It was a year ago when we found out those age enhanced photos weren't going to help us bring Jacob home. Over the course of the past year, the Wetterling family and the St. Joseph community has been able to seek closure, something they sorely wanted for 27-years.
The man who admitted to kidnapping, sexually assaulting, and killing Jacob Wetterling has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on a child pornography charge.
The lawyer for the man who confessed to kidnapping, sexually assaulting and killing 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling says his client has shed "countless tears" for Jacob and his family in the 27 years since his death.
For nearly 27-years he was considered by authorities as a 'person of interest' in the abduction of Jacob Wetterling. But now with the recent confession in court by Danny Heinrich, Dan Rassier's name has finally been cleared.
A farm about a mile east of Paynesville, along old Highway 23, is the place where Jacob Wetterling's remains were found last week, after nearly 27 years of search. Doug Voss of Paynesville says when authorities knocked on his door last week, saying they wanted to search his property, he didn't know what to think.