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MINNEAPOLIS -- A Minnesota man confessed Tuesday to abducting
and killing 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling nearly 27 years ago,
putting to rest a mystery that had haunted the state and led to
changes in national sex offender laws.
Danny Heinrich made the admission as he pleaded guilty to a
federal child pornography charge that could put him behind bars
for decades.
Asked whether he abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered
Jacob, Heinrich said: Yes I did.
Heinrich, 53, of Annandale, led authorities to Jacobs buried
remains in a central Minnesota field last week, officials said
Tuesday. The Stearns County Sheriffs Office said Jacobs
remains were identified Saturday.
Appearing in court, Heinrich admitted abducting Jacob from a
road near the boys home in the central Minnesota community of
St. Joseph on Oct. 22, 1989. Authorities named him as a person
of interest in Jacobs disappearance last October when they
announced the child pornography charges.
Heinrich took the stand and gave disturbing details of the
attack.
With the boys parents Patty and Jerry Wetterling in a packed
courtroom, Heinrich described donning a mask and confronting
Jacob and two friends with a revolver. Heinrich said he told the
two friends to run, handcuffed Jacob and put him in his car.
He said the child asked him, What did I do wrong?
He then drove the boy to a gravel pit near Paynesville, where he
sexually assaulted him. Afterward, Jacob asked whether he was
taking him home.
I said I cant take you all the way home, Heinrich said. He
started to cry. I said, Dont cry.
Heinrich said at some point a patrol car with siren and lights
passing nearby caused him to panic. He said he pulled out his
revolver, which had not been loaded, and put two rounds in the
gun. He said he told Jacob to turn around. He held the gun to
the boys head and pulled the trigger. The gun didnt fire.
Heinrich said he pulled the trigger a second time, the gun fired
and Jacob fell to the ground.
He said he buried Jacob about 100 yards away. He said he later
threw the childs shoes into a body of water because he had
forgotten to bury them, CBS Minnesota reports. He confirmed he
acted alone.
Heinrich said he returned to the site about a year later and saw
that Jacobs jacket and some bones had become exposed.
I gathered up as much as I could and put it in the bag and
transported it across the highway to a field, and reburied the
remains, he said. Sobbing could be heard in the courtroom as
Heinrich described the crime.
Heinrich had long been under investigators scrutiny. They first
questioned him shortly after Jacobs abduction, but he
maintained his innocence and they never had enough evidence to
charge him. They turned a renewed spotlight on him as part of a
fresh look into Jacobs abduction around its 25th anniversary.
As part of that effort, investigators took another look at the
sexual assault of 12-year-old Jared Scheierl, of Cold Spring,
nine months before Jacobs disappearance. Investigators had long
suspected the two cases were connected.
Using technology that wasnt available in 1989, investigators
found Heinrichs DNA on Scheierls sweatshirt, and used that
evidence to get a search warrant for Heinrichs home, where they
found a large collection of child pornography. The statute of
limitations had expired for charging him in the assault on
Scheierl, but a grand jury indicted him on 25 child pornography
counts. Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to one of them.
The AP typically doesnt identify victims of sexual assault, but
Scheierl has spoken publicly for years about his case, saying it
helped him cope with the trauma and that he hoped it could help
investigators find his attacker and Jacobs kidnapper.
Danny Heinrich is no longer a person of interest, said U.S.
Attorney for the District of Minnesota Andrew Luger. He is the
confessed murderer of Jacob Wetterling, and nearly 27 years
after he committed this heinous crime, he has been brought to
justice. And Jacob is finally home.
Luger said federal prosecutors negotiated for months with
Heinrichs defense team after he was taken into custody on the
child porn charges, hoping he could help them find out what
happened to Wetterling. But Luger said Heinrich was a volatile
and unpredictable man who would want to talk one minute, and
clam up the next.
Ten days ago, according to Luger, Heinrich reached out through
his defense attorneys, claiming he was ready to talk. Knowing
they needed to move quickly in case he changed his mind,
prosecutors drafted a plea agreement they presented to
Wetterlings family on Aug. 30.
All agreed any deal they presented to Heinrich would have to
include a lengthy prison sentence, a confession that could be
independently verified, and of course, we needed to bring Jacob
home.
This was not an opportunity we could pass up after almost 27
years, Danny Heinrich was willing to talk, and we had to grab
the moment, Luger said.
The next day, Aug. 31, Heinrich led investigators to a burial
site in rural Stearns County and investigators began to
excavate. That afternoon, Luger said, investigators unearthed a
portion of a red St. Cloud hockey jacket that matched the
description of the one Wetterling had been wearing on the day he
disappeared.
It wasnt until two days later, however, that investigators
would uncover human remains. Along with them, Luger said, they
discovered a T-shirt that said, Wetterling. Later, they would
be positively identified as Jacob.
