Heinrich said at some point a patrol car with sirens and lights passing nearby caused him to panic. News clipping of missing Cora Jones DM: Where did you see Jacob where did you meet him? Transcribed by Timothy Charles Holmseth, Ben And about eight twenty to nine, I got ready to go home and I looked up the road towards where Jacobs home where they got kidnapped, Ben: Yeah [inaudible] Michael and Richard and they were coming up by the woods like into the tall grass up out of the ditch and thats what I seen before I went downhill to go home and then, Ben: Yeah, right by where he got kidnapped , Ben: And I seen Jacob, Aaron, and his little brother Trevor, when me and my dad were coming back from Tom Thumb that night we seen them going to Tom Thumb but it seemed like they came up the other way coming back from Tom Thumb up the hill, Ben: The next day I heard that he got kidnapped, DM: And you knew the Bahners were down there in the ditch when you left. RB: Jacob Wetterling? THE DEFENDANT: Nothing, none at that time -- well, yes, there was a tree growing in that -- excuse me. Here Diane Muehlbauer talks with Richard Bahner who says he used to bike ride with Jacob. To prove murder, we had to be able to prove that Jacob Wetterling died. Jacob's mother, Patty Wetterling said Heinrich deliberately set out to hurt a child the night he abducted Jacob on Oct. 22, 1989, while her boy was biking with his brother and a friend near their . Finally, in July 2015, police caught a break while searching the home of Daniel Heinrich for suspected child pornography. THE DEFENDANT: He started to cry. NBCs Gabe Gutierrez reports from Minneapolis. Subscribe to TODAY: http://on.today.com/SubscribeToTODAY Watch the latest from TODAY: http://bit.ly/LatestTODAYAbout: TODAY brings you the latest headlines and expert tips on money, health and parenting. John Sanner (pictured) replaces Jim Kostreba as Stearns County sheriff. Why would Jerry Wetterling have a friend that is into kiddy porn, bondage, and cannibalism, Muehlbauer said. The spot where he was buried is about 30 miles southwest of the Wetterling home in St. Joseph, and a little more than a mile from the Paynesville home where Heinrich lived at the time of Jacob's . / CBS Minnesota. MR. SCHLEICHER: Now, you said a scanner. After being asked numerous questions about his background from the court, Heinrich and U.S. Attorney Steven Schleicher discussed the child pornography and Heinrich admits to downloading the illegal images on his computer, printing many of the images and making several binders of them. MB: I mean if somebody had a knife to my throat and wanted me to get in their vehicle I wouldnt put no I wouldnt like that I mean as all theyd have to do is go whaaacckk and youd be dead. Authorities named Heinrich as a person of interest in Jacobs disappearance last October when they announced the child pornography charges. Al Kutzer then told Jerry Wetterling that he believes Jacob could possibly be buried alive in a shallow grave near the St. Johns University grounds. MR. SCHLEICHER: Obviously you were arrested sometime after the search warrant was executed at your Annandale residence. Did he tell you he was going to do this? There is ample reason to believe Jacob was kidnapped for a purpose and was kept alive until he was murdered on Halloween, 1989. Banners of support are on display at a Minnesota Vikings-Los Angeles Rams football game. Human hair During the search Heinrich tells investigators he most likely was at home the day of the Wetterling abduction and that he was not in St. Joseph that weekend. The State of Minnesota is actually in a state of emergency and action by the U.S. Department of Justice should be commenced immediately in accordance with President Trumps Executive Order issued in December of 2017. MB: And thats when he got back in the car and he left but then we drove the guy I was with he, we you know we waited up there for probably twenty minutes I mean and then we heard the tires squeal and by the time we got you know we backed out went down to the end by the time we got down there we saw him take off. The FBI was given a recording of a man who was captured on tape saying he eye-witnessed Jacob Wetterling be sacrificed on Halloween 1989. MR. SCHLEICHER: Okay. He liked steak and the color blue. Heinrich was found guilty of child pornography and placed in a Massachusetts federal prison in January 2017 to begin his 20-year sentence. Eleven year old Aaron Larson was next. I pulled the trigger again and it went off. The next lead sheet was dated 10-29-89, and reporting party is Bob Litzinger, St. MR. SCHLEICHER: Do you recall what their answers were? Vegetation or --. His abduction remained a mystery for nearly twenty-seven years. Jerry Wetterling and Kutz were in significant communications during critical times before and after Jacob was kidnapped. January 29, 1998 RB: I think he did. After the second, Jacob fell to the ground. Minnesota Twins baseball players and officials join 7,000 to 10,000 others in a public show of support for the Wetterlings. Map of St. Joseph, Minnesota, OTHER MISSING and MURDERED PERSONS The next day, April 5. And Jerry Wetterling was on their radar. DM: And then what? MR. SCHLEICHER: I need you to tell the Court what happened on that evening beginning around 8:00 p.m. in the city and town of St. Joseph, that area. Several incidents of an unknown adult male groping or chasing juvenile males had been reported to Paynesville law enforcement from about September 1986 through the following September. Heinrich appears in a police lineup with five other white males. And the judge, understandably, is going to be deferential to a federal agencys claim, Anfinson said. MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- A full transcript has been released of Tuesday's court proceedings where Danny Heinrich confessed to the kidnap and murder of Jacob Wetterling, the sexually assault of Jared Scheirel and child pornography. September 8, 2016 / 12:17 PM FBI and other agencies join investigation. The Jacob Wetterling Foundation offers a national database assistance program to help families of missing children. He had just started playing the trombone, which his mother, Patty, said he called "the bone." He was also the investigator who, on Oct. 30, 1989, had received an FBI crime lab report connecting the tracks to one of two types of Sears tires. For nearly 27 years, he was the brown-haired kid with the smiling eyes portrayed on "Missing" posters, billboards, and pizza boxes. 