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Jayme Closs Missing

Jayme Closs helped lead authorities to the man accused of kidnapping her and killing her parents

Once-missing teenager Jayme Closs escaped from the remote Wisconsin residence of her captor -- a man now arrested on suspicion of killing her parents and abducting her three months ago -- before the girl flagged down a woman who was walking her dog, authorities say.

In a case that inspired numerous searches and thousands of public tips, it was 13-year-old Jayme who helped herself to freedom Thursday afternoon.

Her accused abductor -- Jake Thomas Patterson, 21, of Gordon -- was arrested shortly afterward, when a law enforcement officer pulled him over in a vehicle after neighbors called 911 to report Jayme's emergence, authorities said.

Patterson was being held Friday on preliminary charges of first-degree intentional homicide and kidnapping. Source 3k.

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Alleged killer’s resume revealed. Accused murderer Jake Patterson applied for a job hours before kidnapped teenager Jayme Closs was found in the Wisconsin woods, according to reports. Source 5w.

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Jake Patterson pleads guilty to Jayme Closs’ kidnapping and her parents’ murders, a move that spares the teenager and her family from a trial. Patterson pleaded guilty Wednesday to kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and murdering her parents. Prosecutors say Patterson gunned down James and Denise Closs on Oct. 15 and abducted Jayme, then held the teenager in Gordon, Wisconsin, for 88 days. Source 2b.

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What a horrible case. One day you are going about your normal day's activities and then the next some mad guy kills your parents and kidnaps you!

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Teen’s abductor ‘embodiment of evil’. Jayme Closs, 13, has spoken for the first time about being abducted by a man who killed her parents and held her captive for three months. Source 6c.

Jayme Closs Missing

She is a brave young girl so her being a hero was automatic after all she went through.

Jayme Closs Missing

Kidnapped teen Jayme Closs speaks out. Jayme Closs has spoken publicly after being snatched from her home after her parents were killed and held hostage in a remote cabin for 88 days. Source 8q.

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The judge described the perpetrator as the "Embodiment of evil" but if you look at the guy he does not look like that description. Looks don't tell the whole story!