Suspect - Daniel Heinrich

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If anyone has a link that verifies where Heinrich was living at the time of Jacob's abduction, please share it. The video I shared a few posts back showed a yellow hotel and the reporter said he lived there during that time. But, I have also seen references to him living with a parent.

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/...ors-on-person-of-interest-in-wetterling-case/

"At the time of the Wetterling case, Heinrich lived in a former motel in Paynesville, about 23 miles from where Wetterling was abducted in St. Joseph.

Heinrich has held a steady job at Buffalo Veneer & Plywood. That’s where investigators pulled him from the factory floor over the summer for questioning."
 
It is in the documents released today from the fbi


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If anyone has a link that verifies where Heinrich was living at the time of Jacob's abduction, please share it. The video I shared a few posts back showed a yellow hotel and the reporter said he lived there during that time. But, I see references to him living with a parent.

Yea, it is in the search warrant. He was living with his mother then, about 3 or 4 weeks later he moved out of that house.
 
The search warrant of Heinrich's property goes into detail about the previous molestations in Paynesville. Many of the incidents described in the warrant really caught my attention. It states in the third incident that the suspect spoke in a "low, static filled voice," and asked the boy his name and age. In the fourth incident, he was wearing a mask and had asked the boy what grade he was in. In incident 5, the perp wore dark clothing. In incident 6, the suspect had painted his face or wore a mask and had approached two juveniles. Incident 7, the suspect spoke in a raspy voice and wore panty hose over his face. He wore camouflaged pants and an army jacket. In incident 8, in the fall of 1988, the suspect wore a ski mask, dark colored stocking hat, black shirt, black pants and black gloves. These incidents all took place within several blocks of Heinrich's residence. Incident 9 was Jared's case on Jan. 13, 1989. He was described as having a raspy voice and wore camouflage pants, black army boots, military style watch. Jared described the vehicle as a dark blue, four door automatic transmission passenger car with a luggage rack on the trunk, blue cloth interior with dark blue leather or vinyl interior trim, and front bucket seats. Jared believed the shifter was in the center console area. The car smelled new.

I think this is the break we've all been waiting for! Hoping there will be further developments within the next couple of weeks in the direction of Jacob's case. Praying for the Wetterlings!
 
9 months before the JEW abduction another victim was abducted and released. The attacker left DNA on his clothes. At the time the technology required to match that DNA to any living person didn't exist. It was only available about a year ago (for this particular kind of test). So, 9 months later JEW was abducted with a very similar sounding attacker, so much so that LE used the composite from the first kidnapping as the composite for the JEW kidnapping. Well, JEW was never released. That was October 1989 and here we are today. So, pretty darn obvious this guy abducted the first boy. And if you know the history of this case, you should be pretty convinced that whoever abducted the first boy abducted JEW also.
Thank you sigruin .So basically what i just wrote was right as you just said it yourself..
 
If anyone has a link that verifies where Heinrich was living at the time of Jacob's abduction, please share it. The video I shared a few posts back showed a yellow hotel and the reporter said he lived there during that time. But, I have also seen references to him living with a parent.

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/...ors-on-person-of-interest-in-wetterling-case/

"At the time of the Wetterling case, Heinrich lived in a former motel in Paynesville, about 23 miles from where Wetterling was abducted in St. Joseph.

Heinrich has held a steady job at Buffalo Veneer & Plywood. That’s where investigators pulled him from the factory floor over the summer for questioning."
page 8 ~ https://www.scribd.com/doc/287785448/103015-N-fns-Wetterling-heinrichSearchWarrant
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Page 3 of the criminal complaint states he was living at the Plaza Hotel during the time of the Paynesville attacks.

http://www.startribune.com/criminal-complaint-against-danny-james-heinrich/338471312/

"Each of the Paynesville attacks took place less than a mile from the defendant's residence, the Plaza Hotel..."

OK, So this is during the Paynesville attacks, not necessarily when Jacob was abducted. Sounds like the reporter had it wrong earlier.
 
