Kutzer told Pearce and Sigafoos he and Jerry Wetterling went out to eat several times before Jacobs abduction and one time after. MB: Well Jacob was punching him I mean he was waling on him he wanted to get out of the vehicle, MB: I mean it was like right and left every three seconds there was a punch or something but then, MB: But then the guy I was with he saw well Im not going to say he saw but to me he said he thinks he saw but I know damn well that he saw it he saw Lou have a knife that I do know, MB: It was he was on the front seat on the passenger side. The confession came as part of a plea agreement in which Heinrich will likely get 20 years in prison on a federal child pornography charge when hes sentenced in November, but will not be prosecuted on state murder charges. MR. SCHLEICHER: Okay. I loaded it with two rounds. Patty and Jerry Wetterling, walking into the service at College of . DM: That long? Perpich says he will activate the National Guard, the State Patrol and the Department of Natural Resources to search a 700-square-mile area for Jacob. And they wanted to have a big brother. FBI reports to investigators that a shoeprint at the crime scene "corresponds" to Heinrich's right shoe but because there was insufficient detail, the lab examiner could not determine that it was made by Heinrich's shoe. After asking the boys their ages and choosing which one he wanted to keep, the man ordered Jacobs friend and brother to run and not look back, threatening to shoot them. I can't remember what other clothing. Last year, authorities found images of child pornography at the Annandale home of Heinrich, who had long been under investigators scrutiny in Jacobs disappearance. Copyright 2022 Crime Museum, LLC - All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy |. I think [childs name] saw a snuff film, Muehlbauer said, recalling what Lund told her. MR. SCHLEICHER: After a couple of hours passed, did you return to the gravel pit area where Jacob Wetterling was lying? They find and collect two police scanners, a carrying case, lists of scanner frequencies, a pair of boots, clothing. St. Joseph Communications uses cookies for personalization, to customize its online advertisements, and for other purposes. Seitz said he was forced to kill another child during his abduction in 1958. I asked him to turn around. I don't know. What did you do after you placed him in your vehicle? Youre kidding. Wetterlings announce plans to establish the Jacob Wetterling Foundation. Varnold, Crystal Police Department, regarding a cult called the Council of 13. The abduction of Jacob Wetterling, which made parents more vigilant and instigated the first national requirement that states track sex offenders via registries, took place before moonrise on a warm October night in 1989. MR. SCHLEICHER: All right. More than anyone else, she has been the face and voice of the search for Jacob. MR. SCHLEICHER: All right. And where specifically in Paynesville did you go? An audio confession of a witness to the ritual sacrifice of Jacob Wetterling has been released and is now in the possession of the feds. And I got on the interstate and headed north to Albany. MB: He basically said that that he was going to do something but we didnt know. Rudy Perpich meets with National Guard, state officials, Grafft and the Wetterling family. Transcribed by Timothy Charles Holmseth, Ben And about eight twenty to nine, I got ready to go home and I looked up the road towards where Jacobs home where they got kidnapped, Ben: Yeah [inaudible] Michael and Richard and they were coming up by the woods like into the tall grass up out of the ditch and thats what I seen before I went downhill to go home and then, Ben: Yeah, right by where he got kidnapped , Ben: And I seen Jacob, Aaron, and his little brother Trevor, when me and my dad were coming back from Tom Thumb that night we seen them going to Tom Thumb but it seemed like they came up the other way coming back from Tom Thumb up the hill, Ben: The next day I heard that he got kidnapped, DM: And you knew the Bahners were down there in the ditch when you left. JACOB WETTERLING BOMBSHELL! MR. SCHLEICHER: And this was a fairly remote area, is that right? MR. SCHLEICHER: Okay. The kidnapping of Jacob Wetterling sparked a "stranger danger" panic across the United States - parents were hysterical at the idea that a stranger could just walk out of the shadows and snatch a child. MR. SCHLEICHER: What did you do when you transferred the remains to this farm property? Agent Sigafoos asked Kutzer if Jerry Wetterling ever talked about the Bahai religion. I said, Dont cry.. He started to cry. Jared Scheierl talks to reporters in St. THE DEFENDANT: Yes. National organization creates a computer-enhanced photo of what Jacob could look like at age 19 and sends it to 73 million U.S. homes. Banners of support are on display at a Minnesota Vikings-Los Angeles Rams football game. THE DEFENDANT: I, I, I raised the revolver to his head. Diane Muehlbauer with convicted pedophile Richard Bahner Did he run up there with him? Heinrich speaks with investigators during the search and acknowledges he has child porn, stating that some of the things law enforcement would find are "pretty damning." 