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‘Dots’ always pointed Town Crier to Heinrich as abductor Friday, Sept. 9, 2016
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[Editor’s note: The words and phrases noting similarities (connective “dots”) among the abduction and molestation cases in the following story have been printed in bold letters to help the readers compare them.] by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Hindsight is often 20/20, they say, but it’s difficult for many people to understand how Jacob Wetterling’s abductor and killer, Danny James Heinrich, slipped under the radar so often when the dots to be connected were clearly there. Some or all of those “dots” point to the 53-year-old from Annandale. Now that Wetterling’s remains have been found and Heinrich has confessed to the
crime, the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office, and others will conduct a thorough re-examination of the Wetterling case, and much of the investigation will involve how those connections were missed right after the abduction and in the nearly 27 years since. In 1989, the year Wetterling was taken by a stranger, there was no Internet, no Amber Alert emergency-notification system, less awareness of child abductions, and all too often police and sheriff’s offices worked independently of one another in their day-to-day tasks. In addition, DNA-matching technology in criminal cases was not then widely known or available. In Paynesville, in the late 1980s, there were eight complaints made to the police deDots • page 2
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In light of the recent news, St. Joseph residents and businesses adorned the driveway of the Wetterling home with balloons and flowers. For more photos, see the back page.
Wetterling’s remains found; killer confesses by Dennis Dalman editorial@thenewsleaders.com
It was a dreaded announcement and yet to some it was a long-delayed relief. Jacob Wetterling’s remains were recently found by investigators on pastureland just northeast of Paynesville next to CR 85. Danny James Heinrich,
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Patty Wetterling hugs her two youngest children Trevor (10) and Carmen (8) during a balloon release held for Jacob shortly after his disappearance.
53, of Annandale confessed to abducting and killing the boy in a courtroom just days after he led au- Jacob thorities to the buried remains. (See related story.) They were
found in a grove of trees in the pasture. It took three days of digging with a backhoe and shovels to find the remains. The case of the boy who was missing for 27 years caused horror, agony, anxiety and sadness locally, nationally and even worldwide. “Our hearts are broken; we
have no words,” said Patty Wetterling, the mother of Jacob after news that her son’s body had been found and identified. There is an outpouring of sympathy from throughout the world and especially from St. Joseph for the Wetterling family, even as some are relieved the case might finally come to Found • page 3
Patty Wetterling says it's time for healing by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Fighting back tears, Patty Wetterling spoke to the media of heartbreak during a televised press conference following the Sept. 6 court hearing during which her son Jacob’s abductor and killer, Danny Heinrich, confessed to the crime nearly 27 years after he committed it. “Jacob, I’m so sorry,” Patty Wetterling said, standing behind the microphone. “It’s incredibly painful to know his last days, his last hours, his last minutes.” To the Wetterling family, “Jacob was alive before we found him,” she said.
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Despite the tears, however, Wetterling made it plain she and others will not give up the struggle to help keep all children safe from harm. Before, during and after Wetterling’s comments, she was surrounded by her husband, Jerry, a St. Joseph chiropractor, and their three grown children, all of whom hugged and comforted one another. “Jacob has taught us how to live, how to love, how to be fair, how to be kind,” she said. “He speaks to the world he knew, that we believe in.” It’s time for healing, Wetterling said, adding she and her family will have more Healing • page 7
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Feel good Friday (Editor’s note: These “Feel Good Friday” features are taken each Friday from postings by Vicki Davis on the Tri-County Humane Society’s website.) “It’s Penelope Rose’s second birthday. I’m so thankful I got to adopt my baby girl from the humane society. Penelope Rose has given me such joy since she came to my home. She suffers from S.P.S. (Spoiled Piggy Syndrome). She has to sleep with me every night and have her veggies and treats. She’s so wonderful and makes me incredibly happy. Thank you so much for taking her in and giving me the opportunity to give her a
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“We were lucky,” he said of himself and other victims. “At least we got to go home.”
from front page partment of a sinister man who accosted young boys while riding their bikes, or walking in or near the downtown area. The man, sometimes wearing a ski mask, would usually grope the boys through their clothing on their genital areas, make threats in a raspy voice, then rush off. At the time of the assaults in Paynesville, Heinrich was living in the city, alternating from time to time between the homes of his divorced parents. One of the dwellings, his mother’s, was a downtown Paynesville apartment.