Finally, we knew the Wetterling family could lay their son to
rest, Luger said.
Under the terms of the agreement, Heinrich admits to abducting,
sexually assaulting and killing Jacob Wetterling and abducting
and sexually assaulting Scheierl. He also admits to possessing
between 10 and 150 child pornography images including images of
children under the age of 12, a felony.
The agreement recommends a sentence of 20 years in federal
prison.
Heinrich has waived any rights to appeal the sentence and may be
subject to civil commitment after serving jail time, CBS News
Jamie Yuccas reports. No further state prosecutions are planned
for Wetterlings murder of for Scheierls assault.
Heinrich is set to be sentenced Nov. 21.
Speaking Tuesday, Stearns County Attorney Janelle P. Kendall
said Minnesota statues of limitations leave her unable to
prosecute for Scheierls 1989 sexual assault. While it wouldnt
bar state prosecutors from pursuing a murder prosecution, in the
Wetterling case, her team couldnt prove a murder without
Wetterlings remains.
Until last Friday, proof that Jacob Wetterling was no longer
alive did not exist, she said.
She said she hoped a substantial prison sentence on the federal
child porn charges would be the best way to further Heinrichs
cooperation in the Wetterling investigation.
What was most important to the Wetterlings was to bring Jacob
home and to find out what happened to him, Kendall said. We
never stopped looking for Jacob and none of us will ever forget
the moment we found him.
Jacobs abduction shattered childhood innocence for many rural
Minnesotans, changing the way parents let their kids roam. His
smiling face was burned into Minnesotas psyche, appearing on
countless posters and billboards over the years.
His mother, Patty Wetterling, always kept hope her son would be
found alive. She became a national advocate for missing
children, and with her husband, Jerry Wetterling, founded the
Jacob Wetterling Resource Center, which works to help
communities and families prevent child exploitation. In 1994,
Congress passed a law named after Jacob that requires states to
establish sex offender registries.
The Wetterling family was in court during Tuesdays proceeding.
It is incredibly painful to know his last days, last hours,
last minutes, said Patty Wetterling after the court hearing.
We love you Jacob. We will continue to fight, our hearts are
hurting, said Patty Wetterling. For us, Jacob was alive until
we found him. We need to heal.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jacob-wetterling-danny-heinrich-
minnesota-man-confesses-to-killing-1989/
and killing 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling nearly 27 years ago,
putting to rest a mystery that had haunted the state and led to
changes in national sex offender laws.
Danny Heinrich made the admission as he pleaded guilty to a
federal child pornography charge that could put him behind bars
for decades.
Asked whether he abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered
Jacob, Heinrich said: Yes I did.
Heinrich, 53, of Annandale, led authorities to Jacobs buried
remains in a central Minnesota field last week, officials said
Tuesday. The Stearns County Sheriffs Office said Jacobs
remains were identified Saturday.
Appearing in court, Heinrich admitted abducting Jacob from a
road near the boys home in the central Minnesota community of
St. Joseph on Oct. 22, 1989. Authorities named him as a person
of interest in Jacobs disappearance last October when they
announced the child pornography charges.
Heinrich took the stand and gave disturbing details of the
attack.
With the boys parents Patty and Jerry Wetterling in a packed
courtroom, Heinrich described donning a mask and confronting
Jacob and two friends with a revolver. Heinrich said he told the
two friends to run, handcuffed Jacob and put him in his car.
He said the child asked him, What did I do wrong?
He then drove the boy to a gravel pit near Paynesville, where he
sexually assaulted him. Afterward, Jacob asked whether he was
taking him home.
I said I cant take you all the way home, Heinrich said. He
started to cry. I said, Dont cry.
Heinrich said at some point a patrol car with siren and lights
passing nearby caused him to panic. He said he pulled out his
revolver, which had not been loaded, and put two rounds in the
gun. He said he told Jacob to turn around. He held the gun to
the boys head and pulled the trigger. The gun didnt fire.
Heinrich said he pulled the trigger a second time, the gun fired
and Jacob fell to the ground.
He said he buried Jacob about 100 yards away. He said he later
threw the childs shoes into a body of water because he had
forgotten to bury them, CBS Minnesota reports. He confirmed he
acted alone.
Heinrich said he returned to the site about a year later and saw
that Jacobs jacket and some bones had become exposed.
I gathered up as much as I could and put it in the bag and
transported it across the highway to a field, and reburied the
remains, he said. Sobbing could be heard in the courtroom as
Heinrich described the crime.
Heinrich had long been under investigators scrutiny. They first
questioned him shortly after Jacobs abduction, but he
maintained his innocence and they never had enough evidence to
charge him. They turned a renewed spotlight on him as part of a
fresh look into Jacobs abduction around its 25th anniversary.
