13 incredible stories of children who were kidnapped and escaped
Some kidnapped children, like Elizabeth Smart and Jayme Closs, have reappeared after a few weeks, months, or even years.
Jayme Closs
Jayme Closs is 'doing good' 2 years after escaping kidnapping by a man who killed her parents, her aunt says
Jayme Closs escaped the the home of Jake Patterson, who abducted her and killed her parents, two years ago on January 10.
The man who kidnapped Jayme Closs told police he'd been thinking of kidnapping a girl for 2 years and that 'if it wasn't Jayme, it would probably be someone else'
Jake Patterson told detectives that he would have tried to abduct a different girl if he hadn't seen Jayme first, according to new documents.
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Jayme Closs says her kidnapper took away 'the most important things in my life' in a powerful statement read at his sentencing hearing
In a statement from Jayme Closs and read by her attorney, the teen vowed never to let her kidnapper, Jake Patterson, control her.
The man accused of kidnapping Jayme Closs and killing her parents has pleaded guilty
Jake Patterson, 21, pleaded guilty to two counts of intentional homicide and one count of kidnapping in court on Wednesday.
Jayme Closs' alleged captor claims he and the teen played board games and cooked together in the 2 months he held her hostage
Suspected kidnapper Jake Patterson, 21, called a local reporter in Minnesota from jail on Friday to talk about Jayme Closs.
'I can't believe I did this': Jayme Closs' alleged kidnapper reportedly confesses in a letter from jail
Jake Patterson was charged with the murder of Jayme Closs's parents and with her kidnapping.
Jayme Closs is getting $25,000 in reward money after saving herself from her kidnapper
Hormel Foods, which owns Jennie-O Turkey Store in Barron, Wisconsin, announced on Wednesday that it would donate $25,000 to Jayme Closs.
Jayme Closs' suspected kidnapper reportedly hosted a Christmas party in the house where police say he was holding the 13-year-old girl
Two law enforcement sources told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Jake Patterson hosted Christmas at the home where he held Jayme Closs hostage.
On the day Jayme Closs escaped, the man accused of kidnapping her applied to a job, calling himself an 'honest guy'
Jake Patterson, the suspect in Jayme Closs' kidnapping, wrote that he was an "honest guy," but his resume contained inaccuracies about his experience.
Jayme Closs's captor took meticulous steps to hide his identity after deciding to abduct the teen
Jake Patterson was charged with two counts of intentional homicide, one count of kidnapping in connection to the abduction of 13-year-old Jayme Closs.
Jayme Closs was forced to hide under her captor's bed for hours on end during her 88 days in captivity. Here's everything we learned from the police report.
For 88 days, 13-year-old Jayme Closs was forced to hide under her kidnapper's bed, going without food, water, or a bathroom for up to 12 hours at a time.
The man accused of kidnapping Jayme Closs and murdering her parents told investigators he saw the teen boarding a school bus and decided to abduct her
Jake Patterson, 21, told investigators he "knew that was the girl he was going to take" when he saw Jayme boarding the school bus.
The woman who found Jayme Closs after the teen escaped her captor happened to be a former social worker, and her training helped bring Jayme to safety
Jeanne Nutter was out walking her dog on Thursday when she found a distressed Jayme Closs walking outside her home.
Elizabeth Smart shares advice for fellow kidnapping survivor Jayme Closs, saying it 'doesn’t have to define her life'
Elizabeth Smart appeared on the "Today" show Monday morning to discuss the Jayme Closs case, which many have compared to her own unlikely survival.
Everything we know about Wisconsin teen Jayme Closs, who was found alive 3 months after her parents were brutally murdered
Wisconsin teen Jayme Closs was found alive on Thursday, three months after she was reported missing from Barron County, Wisconsin.
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'It's never going to be easy': Former kidnapping victims explain what the long healing process will be like for 13-year-old Jayme Closs
Jayme Closs, 13, was found alive in rural Wisconsin nearly three months after a man allegedly murdered her parents and kidnapped her.
The man suspected of kidnapping Jayme Closs killed her parents so he could get to her, investigators say
Police said 21-year-old Jake Thomas Patterson killed Jayme Closs' parents in order to kidnap her.