had not been ruled out yet. Authorities moved quickly to get the documents resealed by the courts after they had been revealed.

One of the suspects was a 60-year-old man who had con-fessed to Jacob's kidnapping a month after it had occurred. He had told investigators that Jacob's clothing could be found in his basement but investigators did not find any evidence to corrobo-rate the man's story. The man suffered from Alzheimer's disease and was dismissed as a suspect. He lived on Crestview Avenue in the Pleasant Acres addition of St. Joseph. Although authori-ties did not say so, that man may have been the same man who had barricaded himself in his house and had a standoff with Stearns County deputies in November 1989. Likewise, he was possibly the strange man who was seen by customers at the Tom Thumb store on the night of Jacob’s abduction and again two weeks later.

Authorities have never acknowledged that this was the man depicted in sketches early on during the Wetterling investigation, but it is worth noting that investigators did not reference those sketches again after November 1989.

Another suspect mentioned in the warrants was a student from St. Cloud State University. Investigators searched his room and found unusual writings about the Wetterling’s religion, the Baha’i faith, as well as “missing” posters of Jacob. The student was cleared, and committed suicide a few months later.

The third and final suspect was a Paynesville area man that fit the description of the man that had assaulted twelve-year-old Jared in Cold Spring in January 1989. Investigators said the man had not yet been cleared but was not a top suspect in Jacob's case. The warrants indicated the man’s home was searched in January 1990. One paragraph in the search warrant had been blacked out without explanation. Investigators have never re-vealed the reasons why a portion of the warrant had been blacked out.