Suspect in Closs Abduction Says He'll Plead Guilty

Suspect in Closs Abduction Says He'll Plead Guilty
Jake Thomas Patterson, 21, was arrested in Gordon, Wisc. on Jan. 10, 2019, for allegedly kidnapping Jayme Closs, 13, from her Barron, Wisc. home in October 2018 after murdering her parents. Barron County Sheriff's Department
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A Minnesota television station reported Mar. 7 that the Wisconsin man charged with kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs says in a letter from jail that he plans to plead guilty.

KARE-TV reported that suspect Jake Patterson’s Feb. 28 letter was in response to a letter from a station reporter. Patterson wrote that he planned to plead guilty because he didn’t want Jayme’s family “to worry about a trial,” the station said.