48 by 36 drawing of 6 boys in bondage MR. SCHLEICHER: Do you know now that the three children involved were Jacob Wetterling, Trevor Wetterling, Aaron Larson? MB: Tell me about it. As part of that effort, investigators took another look at the sexual assault of 12-year-old Jared Scheierl, of Cold Spring, nine months before Jacobs disappearance. Novel Innocent Rage, VIDEOS For nearly 27 years, he was the brown-haired kid with the smiling eyes portrayed on "Missing" posters, billboards, and pizza boxes. I took him over to the edge of the grove of trees. Heinrich is arrested in connection to the Jared Scheierl abduction and sexual assault. From Albany, I got off the interstate and hit another country -- county road that went to Roscoe, Perpich says he will activate the National Guard, the State Patrol and the Department of Natural Resources to search a 700-square-mile area for Jacob. Illuminating Journalism from American Public Media. However, forensic analysis of Seitzs possessions found nothing to link him to the case. DM: Wouldnt you think they talk to the people who heard it before you talked to him? He tells her no. MR. SCHLEICHER: Can you describe the area, please? They took Jacob to Brenda Bahners apartment in a sleeping bag, Muehlbauer said. Reporting no significant progress in the investigation, authorities give half of the investigators the weekend off. Was it hidden? Jerry stated Al Kutzer came to the Wetterling house the Wednesday after the abduction. 'To us, Jacob was alive until we found him,' mother says, By The Associated Press JACOB WETTERLING: Eyewitness evidence to Jerry Wetterlings presence at Halloween sacrifice of Jacob was given to FBI agent large granite wall that moves hidden at St. Johns University trafficking dungeon identified? Cloud PI Larry Peart, is well known for capturing a pedophile named Michael Bahner on tape, admitting that he and his brother Richard Bahner, kidnapped Jacob with a man named Lou Kohls. Size 2-1/2 gray childs shoe Heinrich said that on the night of Oct. 22, 1989, he saw Jacob, Jacobs brother, and a friend bicycling down a rural road near Jacobs home in St. Joseph. MR. SCHLEICHER: What was his reaction to that? It appears Minnesotas deepest and darkest secrets are coming out. FBI reports to investigators that a shoeprint at the crime scene "corresponds" to Heinrich's right shoe but because there was insufficient detail, the lab examiner could not determine that it was made by Heinrich's shoe. The sketch generates hundreds of new tips and more investigators are added to the Wetterling case. Brenda Bahner: They asked me if I saw Jacob. U.S. Department of Justice begins the national Child Abduction Response Team initiative to prepare multiagency law-enforcement teams to quickly respond to incidents involving missing, endangered, or abducted children. Mund had created the plaster casts of the tire marks at the scene of Wetterling's abduction. It went off. In exchange for closing the book on years of tears and speculation for the Wetterling family and theStearns County community as a whole, Heinrich will not face charges inJacob's murder. On July 7, 1997 a man named Michael Bahner confessed to being present at the kidnapping of Jacob Wetterling who was abducted on October 22, 1989. MB: He basically said that that he was going to do something but we didnt know. Our team has only reviewed ten percent of the recently released file and this is the second report from a law enforcement officer regarding cult activity in the Wetterling abduction. DM: Were just going try to get to the bottom of that night because there concerned about him, not him okay they already know he was there Im just trying if you could just tell me a little more of what you remember I mean how he got back up there or did he tell you right away Im going I mean how did he I mean you guys went there okay what did he say to you? The boy said Michael Bahnber put his penis in the victims butt and went back and forth and peed in his butt. MR. SCHLEICHER: Mr. Heinrich, at some point approximately a year later, did you return to the site where you had buried Jacob Wetterling's body? Brenda Bahner: Yeah but you know Ive been remembering things [somewhat inaudible]. Patty Wetterling stated she only met Vern Seitz a couple of times. THE DEFENDANT: I handcuffed him and put him in the front passenger seat of my car. I need to clarify a few things. Video of Jacob before abduction MB: He was on the front seat on the passenger side. Some questioned whether the deal was enough punishment for the crime, which shattered childhood innocence for many rural Minnesotans, changing the way parents let their kids roam. On September 6, 2016, Heinrich confessed to kidnapping and murdering Jacob Wetterling, as well as abducting and sexually assaulting Jared Scheierl. So you saw Jacob in the car? 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