48 by 36 drawing of 2 boys in bondage Michael Bahner told Muehlbauer on tape he watched Lou Kohls drag Jacob to the car with a knife to his throat. In the years after Jacobs disappearance, his mother became a nationally known advocate for missing children. Cloud, Minnesota interviewed Seitz before his death. Stearns County Sheriff Charlie Grafft retires. Diane Muehlbauer: What did you tell them? About 1,000 people gather to commemorate the first anniversary of Jacob's abduction. MR. SCHLEICHER: Could you as best you can please describe the route that you took from the point of the, what would have been the Raisser farm, to the point you ended up? Subscribe to our channel for exclusive TODAY archival footage \u0026 our original web series. Authorities were pointed to the remains by Danny Heinrich, who they long had linked to the case. The suspect would be Richard Bahner. Recorded confession statements obtained by a local bail bondsman, Diane Muehlbauer, who independently investigated the case with St. ST. JOSEPH, Minn. (AP) _ The search for an 11-year-old boy who was abducted at gunpoint last week intensified after a motorist reported seeing a young man and a boy in a car stopped along a road, the FBI said. So both cars were up there? MB: I mean if somebody had a knife to my throat and wanted me to get in their vehicle I wouldnt put no I wouldnt like that I mean as all theyd have to do is go whaaacckk and youd be dead. When they have Jared sit in the car, he tells them that on a scale of 1 to 10, the vehicle is an 8 or 9 in terms of how similar it was to the car in which he was abducted a year earlier. Afterward, Jacob asked whether he was taking him home. THE DEFENDANT: Listening to police calls. MR. SCHLEICHER: Did you see anything else in the area that caught your attention that would have been by the grave site? Investigators interview Heinrich again. Hey lets put it this way hes worse then my uncle, DM: So then tell me also about (not easy to understand no transcription), Eyewitness confirms Michael Bahners admission of being at the scene of Jacobs kidnapping, By Timothy Charles Holmseth on August 28, 2018 at 10:13 A.M. CST, July 7, 1997 Jacob Erwin Wetterling (February 17, 1978 - October 22, 1989) was an American boy from St. Joseph, Minnesota, who was kidnapped from his hometown and murdered on October 22, 1989, at the age of 11. I drove back to -- I turned the lights on to find out where I had left him, and I found him, and I dug a grave with the Bobcat at that site. The proceedings then turned to the Wetterling case. Troves of facts support law enforcement in Minnesota planted animal bones in 2016, in what is now a rapidly deteriating media hoax, that was intended to create the appearance that a local pervert named Daniel Heinrich murdered Jacob the night he dissapeared and led police to his bones (which were determined to not be human). So I figured, I remembered there was a construction company next door. He was quite angry and frustrated when the offer for any amount was refused, Muehlbauer said. DM: And then what? THE DEFENDANT: I drove as close as I could to a grove of trees. Heinrich faces a maximum of 20 years on the child pornography count, though Judge John Tunheim will decide his sentence, AP reports. The proceedings then turned to the abduction and sexual assault of Jared Scheirel in 1989. Some of the discussions between Seitz and Muehlbauer involved Seitz acting as an go-between for Jerry Wetterling who wanted to purchase Muehlbauers taped confession of Michael Bahner. Al Kutzer also reportedly told Jerry Wetterling that families in the occult at times take people, raise them so they believe in the system and eventually sacrifice them,the report said. I opened the door for Jacob. Read:JonBenet Ramsey's Brother Is Asked About What Happened The Night His Sister Died in Exclusive Interview. I camouflaged the area with grass and brush. We headed not to Main Street, but back to, I don't know, Highway 75, whatever, that runs back to St. DM: So then what did you hear next? MR. SCHLEICHER: And this area, is there also a gravel pit in the area? Jacob abducted Eleven-year-old Jacob Wetterling, bicycling home from a convenience store with friends after dark, is abducted in St. Joseph, Minn., a small town about 75 miles northwest of Minneapolis. And you said that you dragged Jacob Wetterling's body from the place where you shot him to about 100 yards off? As the decades have passed, various sources issued age-enhanced photos of what Jacob might look like as an adult. Transcribed by Timothy Charles Holmseth. 