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Jayme Closs: Man, 21, named in kidnapping and murder case

January 12, 2019 8:15 am

Police have named a suspect in the case of a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl who was kidnapped in October after her parents were murdered.

Jake Thomas Patterson, 21, is being held on two counts of first-degree homicide and one count of kidnapping, police said on Friday.

Jayme Closs was found on Thursday evening and is to be reunited with her family, said officials.

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Police believe the suspect attacked the Closs family in order to abduct Jayme.