MN - Jacob Wetterling, 11, St. Joseph, 22 Oct 1989 - #15

[shergal]

How would DR know they were going into town and not having a sleep-over at one of the boy's homes? There is no way he (or anyone else) would have known that.

Let me make clear I was NOT endorsing Mikelson's views on who did it. That's his own opinion. I just used his full quote to show where he talked about the fondling. I don't believe Mikelson posts here, unless he uses a different name. So you'd have to discuss that with him on the LTWH site.

 

[shergal]

So if Baker Street was there, someone actually could have seen the boys at the Tom Thumb and taken Baker Street to get ahead of them without them seeing a car pass them.

Well, for that matter, while the boys were in the store, someone could have seen them and driven right up 19th ahead of them, before they came back out of the store. So certainly, either way could have happened. Or someone could have had a car parked on one of those dirt roads in the woods and been watching for them to come back. Or someone could have been standing on the road or in a ditch waiting for them to come back. Those are all possibilities. I don't discount a car being used.

 

[nmogren]

Well, for that matter, while the boys were in the store, someone could have seen them and driven right up 19th ahead of them, before they came back out of the store. So certainly, either way could have happened. Or someone could have had a car parked on one of those dirt roads in the woods and been watching for them to come back. Or someone could have been standing on the road or in a ditch waiting for them to come back. Those are all possibilities. I don't discount a car being used.

I guess knowing there was another route makes it much more believable to me that it could have been someone at or around the Tom Thumb. Just shows how easily this could have happened in any number of ways by any number of people.


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[bucshunter]

I guess knowing there was another route makes it much more believable to me that it could have been someone at or around the Tom Thumb. Just shows how easily this could have happened in any number of ways by any number of people.


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Yes lots of possibilities. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Sasquatch321]

How would DR know they were going into town and not having a sleep-over at one of the boy's homes? There is no way he (or anyone else) would have known that.

Aaron or Trevor heard an unnatural sound off the road on the way to the store, I've had a longtime opinion this could be DR, and that he ran alongside them all the way to the store then went back and got ready knowing they are coming back.

 

[Sasquatch321]

I hope aaron and Trevors clothes were collected for Hair/DNA. I suppose only LE knows.

 

[Sasquatch321]

MF is in kiwi court the night of the abduction, what did he turn out to be? Someone who molests boys. Did he have firsthand knowledge of the crime scene by pointing out the exact abduction spot to his friend?

 

[kemo]

I am aware that it is customary for Law Enforcement to notify a school district if one of its employees is arrested or, in cases where no arrest is made, that information is available that may raise an issue as to the suitability of that employee to work with,children. This comes up frequently in drug investigations and, in the past, when the issue of homosexuality was raised.

Certainly, if a teacher were suspected of abducting and murdering a child, law enforcement would release to the school district enough of what evidence they had so that the district could deal with the situation fully informed. While there might not be sufficient evidence to terminate the teacher, there are other ways to deal with a potential problem. If such action were being undertaken by the district, DR's work life would be very unpleasant and the media would easily get wind of it.

To my knowledge, except for requiring a second adult in his class room for a few days (I don't know how long this lasted), DR has pretty much gone back to business as usual an he claims to have the support of his students, parents, fellow teachers and administrators. Is this impression accurate?

 

[Sasquatch321]

I am aware that it is customary for Law Enforcement to notify a school district if one of its employees is arrested or, in cases where no arrest is made, that information is available that may raise an issue as to the suitability of that employee to work with,children. This comes up frequently in drug investigations and, in the past, when the issue of homosexuality was raised.

Certainly, if a teacher were suspected of abducting and murdering a child, law enforcement would release to the school district enough of what evidence they had so that the district could deal with the situation fully informed. While there might not be sufficient evidence to terminate the teacher, there are other ways to deal with a potential problem. If such action were being undertaken by the district, DR's work life would be very unpleasant and the media would easily get wind of it.

To my knowledge, except for requiring a second adult in his class room for a few days (I don't know how long this lasted), DR has pretty much gone back to business as usual an he claims to have the support of his students, parents, fellow teachers and administrators. Is this impression accurate?