1997 CONFESSION ON TAPE! Cloud. King World Productions Inc. 2022 Inside Edition Inc. and CBS interactive Inc., Paramount companies. The recent story put out by the Stearns County Sheriffs Office that Daniel Heinrich confessed to Jacobs murder and led detectives to the body was proven to be a hoax after the teeth and bones found were determined to not be human. He enjoyed it. Bahner told Muehlbauer he was at the scene of Jacob Wetterlings kidnapping and eyewitnesses a man named Lou Kohls drag Jacob to his car with a knife to Jacobs throat. Diane Muehlbauer: So then what happened? Heinrich authorizes investigators to take the rear tires from his blue 1982 Ford EXP hatchback. To us, Jacob was alive until we found him.. Muehlbauer said Seitz wanted to purchase the recordings and was willing to pay any amount. CHILD I TRIED TO HELP YOU I TRIED SO HARD! Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. MR. SCHLEICHER: And you were in custody the entire time, is that correct? The report notes that during the April 5 interview Jerry and Patty Wetterling borrowed money to Bug Kingbird, who is an American Indian, currently living on possibly the White Earth Indian Reservation. MR. SCHLEICHER: I need you to tell the Court what happened on that evening beginning around 8:00 p.m. in the city and town of St. Joseph, that area. The boy's remains were removed from a pasture about 30 miles from his home and confirmed to be Wetterling's through dental records, as reported by NBC News. The location was revealed by Danny James Heinrich, a long-timeperson of interestin the abduction of another boy, Jared Scheierl, in the nearby town ofCold Spring. MR. SCHLEICHER: Did you then return to the site to make any effort to conceal what you did? You drug him? Investigators are inundated with tips; they find tire and shoe tracks they think might be important. He had even been interviewed in the initial investigation of Jacobs kidnapping, but was ruled out as a likely suspect. Pencil drawing of adult injecting objects into nude boys leg The lead was in regards to occult activity and his possible relationship to Jacob Wetterling's abduction. Muehlbauer was able to learn a great deal about Seitz. Heinrich was then placed under oath for the purpose of giving testimony. WhenJacob said "I'm cold," Heinrich saidpanic took over, according tothe Minneapolis Star-Tribune. MB: He didnt say nothing cuz he was right down the road I mean. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Haunting as it was, Jacob served as an inspiration for tremendous good, with his family leading a . Paynesville police chief tells Wetterling investigators that his town has had a year of molestation episodes. Heinrich could also be civilly committed to the state's sexual offender program after his prison sentence ends. His abduction remained a mystery for nearly twenty-seven years. Cloud in October after the civil trial against Danny Heinrich, who kidnapped and . This act paved the way for the more famous Megans Law in 1996 and Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act in 2006. Investigators search Heinrich's Annandale, Minn., home, a small one-bedroom house owned by his father. Jacob would not have been found and the details wouldnt have been told without the events of today., Luger added, Hes not getting away with anything.. MR. SCHLEICHER: Do you recall what their answers were? On Jan. 12, 1990, Mund finds that Heinrich's tires resemble the prints left at the scene. FBI tells investigators the Sears Superguard Response tires from Heinrich's Ford were consistent with but not an exact match of the tire tracks at the Wetterling abduction scene. All Rights Reserved. His abduction remained a mystery for nearly 27 years. THE DEFENDANT: I, I, I can't remember. I panicked. The law permits, but does not require, police to tell the community where such offenders are living. RB: Well the other kids riding around town. The gun didnt fire. According to Muehlbauer, Seitz said he had been sent by Jerry Wetterling to meet her. a href= '' https: //www.bing.com/ck/a in 1989 at 11. On September 6, 2016, Heinrich confessed to kidnapping and murdering Jacob Wetterling, as well as abducting and sexually assaulting Jared Scheierl. Another entry in a lead sheet reveals a Sgt. The lab determined the teeth and bones were NOT HUMAN. 