Found Alive WI - Jayme Closs, 13, Barron, missing after parents found shot, 15 Oct 2018 *Arrest* #44

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Elizabeth Smart set to speak in Barron County on Jayme Closs rescue
Kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart is scheduled to speak in northwestern Wisconsin next week to help the region cope with a high-profile double homicide-kidnapping.

Smart told The Associated Press in January that Jayme will struggle to regain a sense of normalcy.

Elizabeth Smart to host town hall in Jayme Closs' hometown
Elizabeth Smart will host a town hall discussion at Barron Area Community Center Friday, March 15 to talk about her experience and how the community can heal and move forward.

Smart shares some of Closs' tragic experience. At the age of 14, Smart was abducted from her Salt Lake City bedroom at knife point by a man in 2002. She was rescued by police nine months later. Both of her captors were caught.

Elizabeth Smart will visit the hometown of Jayme Closs
Kidnap survivor Elizabeth Smart, who has been vocal in her support of Jayme Closs, is coming to Jayme's hometown for a public event next Friday.

According to the Barron County Sheriff's Department, Elizabeth Smart will be in Barron for an event called "Moving Forward with Elizabeth Smart". The event is scheduled for 6:30pm-7:30pm on March 15 at the Barron Area Community Center.

Elizabeth Smart to hold town hall in Barron as community grapples with Jayme Closs case
Smart is now a child safety advocate and author, and is married with two children.

Doors open at 6 p.m. for Smart's town hall. The event is free and open to the public.
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I truly admire Elizabeth Smart and how she handled her ordeal and overcame and became such a strong supporter of other child victims.

She has a wonderful family who surrounded and encouraged her upon her return and she has grown into a lovely young woman and child victim advocate. Kudos to her and I hope/know Jayme is equally capable of moving forward with a new normal and productive life in the years ahead.

Bless you Jayme, still thinking of you often!
 
girlhasnoname said:
This makes me so angry. Why do we have to hear what this killer has to say now? I hope with all his false bravado and declarations of care and concern for Jayme, he will at least do what he said and plead guilty to save her from more trauma. Go away JP, just go quietly away. Please.
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I certainly wish the same. However, he is probably relishing this limelight he has created for himself. Sadly this will most likely continue into the future. Ugh.
 
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I hope he really pleads guilty and is forgotten I don’t want him to relish the notoriety of what he has done. I hope he doesn’t get satisfaction from pleading guilty believing that it somehow lessens the severity of his evil and wicked crimes. I really think in his sick head he is pleading guilty for Jayme.
 
Jayme Closs' accused kidnapper writes letter to tv station: 'The reason I did this is complicated'
The man accused of kidnapping Wisconsin teenager Jayme Closs and holding her for nearly three months has apologized to Jayme in a letter he wrote to a NBC-affiliate station. Jake Patterson, 21, also indicated in his letter that he planned to plead guilty.

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He wrote that he provided police as much detail as he did "so they didn’t have to interview Jayme. They did anyways and hurt her more for no reason."

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Though Patterson said he intends to enter a guilty plea at his next court appearance, he has not yet been convicted of the charges against him. He wrote that he doesn't want Jayme or her family "to worry about a trial."

His arraignment date is set for March 27.

"The reason I did this is complicated," Patterson wrote. "No one will believe or can even imagine how sorry I am for hurting Jayme this much. Can’t express it."

Patterson wrote on the back of his letter, "I’m Sorry Jayme! For everything. I know it doesn’t mean much.
 
gregjrichards said:
I hope he really pleads guilty and is forgotten I don’t want him to relish the notoriety of what he has done. I hope he doesn’t get satisfaction from pleading guilty believing that it somehow lessens the severity of his evil and wicked crimes. I really think in his sick head he is pleading guilty for Jayme.
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Yes and he needs to plead guilty, shut up and go away. No news from him is better for Jayme. jmo
 
Just read the entire letter he sent to the reporter.
A few observations:

1) He does NOT mention the murders he committed, which are the crimes for which he's being bound over for trial.
This indicates deception by omission as well as " selective communication" vs. honest communication.

2) This is NOT a letter to the reporter. The entire back has a huge message to Jayme. Again, he's trying to " win her heart" in his sick twisted mind.

