Jayme Closs

The man who kidnapped Wisconsin teen Jayme Closs and killed her parents got into a fight in a New Mexico prison with an inmate who asked about the case, showing how word of his crimes has spread and raising questions about whether moving him to an out-of-state lockup accomplished anything.

Jake Patterson, the man who kidnapped and held captive teenager Jayme Closs and murdered her parents, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole in the case. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey has the latest.

“You are the embodiment of evil,” Judge James C. Babler told Jake Patterson before sentencing him to life without parole for kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents, “and the public can only be safe if you are incarcerated until you die.” Watch Judge Babler’s full statement in the player above.

A Wisconsin man was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents in a case that mystified authorities until the girl made a daring escape from the remote cabin where she was held for 88 days.

Watch as Jake Patterson enters his guilty plea for the kidnapping of Jayme Closs and the killing of her parents.

A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty Wednesday to kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs, killing her parents and holding her captive in a remote cabin for three months. Jake Patterson, 21, pleaded guilty to two counts of intentional homicide and one count of kidnapping. A count of armed burglary was dropped. The intentional homicide counts carry a sentence of life in prison. Patterson...

The man accused of kidnapping Wisconsin teenager Jayme Closs and holding her for nearly three months has apologized to Jayme in a letter he wrote to NBC affiliate KARE 11. Jake Patterson, 21, also indicated in his letter that he planned to plead guilty. Kare 11 reporter Lou Raguse received a letter from Patterson postmarked Feb. 28. In it, Patterson...

A man accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl and killing her parents waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday, telling his father, “I love you,” moments after he was ordered to stand trial. Jake Patterson, 21, is accused of killing James and Denise Closs on Oct. 15 and kidnapping their daughter, Jayme Closs, from their Barron home. Jayme...

Turkey products company Jennie-O says it will donate the $25,000 it had offered in reward money for information leading to Jayme Closs directly to the 13-year-old girl. Jayme was kidnapped from her home in Barron, Wisconsin, on Oct. 15 and both of her parents were killed. She escaped 88 days later. Twenty-one-year-old Jake Patterson is charged with kidnapping and homicide....

The Wisconsin man suspected of kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents apparently applied for a job online the day that Jayme escaped, calling himself an “honest guy” even though his resume contains inaccuracies about his work experience.

NBC 7 San Diego confirmed Tuesday that Jake Thomas Patterson, the man suspected of kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs from her Wisconsin home after killing her parents last October, was discharged from the United States Marine Corps after a little more than a month of service at Marine Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego..

Jayme Closs’ grandfather hugged her on Friday, a day after her monthslong kidnapping ordeal ended, like he never wanted to let her go, NBC News reported. “Oh it was so good to just hug her. How wonderful that she was back and I could hug her again,” Robert Naiberg said. The 13-year-old girl who emerged from the woods in Wisconsin...

Elizabeth Smart, who was 14 when she was kidnapped at knifepoint from her Salt Lake City home in 2002, told The Associated Press that everyone endures different mental and psychological trauma after kidnappings, but Jayme Closs will have to confront the fact that there “is no going back to the way things were.” “Probably one of the more difficult issues...

Barron County, Wisconsin, Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald shares his reaction after he found out 13-year old Jayme Closs was found safe after going missing for several months.

Elizabeth Smart, who was held captive for nine months as a teenager in the early 2000s, said that the discovery of missing Wisconsin teen Jayme Closs alive on Thursday left her “thrilled,” NBC News reported. “What a miracle!!! Jayme Closs has been found!!!! I’m so thrilled to hear the news,” Smart wrote on Instagram Friday morning. Jayme had been missing...

Kelly Engelhardt, Jayme Closs’ aunt, tells NBC affiliate KARE that she had hope and faith that her niece would be found. Closs, who was missing since Oct. 15, 2018, was found alive close to an hour’s drive away from her home on Thursday.

The question has haunted authorities in Wisconsin for more than a month now: Where is 13-year-old Jayme Closs? Detectives have pursued more than 2,300 leads, watched dozens of surveillance videos and spent countless hours searching for Jayme, trying to figure out what happened to her ever since her parents were fatally shot in their home near Barron, a rural community...

Wisconsin authorities are scaling back their ground search for a missing 13-year-old girl whose parents were shot dead, saying Wednesday that their investigation into Jayme Closs’ abduction is entering a new phase. Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said in a Facebook post that the search for Jayme remains his number one priority and authorities will continue to analyze new leads....

The search for a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl whose parents were killed enters its 12th day Friday and investigators still haven’t said if they have clues as to what was behind the attack and suspected abduction. They have followed up on more than 1,700 tips and a $50,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to Jayme Closs. But child...

Investigators searching for a Wisconsin girl whose parents were gunned down in their home are asking for help tracking down two vehicles.