Jayme Closs Kidnapping Suspect’s Cellphone Examined by Investigators

Jake Thomas Patterson, who has been jailed on kidnapping and homicide charges in the October 2018 killing of a Wisconsin couple and abduction of their teen daughter, Jayme Closs. Closs was found alive in Gordon, Wisconsin on Jan. 10, 2019. Barron County Sheriff's Department via AP

The cellphone of the 21-year-old man who admitted to police that he kidnapped 13-year-old Jayme Closs after killing her parents is being examined by investigators.

Jake Patterson held Jayme in his family’s Gordon, Wisconsin cabin for 88 days until she escaped on Jan. 10, police said.