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In recent days, a Paynesville resident, Troy Cole, a father of a 5-year-old daughter, was interviewed by WCCO-TV Channel 4. Cole told about how he had been sexually assaulted one night in November of 1986 by a man with a rough voice. While riding his bicycle from a downtown pizza parlor, a man on the street grabbed him off of his bicycle and forced him under some nearby pine trees where he sexually assaulted the boy while keeping a knife held against his back. The man then used the knife to cut off a lock of hair from Cole. Cole and his father reported the incident to the Paynesville police, but he recently said there were no follow-ups at the time to the crime, which still angers him. Cole’s case is just one of many that occurred during a three-year period from 1986 to 1988 in Paynesville, mainly right in the downtown area. In the other cases, a rather short male, usually wearing a ski mask, would accost boys riding bikes or walking, then grope their genital area through their pants. Some of them he threatened. He usually asked the boys how old they were. His voice was described by the victims as “raspy” or “a deep low whisper” or “like he had a cold.” He also threatened some of the boys, telling them to run off or saying he would shoot them if they said anything. Cole told the TV interviewer he is sorry about the Wetteling family’s loss of Jacob.
Jared Scheierl
On Jan. 11, 1989, nine months before Wetterling was abducted, a 12-year-old Cold Spring paper boy, Jared Scheierl, was abducted after walking from a downtown café in Cold Spring. The incident is detailed in an Aug. 5, 2016 U.S. District Court decision regarding Heinrich and the accusations against him. According to the information in the U.S. judges’ decision, the man asked Scheierl if he knew where someone named “Kramer” lived. As the boy came closer to the car, the man grabbed him and forced him into the back seat. The man drove for about 15 minutes, ordered the boy to take off his snowsuit, pants and underwear. The man then forced Scheierl to perform a sexual act on him and attempted a sexual act against the boy. The perpetrator, Scheierl said, was wearing camouflage fatigues, black Armystyle boots, a military-style watch and a brown baseball cap. On Jan. 18, 1990, when law enforcement searched the home of Heinrich’s father in Payneville, where Heinrich was staying at the time, they found two brown baseball caps, a camouflage shirt and pants and lace-up black Army boots. Heinrich had been a member of the Minnesota National Guard. He then let Scheierl put his snowsuit back on but not the pants or underwear. Scheierl was also wearing a sweatshirt the perpetrator allowed him to keep. The man drove the boy back to Cold Spring and ordered him to roll around in his snowsuit on the snow. The man told Scheierl to run and not look back or he would shoot him. Scheierl also told police the abductor told him he’s “lucky to be alive” and that if the police ever got a “lead” about what had just happened, he would find Scheierl after school and shoot him.
Jacob Wetterling
Nine months after the assault against Scheierl, on Oct. 22, 1989, Jacob was abducted at about 9:15 p.m. while he, his brother Trevor and best
Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 friend Aaron Larson were biking home from a Tom Thumb store where they went to get a movie video. A masked man holding a handgun appeared on the rural road and told all three boys to lie down in the ditch. He asked each boy how old he was. Then he told Trevor and Aaron to run toward nearby woods, and to not look back or he would shoot them. When the boys looked back, near the woods, Jacob and the man were gone. In 1990, when Heinrich was detained and questioned about the Scheierl incident and the Wetterling abduction, he denied having anything to do with either and said he couldn’t remember what he was doing on those two nights. Investigators at the scene of Jacob’s abduction said tire marks and shoe prints in the dirt seemed to approximate those of the Ford car Heinrich drove and of a pair of shoes he owned at that time, but the matches were not good enough to be perfect matches. Police arranged a line-up of suspects, but Scheierl could not with certainty identify which of the two men in the line-up was the perpetrator. Heinrich was then released from custody for lack of proof.
DNA testing
Earlier this year, a DNA test was taken from the sweatshirt Scheierl’s was wearing during the sexual assault. The sweatshirt had been kept in police storage as possible evidence. The DNA on the sweatshirt matched the DNA in a hair taken from Heinrich when he was detained briefly in 1990. However, charges could not be brought because the statute of limitations in the Scheierl case had long since expired.
