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Jake Thomas Patterson, 21, who is accused of abducting 13-year-old Jayme Closs and holding her captive for three months, makes his initial court appearance, on Jan 14, 2019, via video feed from the Barron County jail during his bond hearing in Barron, Wis. Judge James Babler set his bail at $5 million. KSTP-TV via AP, Pool
Jake Patterson, who authorities said confessed to kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs after killing her parents, applied for a job on the day the teenager escaped from captivity.
Patterson, 21, lived in the small town of Gordon, where he kept the girl imprisoned after abducting her in October 2018.
