MN - Jacob Wetterling, 11, 22 Oct 1989 ***CASE FACTS***NO DISCUSSION***

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Use this thread to post facts in the Jacob Wetterling case. Examples are lists of case players, timelines, and one- or two-line "facts" with MSM links.

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Jacob Wetterling was abducted on October 22, 1989, in St. Joseph, MN.
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2013/10/22/leave-a-light-on-for-jacob-wetterling-missing-children/

One year after Jacob's abduction, the FBI had interviewed 2,000 people and was investigating a "handful of suspects".
http://news.google.com/newspapers?i...issing child jacob wetterling&pg=5060,5559721
 
Timeline posted by cGorg in Thread #5.


I think I have a little more clarity on the synopsis:

9:00-9:15- Smokey barks, DR sees a dark blue(or black) car drive thru the farmstead
9:15- Abduction occurs
9:32- Merle's 911 call to police
9:40- Police arrive at Wetterling house. I'm thinking here that it does take some time for LE to download the information from the boys before proceeding to abduction site)
9:45-10-Kevin + girlfriend(and friends hear scanner + see police cars go by). Since they live relatively close(not verified yet) they make it to the abduction site prior to LE, drive ALL the way through DR's farmstead driveway. Smokey does not bark(explanation anywhere for this?) Kevin drives to Tom Thumb, sees 'medical cop', then notices LE squad car at Cotton Dentist office, talks to him, cop says 'we know about the bikes'
10:00- DR goes to bed
10:05-10:20(I don't have any info on this) Since Merle's 911 call was at 9:32 and lasted several minutes, he then called Jerry + Patty in Clearwater. So I would assume the earliest they could be getting into their car would be 9:40. 25-30 minute drive puts arrival at 10:10. However, according to the Saint Autumn blog quoting Patty as saying they met a squad car on their road and the police escorted them to their house. I am wondering if LE waited at the Wetterling house before proceeding to the abduction site.
10:20-11:23- no info on what's happening in this time frame
11:23- Smokey barks, DR places 911 call regarding people searching the woodpile
So my point is: seems a plausible scenario. Kevin arrived at the abduction site first as LE was at the Wetterlings. Kevin sees the 'medical cop'(whom I cannot explain) and also sees the 'new cop' parked at dentist's office. Is this the cop that met the Wetterlings on the road before proceeding to their house? If so, Kevin, the police, and the Wetterlings did not cross paths going to and fro. My questions:

1. Why did Smokey not bark when Kevin's car drove all the way through the driveway?
2. Why was there not a police officer at the abduction site when Kevin arrived there? Were they short of officers? Or did Kevin get there too quickly?
3. When did the helicopters arrive?
4. DR's comment about being 100% sure that the tan car that went through his driveway in the afternoon being the perp: what is the logic here? is there any connection of this tan car to the abduction scenario?
5. is it possible that a statement or statements within what's been stated is not true?

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Daniel Heinrich ------- Abductor Sketch ------- Daniel Heinrich 1990----Gwosts' sketch 1989

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Stearns County sheriff says Jacob Wetterling case 'went off the rails'
Sept 20 2018
"ST. CLOUD — Thousands of investigative documents in the Jacob Wetterling abduction and murder case were released to the public Thursday morning, but not before the Stearns County sheriff pointed out numerous missed opportunities to catch the perpetrator in the days, weeks and months after the 11-year-old was kidnapped at gunpoint by a masked stranger in October 1989 and killed.

Computer thumb drives were being released after Sheriff Don Gudmundson’s exhaustively detailed news conference in St. Cloud that drew a large media presence as well as Jacob’s father, Jerry Wetterling."
"In particular, a shoe print and tire tracks at the scene tied to Heinrich were clear indicators that Heinrich should have been the lead suspect early on.

Gudmundson said that the odds were “not just slim but minuscule” that both those prints and tracks belonged to someone other than Heinrich".
 

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