Joy the Curious
About six years ago, Joy Baker, a writer and blogger in New London, came across an old local newspaper from May 1987 with a front-page headline, “Local police seek help in accosting incidents.” The mother of two daughters, Baker had been deeply troubled by the inability of law enforcement to solve the Wetterling abduction. The story was about the assaults that had been happen-
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ing in Paynesville. It was then Baker began connecting dots between those crimes and the Wetterling abduction: a rather short stocky man, wearing a ski mask, often wearing a baseball-style hat, sometimes Army-style clothing, black boots, a raspy voice, asking boys their ages or what school grade they were in, telling them to run off and threatening to shoot them if they looked back or told anybody. Baker got together with Scheierl, the sexual-assault victim, and they both began doing investigations of their own, interviewing people (including the assault victims), researching and trying to put the pieces of an old puzzle together. They put their findings on Baker’s blog, entitled “Joy the Curious.” Their work, the dots they connected, gave new impetus
to the ongoing official investigations and helped point the way to Heinrich’s possible guilt in all the crimes.
There is no statute of limitations on murder cases, either federally or in Minnesota, which means Heinrich, if convicted, could spend the rest of his life in prison. The case against Heinrich tightened when law enforcement used a search warrant to search Heinrich’s home in Annandale on July 28, 2015. They were seeking sexual “trophies,” such as articles of clothing that may have been kept by Heinrich from his possible victims. Trophies, so-called, are often kept by perpetrators of sexual assault and/or murder who derive sexual satisfaction from hoarding such objects. The searchers found no “trophies’ in Heinrich’s house, but
they did discover a three-ring binder filled with pictures of boys, some of them pornographic in nature. They also found digital images of boys on his computer. At that time, Heinrich was employed by Buffalo Plywood in Buffalo. After his arrest, he was charged in U.S. District Court with 25 counts of possessing child pornography, a crime that could bring a long prison sentence. Heinrich filed papers, claiming the photos of the boys were illegally taken and should be suppressed in any court proceedings. He also said his Miranda rights were violated when investigators talked with him at his home, and he requested a change of venue for the trial related to the child pornography. Those requests were denied in the Aug. 5, 2015, decision by three U.S. District Court attorneys.
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disappearance just weeks after the kidnapping in 1989. At that time, a man in the Paynesville area had groped and molested several boys during a period of years, and one of the boys was forced into a car and sexually molested. (See related story.) There were similarities in all the cases: a masked man with a raspy voice, holding a handgun and threatening to shoot at least three of the victims. On the evening of Oct. 22, 1989, Jacob, his brother Trevor and friend Aaron had biked to a Tom Thumb convenience store in St. Joseph, about a mile from their home in St. Joseph Township. On the way home, on the rural road, a man approached the boys on foot, told them to lie down in the ditch, asked them their ages, then told Trevor and Aaron to run across the field and not look back or he would shoot them. When the boys did look back, Jacob
and the man were nowhere to be seen. News of Jacob’s kidnapping exploded like a bomb in St. Joseph, Central Minnesota and beyond. The disappearance gave rise to “Jacob’s Hope” and to the determined efforts by Jacob’s parents, Patty and Jerry Wetterling, to help prevent child abuse and abductions. They and many supporters founded the Jacob Wetterling Foundation and Resource Center, which lobbied legislators for law changes and helped educate the public about child abuse issues. Sheriff Sanner said those involved in the renewed investigation into Wetterling’s abduction and murder include the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the Stearns County Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
from front page a close and lay to rest so many doubts, fears and uncertainties. Wetterling, who was 11 at the time, was kidnapped near his St. Joseph Township home on Oct. 22, 1989, by a masked man wielding a handgun. According to a recent statement released by Stearns County Sheriff John Sanner, dental records proved the remains are those of Jacob. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office also confirmed the identity. A DNA analysis is also in process. Last week, Heinrich, a man arrested last summer for possessing child pornography, led investigators to the place where they would find Jacob’s remains. Heinrich had been a person of interest in the Wetterling