Is he teaching this year? Did cold spring elementary release him entirely? St. Johns doesn't have a problem with him working there.

 

[Sasquatch321]

When kevin pulled all the way into the building site, did he notice lights on or off in the house? Did he see lights turn off or on in the house?

 

[shergal]

Skeletal remains (probably 2 years old or more) found in Southern Minnesota, near Albert Lea. While probably too new to be related to Jacob's case, maybe someone on here knows of other missing males in MN? There is a ring to identify.

http://www.kttc.com/story/28741419/2015/04/07/bca-agents-searching-area-along-i-90-near-albert-lea

 

[bucshunter]

Is he teaching this year? Did cold spring elementary release him entirely? St. Johns doesn't have a problem with him working there.

Looks like Mr. Bebop is still teaching...no outrage from the parents in the community? I wonder why?

http://www.rocori.k12.mn.us/dan-rassier

 

[chaplain1]

Looks like Mr. Bebop is still teaching...no outrage from the parents in the community? I wonder why?

http://www.rocori.k12.mn.us/dan-rassier

They did try to have him fired in 2010; or, at least, that is what DR claims.

 

[Trackergd]

I have to say that this is one frustrating case on many levels. Not the least of which is that I cannot a) Go there with ease and check the whole area out on foot myself and b) That I cannot see the whole photographed print field before it was contaminated.

 

[bucshunter]

They did try to have him fired in 2010; or, at least, that is what DR claims.

Still the community seems quiet about DR teaching children.

 

[ThePhantom]

The community seems quiet about a lot of things. Therein lies the problem, methinks.

 

[Sasquatch321]

Still the community seems quiet about DR teaching children.

I didn't find out this was absolutely a sexuallly motivated crime until less than 24 hours ago. I think the community deserves to know as well.

 

[thenotebook]

Does anyone recall the article about human remains found in Wisconsin (?) of a boy, estimated age was like 10-13 or so, and they determined that he would have lived in MN/Wisconsin/MI..? Did they ever figure out who that was? I will try to find the article.

I can't find the article! I swear I'm not making this up. They were able to tell by the bones that he had lived in the upper midwest due to minerals, etc but they couldn't identify him. They were going to test the remains against known missing boys.

 

[shergal]

I didn't find out this was absolutely a sexuallly motivated crime until less than 24 hours ago. I think the community deserves to know as well.

I think originally this info was kept quiet because LE planned to use it when and if they ever made an actual arrest. But with Mikelson spilling it online, and Patty stating it was sexually motivated, it seems it is pretty much out there now. Still, a lot of locals aren't aware. I'm not sure if Wetterlings or LE want it to be common knowledge. Maybe it just upsets Wetterlings having that known? IMO, it pretty much clears DR, because I just can't imagine him doing that to young boys. But I guess I could be wrong. I think he's just an odd guy who seems to enjoy the attention this case has brought him, even though it's negative attention. If he hadn't acted so odd and giggly in all his TV interviews, and made so many statements about "knowing" who did it, I don't think we'd even be looking at him. (JMO) As I've stated before, he's his own worst enemy.

 

[Sasquatch321]

I think originally this info was kept quiet because LE planned to use it when and if they ever made an actual arrest. But with Mikelson spilling it online, and Patty stating it was sexually motivated, it seems it is pretty much out there now. Still, a lot of locals aren't aware. I'm not sure if Wetterlings or LE want it to be common knowledge. Maybe it just upsets Wetterlings having that known? IMO, it pretty much clears DR, because I just can't imagine him doing that to young boys. But I guess I could be wrong. I think he's just an odd guy who seems to enjoy the attention this case has brought him, even though it's negative attention. If he hadn't acted so odd and giggly in all his TV interviews, and made so many statements about "knowing" who did it, I don't think we'd even be looking at him. (JMO) As I've stated before, he's his own worst enemy.

Well I told my wife and she is concerned that DR has apparrently never been in a relationship his entire life. I dont think anyone knows a thing about his sexual preferences, which everyone has.