Alleged Jayme Closs Kidnapper Identified as Jake Patterson as Sheriff Gives Update

Jake Thomas Patterson, 21, was arrested in Gordon, Wis., on Jan. 10, 2019, for allegedly kidnapping Jayme Closs, 13, from her Barron, Wis., home in October 2018 after murdering her parents. Barron County Sheriff's Department

The man who allegedly kidnapped Wisconsin teenager Jayme Closs has been identified as Jake Patterson, 21.

Jayme, 13, was abducted from her Barron home in October 2018. Law enforcement officers who responded to the house found her parents shot dead.