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Chain reaction sparks house fire by Frank Lee operations@thenewsleaders.com
A house fire north of St. Joseph started last week with a dump truck that had hit a power pole, which caused the power line to trap a St. Joseph man in another truck. A dump truck from Schroder Inc., driven by 65-year-old Ralph Schroden had been dumping a load of soil in front of the house on Sept. 1. As Schroden pulled away, his vehicle caught the power line and brought down the power pole, causing the power line to fall on top of a truck, trapping 77-year-old Ralph Eiynck of St. Joseph. “From what witnesses say, it was like a chain reaction,” St. Joseph Fire Chief Jeff Taufen said. “The power line was busted, which also busted the power pole, which landed on top of his vehicle.” Eiynck decided to remain inside his vehicle until help from Stearns County Sheriff’s Office, the St. Joseph Fire Department and other local first-responders arrived at the scene of the accident. “We had no way of knowing for sure if the power was off or not,” Taufen said. “I pulled up on scene, made sure he was OK – he was still in the truck – and I told him to stay there until we could get the power company there to make sure the power was off . . . He made the wise choice by staying in his vehicle.” Eiynck was trapped inside
his vehicle for about 10 minutes before Stearns Electric quickly arrived, Taufen said, but not before the downed power line also sparked a fire at Jennifer Warnert’s home at 8988 320th St., off of Stearns CR 2. “They were doing some road construction, and a dump truck was dumping some dirt, pulled out, got the power line, pulled the power line, which snapped the power pole, which landed on top of a pick-up, which in turn looks like the cause of the house fire,” Taufen said. He said the state fire marshall would be investigating the cause of the house fire. Firefighters put out the fire on the home’s exterior but discovered the basement was also on fire, making the house unlivable because of the interior damage. “When we pulled up, the gas meter on the outside of the house was on fire,” Taufsen said, “so there was gas burning from the meter around the outside of the house. We extinguished that, we shut the gas off. Then we went inside the house and found it full of smoke, searched the main floor for any fire victims, there was nobody home, realized there were more issues downstairs, so we pulled the team out, went back in a different way downstairs and found there was fire in the basement ceiling.” Eiynck was taken to St. Cloud Hospital to be checked out as a precaution, but no one seemed seriously injured in the blaze, Taufen said.
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Wetterling asked abductor: ‘What did I do wrong?’ by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
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This photo of Jacob was taken at his 11th birthday party, in 1989, just eight months before his disappearance.
“What did I do wrong?” That heartbreaking question is what 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling asked his abductor right after the boy was forced into a car and handcuffed on the night of Oct. 22, 1989, in St. Joseph Township. According to those who were there, sobs filled the Minneapolis federal courtroom on the afternoon of Sept. 6 when 53-year-old Danny Heinrich of Annandale – on the stand under oath – admitted to kidnapping, sexually assaulting and killing Jacob. As Heinrich recounted in a matter-of-fact voice what happened that night, Jacob’s grief-stricken parents watched and listened. Also in the courtroom were Trevor Wetterling and friend Aaron Larson, who were with Jacob the night of the abduction. Jared Scheierl was also there, the man who was kidnapped and sexually assaulted by Heinrich on Jan. 13, 1989, when Jared was 12. The crime, which Heinrich also confessed to in the courtroom, happened nine months before Jacob’s abduction and murder. Heinrich did not mention the assaults against seven boys in Paynesville in the mid- to late 1980s, crimes of which he has been suspected.
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Heinrich’s comments during the 40-minute plea hearing horrified the audience with the monstrous brutality of his actions against the boy. After the hearing, many expressed outrage and anger Heinrich will spend only 20 years in a federal prison on the one charge he pleaded guilty to – receiving child pornography. That was part of a plea-bargaining agreement the Wetterlings agreed to as a way to compel Heinrich to confess to what he had done and to show where he had buried Jacob’s body. Under the terms of the agreement, Heinrich cannot be prosecuted for Jacob’s murder. If and when he is released from prison, however, the state could confine him as a sex offender under civil proceedings.
