Jayme Closs kidnapper ‘embodiment of evil,' sentenced to life in prison

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Barron County Circuit Court Judge James Babler sentenced Jake Patterson to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment, without eligibility for release, plus a 40-year sentence for Closs’ abduction.

In this March 27, 2019, file photo, Jake Patterson appears for a hearing at the Barron County Justice Center, in Barron, Wis.A Wisconsin judge sentenced Jake Patterson to two terms of life imprisonment on Friday for kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and murdering her parents, describing him as “one of the most dangerous men ever to walk this planet.”

Patterson, 21, in March admitted to committing the October killings and abduction in Barron County, Wisconsin, holding Closs for 88 days before her daring Jan. 10 escape.“Jake Patterson took away forever,” she said in a statement read by her attorney. “He can’t take away my freedom. I will always have my freedom and he will not.”“Because of this monster, Jayme won’t have her mom and dad at her dance recitals,” Mike Closs, Jayme’s uncle, said in court.

“I would do absolutely anything, I would die, I would do absolutely anything to bring them back,” said Patterson, provoking his father to break down in tears. “I don’t care about me, I’m just so sorry.”

 

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Hopefully, someone will save the good people of Wisconsin some money. This loser is only 21. Could live 70 more years.

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