6 nude boys with 6 adults performing genital exams This means Jacob knew one or more of the men that forced him to a vehicle on October 22, 1989 in St. Joseph, Minnesota. (Sherburne County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) (The Associated Press) MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota man who confessed to kidnapping, raping and killing 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling says his. I figure I've got to move it. Video of Jacob before abduction MR. SCHLEICHER: You had a shovel with you? Color slides of nude males Starting their inaugural basketball season, the Minnesota Timberwolves donate proceeds from 5,400 tickets to the team's first home game to the search for Jacob. MR. SCHLEICHER: And after you pointed out the location of the grave site, you were transported in custody away from the scene and were returned to jail, is that right? | Terms and Conditions | Privacy Policy, Illuminating Journalism from American Public Media, Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act and Child Safety Act. Here is that portion in full: MR. SCHLEICHER: Sir, as part of the plea agreement, you understand that you're providing a factual accounting for what happened to Jacob Wetterling on October 22, 1989, is that right? In October 1989, on a quiet road in St. Joseph, Minnesota, Jacob Wetterling was abducted by a masked gunman while riding his bike home from the store. MR. SCHLEICHER: After you confronted the children, what did you ask them to do? I found the key, and I started it up. Heinrich said he went home for a couple of hours, then went back to the gravel pit and buried Jacob about 100 yards away. When I got over there, I noticed there was a Gehl or a Bobcat, and I'm familiar with operating one of those, and I remembered where they kept the key. Seitz was a friend of Jerry and Patty Wetterling. The other is of a man thought to have tried to abduct a boy in the Minneapolis suburb of New Brighton. It was already that uncovered. THE DEFENDANT: I never dug any. Jerry Wetterling and Kutz were in significant communications during critical times before and after Jacob was kidnapped. He didn't know what I was doing. He said he took Jacob into his car, handcuffed him and drove to a gravel pit. I pulled the revolver out of my pocket. Transcribed by Timothy Charles Holmseth, Kevin: Dont talk like that cant have the here. Correction. After being charged with child pornography and named as a person of interest in the Wetterling case, Heinrich confessed to molesting and murdering Jacob and agreed to tell police the location of Jacobs body in exchange for a plea deal. Small round bone with no marrow At the time, Heinrich told investigators he could not recall where he was the day Jacob vanished, WTSP reports. THE DEFENDANT: He started to cry. A sealed criminal complaint against Heinrich is signed by Special Agent Shane Ball, in presence of U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey J. Keyes. (Craig Lassig, AP). Was he fighting him or anything? Jacob's mother, Patty Wetterling said Heinrich deliberately set out to hurt a child the night he abducted Jacob on Oct. 22, 1989, while her boy was biking with his brother and a friend near their . He was also the investigator who, on Oct. 30, 1989, had received an FBI crime lab report connecting the tracks to one of two types of Sears tires. Six Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and five FBI agents are taken off the case. September 7, 2016, In this Aug. 28, 2009, photo, Patty and Jerry Wetterling show a photo of their son Jacob Wetterling, who was abducted in October of 1989. DM: Wouldnt you think they talk to the people who heard it before you talked to him? Jerry stated Al Kutzer came to the Wetterling house the Wednesday after the abduction. White suitcase with 61 VHS tapes About 100 yards up that road, there is an approach and -- to a field next to a grove of trees. Investigators release to public sketch of man seen in the Tom Thumb convenience story the night of the abduction, saying they have exhausted other means of finding the man. THE DEFENDANT: I asked -- well, they offered me a tape, and I knocked that down. He said he returned to the site about a year later and saw that Jacobs jacket and some bones had become exposed, so he gathered what he could and re-buried the remains across the highway in a field. All the kids did. Jacobs