MN - Jacob Wetterling, 11, St. Joseph, 22 Oct 1989 - #14

[Jewelia]

minnesota fails to investigate sex abuse

was reading back and remembered about this article ^

The majority of the 203 sex abuse allegations that went uninvestigated came from (wait for it!) Sherburne, ​Stearns, and Wright counties!

It also says in the article they are only going to 'review' cases from 2013... which leaves 10 years of reported sex abuse to be ignored.

Lastly, I recall reading a comment on the Kare 11 facebook page about a year and a half ago stating that the area has a (well known) 'problem' with sexual abuse of children.

Thanks for posting this link. It's a huge problem in Stearns County, and other counties in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Ill, Indiana, Ohio, Nebraska, and all over the US. I truly think a sex ring is involved in the abduction of Jacob, and the Bahner Brothers, and LK were involved, and I think there's more......

 

[Trino]

Let's face it, LE has *something* incriminating and substantive related to DR's possible involvement in Jacob's abduction. As an aside, was Mark Redwine ever identified as a POI in his son's murder? Here we have DR officially identified as a person of interest in a very high profile case. No matter how attached I am to my personal beliefs about what happened to Jacob and Jared, I cannot ignore the facts, starting with fact number one: LE found something incriminating when they searched DR's house/property/computer/etc. So while I still have a separate working theory with regard to culpability in this case, LE is not in sync with me nor I with them, but they are holding all the cards (and the case files, evidence, trained professionals, etc.).

Obviously, they don't have a full deck.

 

[chaplain1]

Thanks for posting this link. It's a huge problem in Stearns County, and other counties in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Ill, Indiana, Ohio, Nebraska, and all over the US. I truly think a sex ring is involved in the abduction of Jacob, and the Bahner Brothers, and LK were involved, and I think there's more......

I agree with you and DM that all avenues should be explored. Believe Bahners were investigated early and often. Seasoned investigators will need A LOT to take look after look.

 

[shergal]

I'm from Stearns County and have no problem with LE here. If someone has a record, they may be looked at for crimes. That's fairly normal procedure. IMO, our Stearns LE are a dedicated bunch, and it's not fair to condemn them all because someone had a problem with one or two of them. (JMO)

 

[bessie]

Please continue at Thread #15 and stay on topic.

Thanks.