Night of terror
The following is a summary of what Heinrich said in his chilling courtroom testimony, which was so difficult for those in the courtroom to hear because of its unspeakable cruelties: On the evening of Oct. 22, Heinrich was driving on a road in St. Joseph Township when he noticed three boys riding bicycles. He drove onto a road leading to a farmhouse (the Robert Rassier property), then turned the car around facing the road so he would see the boys again heading back on the road. When he saw them coming down the road, Heinrich put on a mask, grabbed a flashlight and a snubnose revolver and walked up to the boys. He ordered them at gunpoint to get into the ditch and lie down. He asked them to say their names. He told Trevor Wetterling and Aaron Larson to run toward the woods. Then he grabbed Jacob and put him in the car, handcuffing the boy. “What did I do wrong?” Jacob asked him. Heinrich drove to Paynesville, monitoring a police scanner on the way. Somewhere outside of Paynesville near a gravel pit, Heinrich stopped his car at a
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field and took Jacob into a grove of trees. He told Jacob to take off his clothes, and he took off his, too. Then he molested the boy. He said he made Jacob touch him but insisted there was no oral sex or penetration. Afterward, Jacob said he was cold and put his clothes back on. Then Jacob asked the man to take him home. The man said no. Jacob started crying. At that point, Heinrich said he saw police cars and said at that point he panicked. He pulled the snubnose revolver out of his pocket. He told Jacob he had to urinate and so Jacob should turn around and look the other way. When the boy did, Heinrich held the gun up to the back of his head and pulled the trigger, but the gun malfunctioned, not firing. Heinrich pulled the trigger again, and it fired, but Jacob was still standing. Then he pulled the trigger again, the gun fired and Jacob fell to the ground. Heinrich checked to see if the boy was dead, then he went home for a few hours. He came back to the murder scene and dragged Jacob’s body about 100 yards. He tried to dig a hole with a shovel, but the shovel was too small. He later went to an excavation company and borrowed a skid loader to dig a hole. He buried the boy with all of his clothes on, except for his shoes. He camouflaged the area and brought the skid loader back. He threw Jacob’s shoes in a ravine and went back home. About a year later, Heinrich returned to the burial site with a flashlight and saw the grave partially uncovered, with Jacob’s red “St. Cloud State University” hockey jacket. He put the remains and clothing into a bag and took it to the trees on pastureland across the highway, where he buried the bag and its contents. That is the burial site Heinrich revealed to authorities a week ago. Heinrich is expected to be sentenced Nov. 21 on the child-pornography charge. Right after the court hearing, a press conference was held. (See related story).
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Wetterling family deep in grief, pulling together, creating solace by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
A 53-year-old Annandale man was arrested last summer for possessing child pornography. Possibly as part of a plea agreement, Danny Heinrich reportedly led investigators last week to Paynesville where they found Jacob Wetterling’s remains. Heinrich confessed to kidnapping and fatally shooting the then 11-year-old boy from St. Joseph as he pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in a federal court in Minneapolis
on Tuesday. In a message Monday to the media, Jacob’s mom, Patty, said she and her family are “eager to talk to the media as soon as we are able.” The statement was released by Alison Feigh, program manager for the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center in Minneapolis. But, at this time, the Wetterlings are not ready to discuss the developments in the case with the media. “The Wetterlings,” said Patty in the statement, “are deeply grieving and are pulling our
family together.” The Wetterlings have received widespread condolences and support since the news was announced last Saturday that Jacob’s remains had been found buried in a pasture near Paynesville. Many have asked how they can help the Wetterling family through such a sorrowful time. This is what Patty conveyed through Alison Feigh: “Everyone wants to know what they can do to help us.” Pictured at right are the nine things you can do to help bring Patty comfort.
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Listed above are nine ways to bring Patty Wetterling comfort during this somber time.
Mayor Schultz reacts to news about Jacob Wetterling by Dennis Dalman editor@thenewsleaders.com
Reactions have been varied to the news that Jacob Wetterling’s remains have finally been found after almost Schultz three decades after the then-11-year-old boy was abducted near his home in St. Joseph. Danny Heinrich, 53, of Annandale, was arrested last summer for possessing child pornography. As part of a plea agreement, he reportedly led investigators last week to Paynesville where they found Jacob’s remains. Heinrich confessed to kidnapping and fatally shooting Wetterling as he pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in a federal court in Minneapolis on Tuesday. Mayor Rick Schultz issued a statement that expresses eloquently the thoughts, emotions and hopes of not just St. Joseph residents but people throughout the Central Minnesota area who have never forgotten the tragedy of Jacob and his family. The following is Schultz’s announcement: “Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016 marked an end of a (nearly) 27-
year search for hope and truth. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the Wetterlings. These past 27 years, the Wetterlings have spent countless moments lost in the void of a missing son, the absence of truth, with little to believe in but their faith, family, friends and community. “I can think of no more devastating loss than that of a child. Children are not supposed to die. Parents expect to see their children grow and mature. As a community, it’s time to allow the Wetterlings time to grieve and heal. While we can’t take away their pain, we can provide support. “While the experience of grief is profoundly personal, the bravery of the Wetterlings, who shared with us their hope, desires and emotions for the past 27 years, was an inspiration to all. The Wetterlings allowed the community to be part of their family. In doing so, they enlightened the nation to understand their battle and through their perseverance, they and their foundation (the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center) are a beacon for all missing children. “I have gained a profound respect for Patty and Jerry Wetterling, for the emotional struggles they weathered at each turn of the investigation throughout these many years. Yet, their resilience and determination in giving attention to combat hei-
nous acts, such as this, while they searched for answers, is to be admired. “A friend of mine told me the most powerful one-line prayer he has ever heard is, ‘Let me
not die while I am still alive.’ I think when tragedy occurs, it presents a choice. You can give in to the void, the emptiness that fills your heart, your lungs, constricts your ability to think
or even breathe. Or you can try to find meaning. We pray the Wetterlings do find that meaning and know the community extends any support they need.”