and Steinberg covered the lead refer to written report (page 2748). Varnold reported. Here Diane Muehlbauer talks with Richard Bahner who says he used to bike ride with Jacob. They have a big granite wall that opens that nobody knows about at St. Johns, Muehlbauer said, recalling what the priest told her. Yeah see Bill called me and said him his brother and his sister were all in on it, Kevin: Right yeah. While the statute of limitations on the sexual assault has run out, Heinrich was arrested last October on alleged possession of child pornography and named a person of interest in Jacob's abduction for the first time. Somebody to be there to protect them. MINNEAPOLIS For nearly 27 years, one man knew where Jacob Wetterling was. On. MR. SCHLEICHER: Obviously you were arrested sometime after the search warrant was executed at your Annandale residence. THE DEFENDANT: I went to that -- when I got to If it matters to you, it matters to us. MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Almost three decades after his death, Jacob Wetterling's life has been celebrated with a memorial service. Twenty to nine? Why didnt he do it right there? I was made to say I belonged to Satan and rejected God and all that type of stuff, Seitz told Muehlbauer. I pulled the trigger again and it went off. He was still standing. Heinrich said he told the two other boys to run and not look back or hed shoot. Muehlbauer told Timothy Charles Holmseth the Stearns County Sheriffs Office was given a copy of the recorded confession in 1997 but did not enter it into their files until 2015. You can get dressed, and I got dressed. Reports make specific mention of a couple from the Indian reservation and a clergyman from St. Johns Parish. Investigators ask Dan Rassier, a Wetterling neighbor, to admit he abducted Jacob. Writer noticed Allen tapping his foot in what appeared to be a nervous reaction to SA Sigafoos question about the occult. However, forensic analysis of Seitzs possessions found nothing to link him to the case. So you saw Jacob in the car? I had a bag with me, a garbage bag. And then you returned home? Confession in boy's death solves 27-year-old case. Stearns County Sheriff's Office The jersey Jacob Wetterling was wearing the night he was abducted and murdered. He had first been questioned shortly after Jacobs abduction, but he maintained his innocence and authorities never had enough evidence to charge him. MR. SCHLEICHER: What did you do when you took Jacob back to your car? Prosecutors say Heinrich was making his own pornography using copies of a Paynesville yearbook from the 1970s. I walked back. THE DEFENDANT: I was driving on a road, a dead-end road. I told them to get into the ditch with their bicycles. The FBI was given a recording of a man who was captured on tape saying he eye-witnessed Jacob Wetterling be sacrificed on Halloween 1989. You remembered him over there and stuff? Mund had created the plaster casts of the tire marks at the scene of Wetterling's abduction. However, before the boy's family could finally begin to heal, Heinrich revealed the full breadth of the suffering he forced the boyto endure onOctober 22, 1989. And now it appears Jacob could have been saved. MR. SCHLEICHER: After you dug the grave with the Bobcat, what did you do? MR. SCHLEICHER: And in terms of any other sexual acts performed by you upon Mr. Wetterling --. There, Heinrich said he forced the boy to perform a sex act on him. THE DEFENDANT: It would be to the north of the, of the -- where I shot him. THE DEFENDANT: On the way out of St. Joseph, I told him to duck down, lean forward in the seat. He was fond of animals and spoke of being a veterinarian. DM: So what car was he driving that night? MR. SCHLEICHER: All right. What was most important to the Wetterlings was to bring Jacob home and know what happened to him, Kendall said. Al Kutzer then told Jerry Wetterling that he believes Jacob could possibly be buried alive in a shallow grave near the St. Johns University grounds. MB: Tell me about it. Heinrich then fired two shots. Diane Muehlbauer: You were scared to tell them that you did see him? MR. SCHLEICHER: Okay. After his attorneys agree to a deal in which Heinrich will be charged only on the pornography case and not kidnapping or murder, Heinrich shows investigators where he buried Jacob's body. He later tells investigators he has burned them. A lot of police activity started coming over the radio, so I decided I would head back to my home town of Paynesville. The BCA reports that 99.5 percent of the general population could be excluded.
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