The 13-year-old Wisconsin girl’s emotional statement was read in court before her kidnapper, Jake Patterson, was sentenced to life in prison.
Jayme Closs, a 13-year-old girl in Wisconsin, was kidnapped for 88 days after witnessing both her parents being killed by her abductor, Jake Patterson.to life in prison Friday for murdering James and Denise Closs, kidnapping their daughter, and keeping the teen captive in his remote cabin in Gordon, Wisconsin, for nearly three months before she managed to escape in January.
I felt safe in my home and I loved my room and all my belongings. He took all of that too. I don’t want to even see my home or my stuff because of the memory of that night. My parents and my home were the most important things in my life. He took them away from me in a way that will always leave me with a horrifying memory.
But there are some things that Jake Patterson can never take from me. He can’t take my freedom. He thought he that he could own me but he was wrong. I was smarter. I watched his routine and I took back my freedom. I will always have my freedom and he will not.
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