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Our View Sadly, Jacob is gone, but his ‘Hope’ lives on “Jacob’s Hope” is alive and well. The remains of Jacob Wetterling were found last week. There was always a hope that Jacob, 11 when he was abducted, would someday return home, even though that hope dwindled with every passing year – all nearly 27 of them. The news last week was horrifying and yet to many strangely a relief. There will no longer be any agony of wondering what happened to him, where his body was left, and who perpetrated the cruel and twisted crime. Most of all, Jacob’s parents, Jerry and Patty, and his siblings now will have some measure of closure, a funeral to honor him and a chance to bury their beloved Jacob in sacred ground. Jacob Wetterling, such a happy and lively boy, was so cruelly taken from his safe-andwarm world on the evening of Oct. 22, 1989. He became quite literally the “poster boy” for missing children cases far and wide. His parents, siblings and others who loved him were determined not only to keep Jacob’s memory alive but to help educate others about child safety and what we can all do to help prevent abductions, and what we can do right after one occurs. “Jacob’s Hope” became a rallying cry for the Jacob Wetterling Foundation and Resource Center. Parents of children who were abducted, abused and/or murdered began to form a support network of empathy. Places were named after Jacob and his Hope. Loved ones shared their grief and never-ending sorrow as they lobbied legislators to pass child-safety measures and ways to initiate instant notification if an abduction should happen, such as “Amber’s Law.” The photos, videos and memories of the bright, smiling, blue-eyed boy from St. Joseph is what launched so many of those efforts, and the outreach education from the Jacob Wetterling Foundation has had, and continues to have, positive effects worldwide. This newspaper, the Newsleader, was founded in 1989 just months before Jacob was abducted. Throughout the years, its reporters wrote frequent updates and commemoration stories about Jacob, along with interviews with parents, teachers, friends and others who knew and loved him, as well as periodic press conferences when there may have been a lead or development in the case. It was always a heartwrenching task to write those stories because it became so palpable to those writers that the rock-bottom grief of the Wetterling family would never go away. During an interview 12 years ago, Patty said the agony gets a bit easier to bear with time because life for their other loved ones must go on, but she quickly added the pain will never go away. She also said she still harbored hope that Jacob would someday return home and even had dreams to that effect. Our deepest sympathies go out to the Wetterlings. Jacob has “come home” but of course not in the way that was so longed for. The Wetterlings will have to endure the pain of that awful, unthinkable loss all over again as they prepare to bury their son. Jacob would be so proud of his family and of all those who looked for him, who prayed for him and who made strides toward universal child safety. Sadly, Jacob, you are gone, but your “Hope” lives on.
The ideas expressed in the letters to the editor and of the guest columnists do not necessarily reflect the views of the Newsleaders. Letters to the editor may be sent to news@thenewsleaders. com or P.O. Box 324, St. Joseph, MN 56374. Deadline is noon Monday. Please include your full name for publication (and address and phone number for verification only.) Letters must be 350 words or less. We reserve the right to edit for space.