*After* the abduction he moved in with his father and another 17 year-old. At the time of the abduction he was living with his mother, so both houses should be searched. My own take is that the bulk of the evidence will be found in Richmond, not in a house.

Could you explain why you say that the bulk of the evidence will be found in Richmond, not in a house? Thank You
 
Page 3 of the criminal complaint states he was living at the Plaza Hotel during the time of the Paynesville attacks.

http://www.startribune.com/criminal-complaint-against-danny-james-heinrich/338471312/

"Each of the Paynesville attacks took place less than a mile from the defendant's residence, the Plaza Hotel..."

OK, So this is during the Paynesville attacks, not necessarily when Jacob was abducted. Sounds like the reporter had it wrong earlier.

Yes, the warrant is confusing because Washburne *is* the Plaza "hotel". The Plaza hotel was both a hotel and apartment complex. It had a back alley parking lot but faced Washburne. The is where his mother lived. About 3 weeks after JEW went missing he abruptly moved out and moved into his father's basement.
 
Is there anything known that would have put him in that driveway where JW was abducted from ? How would he have been there ? One thing I always found strange about this case was the way the abductor just stepped out of a driveway to confront JW and the other boys. jmo
 
Could you explain why you say that the bulk of the evidence will be found in Richmond, not in a house? Thank You

Well, I just mean that general area. Based on the first boy's testimony, it looks like he was taken in that direction. It is sort of southwest of the contact point. And this is closer to where the POI lived. I'm thinking there was something familiar to him there. Based on the first attack description, it was rural and the POI seemed comfortable there. Just surmising that it is likely that JEW was also taken here, and that is a common behavior in crimes of this type (repeatedly going to a familiar area to act out on one's fantasies). Wherever it was, I think the evidence will be found within 45 miles of St. Joseph, probably to the south of St. Joseph. What an awful case.

And btw, I somewhat doubt he brought JEW to his mother's house.
 
Well, I just mean that general area. Based on the first boy's testimony, it looks like he was taken in that direction. It is sort of southwest of the contact point. And this is closer to where the POI lived. I'm thinking there was something familiar to him there. Based on the first attack description, it was rural and the POI seemed comfortable there. Just surmising that it is likely that JEW was also taken here, and that is a common behavior in crimes of this type (repeatedly going to a familiar area to act out on one's fantasies). Wherever it was, I think the evidence will be found within 45 miles of St. Joseph, probably to the south of St. Joseph. What an awful case.

And btw, I somewhat doubt he brought JEW to his mother's house.

Makes sense. Thanks, Sigrun
 
Is there anything known that would have put him in that driveway where JW was abducted from ? How would he have been there ? One thing I always found strange about this case was the way the abductor just stepped out of a driveway to confront JW and the other boys. jmo

I'm puzzled over this as well. The line of sight and topography means that a non-local would have to have simply been "riding around" looking for trouble. As crazy as that it is, its the only thing that makes sense unless the POI lived there.
 
I'm puzzled over this as well. The line of sight and topography means that a non-local would have to have simply been "riding around" looking for trouble. As crazy as that it is, its the only thing that makes sense unless the POI lived there.

Was he also seen at the video store? Did he have a scanner/police radio?
 
Was he also seen at the video store? Did he have a scanner/police radio?

Well, I suspect he was scanning police radio, based on his M.O. Now that you mention it, I think the second composite drawing was in fact of a man seen at the video store. That could have been him as well. Different witnesses, different sketches. And this would fit with my swag as to what might have happened: the boys were seen walking *toward* town and were spotted *under illumination* with good lighting (if it was getting dark). That means further up the road or in the store. Then they were stalked. Their return path was predictable at that point. But pretty brazen to pull into someone's driveway for the ambush. I think he was motivated in this attack. And we do see escalation of violence in all these attacks, which is typical in this type of crime.

They may have even seen this man just before, or seen his car.
 
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