The break in the disturbing case came in the late afternoon as social worker J N was walking her dog near the cabin she owns with her husband Forrest, a retired police officer.
“The girl just came out of the woods,” Forrest told The Daily Beast.
“She [Jeanne] kept her composure and took the girl to a safe place and called the sheriff’s department,” he added. “She called and said they found Jayme and she was going to the hospital.”
He said his wife had worked in child protective services in the past and knew how to react in the moment. But still, he said, “it was really very stressful for her and she is not up to talking about it.”
The news that Jayme was alive after three months overjoyed her family.
Wisconsin Teen Jayme Closs Found Alive: ‘The Girl Just Came Out of the Woods’