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Opinion
Friday, Sept. 9, 2016
Thanks, Gene, for half century of laughter Some people should get a special dispensation from on high to live forever on earth – well, almost forever – and actor-comedian Gene Wilder should have been one of them. Sometimes someone dies and you say to yourself, “Impossible. That can’t be. That just can’t be.” I felt that way when Robin Williams died. Still do. And that’s how I felt when I heard the news Gene Wilder died last week. The first time I saw Wilder was in his debut role in the 1967 masterpiece, Bonnie and Clyde. That film is a perfect movie, among the top 25 greatest American movies, in my opinion. It was incredibly well written, expertly edited by Dede Allen, brilliantly acted, flawlessly directed by Arthur Penn and stunningly filmed in that muted, dusty, nostalgic color palette. Bonnie and Clyde was a miracle of seamless ensemble acting, and Gene Wilder was a perfect gem among the actors, like part of the setting in a diamond ring. Wilder played a nerd of an undertaker named Eugene Grizzard who, with his girlfriend, Velma, gets kidnapped by Bonnie, Clyde, his brother Buck and wife Blanche while they are stealing Eugene’s car. Squeezed rudely into the back seat, Eugene and Velma, nervous as caged chickens, start to warm up to this batch of charming and funny bank robbers. “I’m originally from Wisconsin, where the cheese comes from,” Eugene tells the robbers. That line from any other actor would be so-so; coming from Wilder’s voice, quavering with an adenoidal pitch, it’s hilarious. At one point, someone asks Velma how old she is. She blurts out “33,”
Dennis Dalman Editor and we the viewers can read Wilder’s thoughts in a lingering expressive silent close-up. We see him thinking; we can read his mind: “She’s that old? I thought she was in her 20s. Oh, my, oh, my!” It’s wordless wonderful acting. And there is the scene in which Velma is told to drive the car, and Eugene, who is getting nervous about the robbers, says with wheezy hysteria while clenching his fists, “Step on it, Velma. Step on it!” Later, the desperadoes ask Eugene what he does for a living. When he says, “I’m an undertaker,” the deathdodging robbers flinch and wilt in grim silence. And then Bonnie, sensing this undertaker is an omen of disaster, angrily orders him and Velma out of the car. The Wilder sequence of scenes in Bonnie and Clyde is a comic tour de force. Unforgettable. The duo of Wilder and directorwriter-actor Mel Brooks was the oddball marriage made in comedy heaven. Together, they created three of the funniest movies in history: The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein. I vividly remember seeing Blazing Saddles in 1974 at Cinema Arts Theater in St. Cloud. It was a zany, over-thetop, often silly movie. A masterpiece it
wasn’t. But who cares? It was funny. I laughed so hard my ribs were sore the next day. Wilder as the Waco Kid was right there, front and center, in some of its funniest scenes. John Wayne had been offered the role and turned it down. Then, Gig Young (born and raised in St. Cloud) got the part, but in his first scene, he collapsed, apparently the result of severe alcohol withdrawal. Finally, happy outcome, Wilder got the role. Some of the most hilarious scenes are verbal exchanges in the jailhouse between the Waco Kid and Sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little). “What’s your name?” the sheriff asks. The Kid answers in a dreamy slow drawl: “Well (pause) . . . my name is Tim (long pause) . . . but most people call me (long pause, then voice filled with a lifetime of disappointment) . . . Jim.” It was one of those lines of dialogue just made for Wilder’s voice and for his flawless comedic timing. Wilder should have won a Best Actor Oscar for his role in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, which rivals The Wizard of Oz as a classic fantasy comedy chock full of fun for all ages. There are shades of darkness in that film that Wilder brilliantly evokes, along with the comedy. Peter Ostrum, the actor who played Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka, had this to say after Wilders’s passing: “It’s kind of like losing a parent. You know it’s going to happen, but it’s still a shock . . . Gene is gone and there will never be anyone like him again.” Thanks, Gene Wilder, for half a century of laughter.
Victims get the short end of stick by Jim Hovda, Rice Local newspapers have zeroed in on crime. And it’s about time. Reading the police blotters of both the Sauk Rapids and Rice police departments, they are reacting as best they can with the resources they have. They are busy because of the repeat offenders who make up the majority of crime. And they are only two of our local departments. This is an area-wide issue. It’s my considered opinion that what has been labeled the criminal justice system is just that – biased treatment for the criminals, vagabonds and – as some would say, dirt bags. My more than 25 years of law-enforcement experience garnered that belief. This was reinforced when I taught firearms safety and had the opportunity to meet and talk to victims of “crimes against property.” The crime that victims are getting is the short end of the stick. Police officers have a strong empathy for crime victims. They see them nearly every day. I’ll zero in on burglars, a criminal activity I have a strong dislike for. I’ve been the victim of several burglaries in Minneapolis and here in Langola Township. Without going into a long dissertation about how persons react to this type of crime, it was, for a long time considered just another property loss, nothing more. When I became involved with the victims of burglary teaching firearms safety, I was shocked to learn how this “property crime” affected many victims. Some refused to go back to their homes. Others became afraid to even stay home alone. They felt violated and