3) I believe he has fairly competent attorneys because his words are pretty much carefully chosen compared to what he said initially.

4) The PROOF of what he actually will do will be in court WHEN HE DOES IT, or does not do it.

5) He wants and likely has a deep need for attention, even negative attention. This is a common characteristic of a REMORSELESS serial killer.

6) Nothing he can say except " Guilty, Your Honor" to every charge against him WILL EVER MATTER!

7) NO, to the poster above who said " He certainly seems to care about Jayme".
For the love of all that's good and right, he KILLED her parents and she's a small 13 year old girl! She was in the house! Then, the sick sociopath held her captive for MONTHS and likely would have never let her leave him alive! HOW is that"caring " about her (or her innocent parents ) in any sense of the word?

8) The media needs to STOP giving this sociopath a voice. Stop reporting on what he does outside the official court process.
Do not write little letters to him with questions! You are being an irresponsible and azz- kissing excuse for a journalist when you write a confessed double killer and kidnapper and ask for HIS SIDE of the story!!! This is not the way to deliver the NEWS. This is a sleazy attempt to boost the reporter's name recognition ( which is why I refuse to name him) and also his stations's ratings internationally.

9) His family also needs to stay in the background and shut up. A child was hurt beyond measure, and her parents were murdered. NOTHING the Patterson family can say will mitigate the horrific actions of the psychopathic spawn.

10) I truly, absolutely believe he will be killed in prison soon after his arrival. He is entirely too antisocial ( And by that, once again, I do not mean " Shy, not liking crowds or company, or not being a " social" person but being a violent killer with no regard for any other person) to integrate into the prison system. Also, the NATURE of his crimes against Jayme will make him a target as will his age and small-ish, lack of muscle size. He will have a target on his head when the cell doors clang shut behind him.
I give him 3-6 months in general population conditions before he's given the Whitey Bulger treatment. I can hardly wait and if this is cruel, at least I'm honest about my hatred of his actions against a sweet little girl with her whole life ahead of her to remember what he's done to her and her family, and her parents, whose lives he destroyed.
I honestly do not think he deserves to live, and IF Wisconsin had the death penalty, he'd likely be put to death for what he's done. Instead, the prison inmate system of killing, which is the ultimate justice for what he has done,will do what the state refuses to enact into law, I believe.

Respectfully, IMO
 
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I don't post on this case much any longer because Jayme is a private citizen and she didn't ask for ANY attention, either positive or sensational. She deserves enormous respect and all our hopes and prayers, though.

I want to say this because it's what's in my heart for her. My hopes for her, as I would have for my own daughter, if I'd been blessed to have my daughter living.

Regarding Elizabeth Smart taking the time, the effort, and the emotional effort to come to Barron to talk to the concerned residents there. This is the work of an angel on earth. She endured so much, and she has so much to say to the public which is good, positive, uplifting and healing.

She is in a unique position to offer comfort and deep relief to Barron. I am praying for her and for the people she will meet and talk to, that they will be comforted and receive blessings from her countenance, which is almost glowing with love and a deep faith in God, and from her extremely eloquent, yet down to earth soft way of speaking of the truth in having hope, and offering hope and comfort to each other and to Jayme in unique ways.

I've heard Elizabeth speak as well as reading her book, and she does move people very deeply because she speaks with great intelligence and great understanding of how to help others. She truly gives of herself to other survivors, and she's helped me, personally, to find peace in the darkness of the night when the horrible fear and panic I experienced comes calling once again. Mostly, she reminds me to stay close to God and to pray, because with her deep faith that she freely shares, I know I'm never truly alone, and that the abductor was banished years ago.

I hope very much that Jayme and Elizabeth Smart will be able to relax with one another and be honest and talk about the things they've been through as female to female.

The facts that they were almost the same ages when they were abducted and that both had long periods of captivity before they escaped puts them in a very good bonding situation.