As part of that effort, investigators took another look at the
sexual assault of 12-year-old Jared Scheierl, of Cold Spring,
nine months before Jacobs disappearance. Investigators had long
suspected the two cases were connected.
Using technology that wasnt available in 1989, investigators
found Heinrichs DNA on Scheierls sweatshirt, and used that
evidence to get a search warrant for Heinrichs home, where they
found a large collection of child pornography. The statute of
limitations had expired for charging him in the assault on
Scheierl, but a grand jury indicted him on 25 child pornography
counts. Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to one of them.
The AP typically doesnt identify victims of sexual assault, but
Scheierl has spoken publicly for years about his case, saying it
helped him cope with the trauma and that he hoped it could help
investigators find his attacker and Jacobs kidnapper.
Danny Heinrich is no longer a person of interest, said U.S.
Attorney for the District of Minnesota Andrew Luger. He is the
confessed murderer of Jacob Wetterling, and nearly 27 years
after he committed this heinous crime, he has been brought to
justice. And Jacob is finally home.
Luger said federal prosecutors negotiated for months with
Heinrichs defense team after he was taken into custody on the
child porn charges, hoping he could help them find out what
happened to Wetterling. But Luger said Heinrich was a volatile
and unpredictable man who would want to talk one minute, and
clam up the next.
Ten days ago, according to Luger, Heinrich reached out through
his defense attorneys, claiming he was ready to talk. Knowing
they needed to move quickly in case he changed his mind,
prosecutors drafted a plea agreement they presented to
Wetterlings family on Aug. 30.
All agreed any deal they presented to Heinrich would have to
include a lengthy prison sentence, a confession that could be
independently verified, and of course, we needed to bring Jacob
home.
This was not an opportunity we could pass up after almost 27
years, Danny Heinrich was willing to talk, and we had to grab
the moment, Luger said.
The next day, Aug. 31, Heinrich led investigators to a burial
site in rural Stearns County and investigators began to
excavate. That afternoon, Luger said, investigators unearthed a
portion of a red St. Cloud hockey jacket that matched the
description of the one Wetterling had been wearing on the day he
disappeared.
It wasnt until two days later, however, that investigators
would uncover human remains. Along with them, Luger said, they
discovered a T-shirt that said, Wetterling. Later, they would
be positively identified as Jacob.
Finally, we knew the Wetterling family could lay their son to
rest, Luger said.
Under the terms of the agreement, Heinrich admits to abducting,
sexually assaulting and killing Jacob Wetterling and abducting
and sexually assaulting Scheierl. He also admits to possessing
between 10 and 150 child pornography images including images of
children under the age of 12, a felony.
The agreement recommends a sentence of 20 years in federal
prison.
Heinrich has waived any rights to appeal the sentence and may be
subject to civil commitment after serving jail time, CBS News
Jamie Yuccas reports. No further state prosecutions are planned
for Wetterlings murder of for Scheierls assault.
Heinrich is set to be sentenced Nov. 21.
Speaking Tuesday, Stearns County Attorney Janelle P. Kendall
said Minnesota statues of limitations leave her unable to
prosecute for Scheierls 1989 sexual assault. While it wouldnt
bar state prosecutors from pursuing a murder prosecution, in the
Wetterling case, her team couldnt prove a murder without
Wetterlings remains.
Until last Friday, proof that Jacob Wetterling was no longer
alive did not exist, she said.
She said she hoped a substantial prison sentence on the federal
child porn charges would be the best way to further Heinrichs
cooperation in the Wetterling investigation.
What was most important to the Wetterlings was to bring Jacob
home and to find out what happened to him, Kendall said. We
never stopped looking for Jacob and none of us will ever forget
the moment we found him.
Jacobs abduction shattered childhood innocence for many rural
Minnesotans, changing the way parents let their kids roam. His
smiling face was burned into Minnesotas psyche, appearing on
countless posters and billboards over the years.
His mother, Patty Wetterling, always kept hope her son would be
found alive. She became a national advocate for missing
children, and with her husband, Jerry Wetterling, founded the
Jacob Wetterling Resource Center, which works to help
communities and families prevent child exploitation. In 1994,
Congress passed a law named after Jacob that requires states to
establish sex offender registries.
The Wetterling family was in court during Tuesdays proceeding.
It is incredibly painful to know his last days, last hours,
last minutes, said Patty Wetterling after the court hearing.
We love you Jacob. We will continue to fight, our hearts are
hurting, said Patty Wetterling. For us, Jacob was alive until
we found him. We need to heal.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jacob-wetterling-danny-heinrich-
minnesota-man-confesses-to-killing-1989/