insecure. Being a victim of a burglary is a big deal. Now that I’ve identified an important crime issue, one can now see why our good citizens are up in arms over crime. What can we do about it and is it fixable? Yes, it is! Our media is on the right track. Publish felony convictions along with pictures of adults. (Juveniles are all secret, although they account for a significant percentage of crime.) Inform the citizens of what is going on. The media needs to step it up a notch. Burglary is a felony. Pick one where an arrest has been made, and an adult is in custody. That case needs to be followed through the courts system, and citizens should be informed of every step of the process via the media. Your readers will learn court dates mean nothing to the accused. Victims go to court to see what is going to happen to the person who violated their home only to find out for any number of reasons, some really petty, that the case was continued. No specific date set. In many cases, this happens several times before there is any trial date set. Victims are stressed when they take time off work or cancel other plans to attend the court
case. Once found guilty, what is the sentence? There should be a sentence that will send a strong message that being a repeater will not go well for the offender. The media could do a great service in informing your good readers about what is going on here. Letting readers know the sentence would be good. A picture of the convicted person would be wonderful. And, informing your readers about the convicted offenders lengthy (usually) encounters with law enforcement and the criminal justice system. There are things citizens can do. Get involved with citizens’ neighborhood crime watches. Be a witness to what you saw or heard. Write it down. Your sheriff and local police welcome calls of suspicious activity. If your neighbor cannot make a court date, volunteer to be there for them. Let them know they are not alone. Look at what the Mothers Against Drunk Driving folks have done. They forced politicians and judges to pay attention to issues their constituents are upset about. They are winning. They have forced a change of public attitude about drinking and driving. We can do the same about crime. We can work for justice for victims. Jim Hovda, who lives near Rice, served as a deputy sheriff in Hennepin County for more than two years then with the Minneapolis Police Department for more than 23 years. Locally, Hovda was the principle instructor for firearms safety for more than 20 years, teaching courses enabling citizens to obtain a permit to carry a firearm.
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Friday, Sept. 9, 2016
Healing from front page to say in the future after the healing process has helped them recover. She thanked the investigators and attorneys who worked on the case. She thanked the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which brought her comfort and solace for so many years. She thanked the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center for the hard work its staff does. And she thanked the media, which she said played a “huge role” through the years in helping find missing children, with
some media people becoming strong supporters of her family to the point of becoming friends. She also had high praise and thanks for Jared Scheierl for having the courage to stand up and say, “This happened to me.” Scheierl had long believed the man who kidnapped and molested him had done the same thing ninemonths later to Jacob. “I am incredibly grateful for the kindness they’ve extended to our family and for the integrity of their stories,” she said. “. . . We love you, Jacob. Our hearts are hurting.” Her final words at the microphone were these, words of hope and determination:
“We have a lot more work to do to protect all of our world’s children.” Scheierl also said a few words at the press conference. The “spirit of Jacob and of Patty Wetterling” has long inspired him, he said, as well as the friends he met throughout the years who have also been victims of sexual abuse. Scheierl noted what a sad irony it was Jacob Wetterling was buried at the edge of the city he, Scheierl, was born and raised and still lives in. Paynesville, he added, is also going through a healing process after the tragic news. It’s important, he said, to help all find closure and to move on in positive ways.
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Parade to honor silver medalist Post Alise Post, the St. Cloud native who won a silver medal last month at the Olympics, will be honored with a parade Post in St. Cloud on Saturday, Sept. 10. Post will ride in the parade,
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Friday, Sept. 9, 2016
St. Joseph shows love, support for Wetterlings
All Saints Academy joined with the community in honoring Jacob’s memory. photos by Cady Sehnert
Above: Local businesses showed their support for the Wetterling’s by posting comforting quotes around town, like this one found outside the Local Blend. At right: White ribbons line the streets of St. Joseph bound together by the letter “J.” White is a symbol for hope, innocence, goodness, light and purity – traits that are central to all children and represent the Jacob Wetterling Foundation and its values.
Huge Quilter Fabric CRAFT-VENDOR SALES Saturday, Sept. 10 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Homemade bagels available for purchase today only.
Sunday, Sept. 11 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Exotic jerky available for purchase today only.
Downtown Rice INSIDE Rice Old City Hall Building 30 Main St. E.
Sale
Lots of Jo Morton, Moda and other top line fabrics, patterns, kits and table toppers. Also household items, furniture and more. All priced to sell. Thursday, Sept. 15, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Friday, Sept. 16, 9 a.m.-noon. No pre-sales! 612 Fifth Ave. N, Sauk Rapids.