Elizabeth is very soft spoken and sweet, much like I imagine Jayme is. This is an incredibly positive chance for two survivors to bond and help one another, because the healing from a violent abduction and long periods of assault NEVER ends. Every survivor heals over and over for the rest of her life. It's like how we shed skin.. It's a renewed process, but from a different point of progress. Every time Elizabeth, I, or any other survivor helps another survivor, we also help ourselves heal more. It's a unique win- win situation. :)

I don't know about the rest of you, but I am praying for the two to have a very good rapport and for Elizabeth to encourage Jayme in many ways, one of which is especially important to Elizabeth, the spiritual guidance and healing from a church, its members and leaders. This is an especially important need now that Jayme is without her parents, especially her mother.

I hope Jayme will come away from her time with Elizabeth with the absolute knowledge of a young teen that she is still as pure as the day she was formed, and that she can go to church, be with her peers there and their mothers who care for her personally, can bond more closely to her special aunts, can talk with God every minute of every day and night through the power of prayer, and know that He's always with her in every step she takes.

I hope she will know what I came to know without a doubt after almost dying in a violent abduction: When she cannot walk through the pain at some points, Jesus will carry His child for a while.
 
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I wish he could know and care about the fact that I don't care what happens to him. I don't feel anger or hate and if I did I wouldn't want him to be aware of it. He thrives on and NEEDS any attention at all. I want him to spend the rest of his life KNOWING that no one at all cares about him, what he thinks, what he does or when he passes on. He needs to understand to his core that no one cares about what he thinks, feels or does. To me, that would be the ultimate pay back to someone like him. He needs to understand that he doesn't exist in any meaningful way any more and we need to help him understand that.
 
SeekingJana said:
This is NOT a letter to the reporter. The entire back has a huge message to Jayme. Again, he's trying to " win her heart" in his sick twisted mind.
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THIS!! It’s like this moron thinks that Jayme was his “girlfriend” or something... after he killed her parents, hog tied her, stuffed her in his trunk and locked her up under his bed!!
 
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The hairs on the back of my neck stood up when JP’s Father addressed the Closs family on national TV. The impression I had from his message was not positive. I saw it as a sympathy play. And now we are seeing JP’s correspondence published in the media. He is not being instructed by his defense team to button it, is he? IMO this all points to a defense that wishes to humanize JP and demonstrate that it was an unnatural (for JP) means that led to an end, ie he can’t believe that he killed two people to claim his dream girl. UGH.

I’d like to see Elizabeth Smart’s visit get as much press for the good she is doing for JC and the town of Barron.
 
Ragnarok said:
Apologize in advance for going OT but with Eizabeth Smart speaking to the Barron Community I want to mention that the 2017 movie I Am Elizabeth Smart is on Lifetime today at 12 ET.
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Thank you for this info. I saw this too late to watch it by about an hour, but I'm going to Amazon to buy the Prime streaming version. It's very affordable and I REALLY want to see it now....

I don't think it's at all off topic to mention this movie, as Elizabeth, not an actress, appears to talk about her feelings and parts of what happened to her during the movie, which was originally a Lifetime TV movie.
It was re-released in 2018 to include interviews with Elizabeth, and her response to the production was that she was very satisfied with the finished production.
 
Bordeaux said:
THIS!! It’s like this moron thinks that Jayme was his “girlfriend” or something... after he killed her parents, hog tied her, stuffed her in his trunk and locked her up under his bed!!
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Yes. That is exactly what I was trying to say. He actually “cares” for Jayme.

You know how people who abuse someone and say that they are doing it for the person’s own good. I think they believe it in their minds.

Men who control women such as in those cults such as FLDS. They think they are loving.

I can believe he thinks he and Jayme have a relationship.

This has nothing to do with an insanity plea which means knowing the difference between right and wrong. He planmed huge concealment. No insanity for him.
 
OhThatVictoria said:
The hairs on the back of my neck stood up when JP’s Father addressed the Closs family on national TV. The impression I had from his message was not positive. I saw it as a sympathy play. And now we are seeing JP’s correspondence published in the media. He is not being instructed by his defense team to button it, is he? IMO this all points to a defense that wishes to humanize JP and demonstrate that it was an unnatural (for JP) means that led to an end, ie he can’t believe that he killed two people to claim his dream girl. UGH.

I’d like to see Elizabeth Smart’s visit get as much press for the good she is doing for JC and the town of Barron.
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I felt the same way about the father’s different methods of reaching out
 
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