Jayme Closs found alive

[StrawberryBlondie]

Just got a news alert. No further info.

ETA: she's the 13 year old from Wisconsin who went missing in October after her parents were killed.

[stephogirl]

www.weau.com/content/news/Jayme-Closs--504191001.html

AMAZING! I didn’t have a lot of hope she was going to be found. And alive!

[silva]

I can’t believe it! Omg!

[rikki]

I am shocked and so relieved. I grew up going to summer camp near there and had been following the story pretty closely.

[suburbanzookeeper]

Wow that's amazing!

[sugarbear]

Wow!

[erbear]

Wow! I was not expecting this news but I am so glad to hear it!

[bowies]

Holy shit! Finally, some good news and a measure of peace for her friends and loved ones.

[readyin07]

I just came in to post this. I am so glad she was found. Wow. It will be fascinating to see this story unfold.

[tamarindy]

Truly amazing when you think about how rare it is to find someone alive after three months and not a body. Such great news.

[nicbreeful]

I am so happy! I read about this story and was so scared that she was killed or sold into slavery.

[bugandbibs]

Wow.

[cattledogkisses]

I'm glad she was found alive, but I can't imagine the trauma she's been through between her captivity and the fact that her parents were murdered. I hope she's able to have the support and privacy that she needs now to begin the process of working through everything that's happened.

[Deleted]

She escaped and was found by a retired social worker:

www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2019/01/11/jayme-closs-retired-social-worker-found-missing-teen/2545913002/

[mbcdefg]

Thank goodness she's alive. 

What a bizarre story. Makes you wonder if this was just a random home invasion gone horribly wrong, or if the abductor is someone they knew in real life, or she "knew" from the Internet or something.

Her poor parents

[msmerymac]

Jan 10, 2019 22:03:08 GMT -5 readyin07 said:

I just came in to post this. I am so glad she was found. Wow. It will be fascinating to see this story unfold.

That's gonna be a FASCINATING transition. 

Sorry, it's not funny. It reminds me of Elizabeth Smart, who was missing for longer, but dealt with a lot of trauma, obviously, due to her kidnapping. I hope Jayme recovers well.

[aurora]

I'm so glad she was found, and hope she has access to excellent care and loving family.

[maudefindlay]

I hope her relatives embrace her with the love and care she needs. What an ordeal and she has to grieve her parents.

[Tacocat]

I’m so glad she was found or escaped. That poor girl and her family. There’s a press conference at 10am CT so hopefully they’ll share more details on what happened. I keep wondering why they picked her since she was being held 2 counties away.

[WOT?*]

What an amazing resolution. So many right notes hitting at the right time. She managed to escape. The woman who found her just happened to be at her cabin that weekend. The dog needed to be walked at just that time. That they walked in the direction that took them to her. That she walked in the direction to find them. The woman's lifetime career being one that helps children so she likely had a somewhat better understanding than many.

So many little opportunities that *could* have been missed but weren't.

My first thought was also of Elizabeth Smart. Poor woman will always be someone's "first thought." She'll never be able to run away from that.

I'm also interested in knowing the connection between her abductor and her family, if there was one. 65 miles isn't a random event, I wouldn't think.

[Velar Fricative]

Wow, thank goodness for that woman walking her dog at that moment and leading her to a nearby house. Amazing that the suspect was found and arrested so quickly thereafter. That poor girl, I cannot fathom what she has been through.

[mbcdefg]

Jan 11, 2019 10:35:10 GMT -5 WOT?* said:

My first thought was also of Elizabeth Smart. Poor woman will always be someone's "first thought." She'll never be able to run away from that.

Smart issued a statement via Instagram:

http://instagram.com/p/BsflZxSHf3x

[leshoequeen]

Amazing. I hope she is able to recover privately.

[karinothing]

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6582265/Man-arrested-kidnapping-Jayme-Closs-13-named-Jake-Thomas-Patterson.html

They said the guy who took her was 21 and the girl was always the target, not the parents. I guess at 4pm they are going to release more information including whether or not the girl had any prior contact with the guy.

I wonder if they talked on the internet? So horrible.

[leshoequeen]

Jan 11, 2019 11:27:30 GMT -5 karinothing said:

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6582265/Man-arrested-kidnapping-Jayme-Closs-13-named-Jake-Thomas-Patterson.html

They said the guy who took her was 21 and the girl was always the target, not the parents. I guess at 4pm they are going to release more information including whether or not the girl had any prior contact with the guy.

I wonder if they talked on the internet? So horrible.

Wow.  Its scary to think how he could've found/met her.  

[glinda]

Just now they said they don’t think he had any prior contact with her or the family. How crazy.

[karinothing]

Jan 11, 2019 11:38:15 GMT -5 glinda said:

Just now they said they don’t think he had any prior contact with her or the family. How crazy.

Oh wow. That is nuts. Then he was just obsessed with her from afar or something? How scary.

[readyin07]

Jan 11, 2019 9:41:52 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

Jan 10, 2019 22:03:08 GMT -5 readyin07 said:

I just came in to post this. I am so glad she was found. Wow. It will be fascinating to see this story unfold.

That's gonna be a FASCINATING transition. 

Sorry, it's not funny. It reminds me of Elizabeth Smart, who was missing for longer, but dealt with a lot of trauma, obviously, due to her kidnapping. I hope Jayme recovers well.

You're absolutely right. That was a poor choice of words and I apologize for making it sound like entertainment versus a horrific tragedy. I've been reading about the case (even posted about it here) and all the speculation surrounding what happened and never thought we would find out "why," but that's not an excuse.

[sangria]

Jan 11, 2019 11:38:15 GMT -5 glinda said:

Just now they said they don’t think he had any prior contact with her or the family. How crazy.

Well that's enough to give us all nightmares forever! 

[Tacocat]

They just did another quick press conference. They have the shotgun they think was the murder weapon. No one in Jaymes family had contact with the suspect prior to him coming to their home. He also changed his appearance on the day it happened. Jayme escaped while he was away from home. He’ll be charged with 1st degree homicide and kidnapping on Monday in court.

I’m wondering how he even knew who she was. He lived 70 miles north and had only lived in the same town as Jayme very briefly several years ago. This is all so strange.

I hope Jayme will be ok, she’s being reunited with her family now.