Kidnapping of Jayme Closs
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On October 15, 2018, 21-year-old Jake Thomas Patterson abducted 13-year-old Jayme Lynn Closs after fatally shooting her parents, James and Denise Closs, at their home just outside of Barron, Wisconsin
The Closs family home in Barron, Wisconsin, north of Highway 8, where the murders and kidnapping took place.
Elizabeth Smart
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Elizabeth Ann Gilmour is an American child safety activist and commentator for ABC News. She was put into the national spotlight in 2002 at age 14 when she was abducted from her home in Salt Lake City
Kidnapping of Jayme Closs
…her escape. On April 27, 2019, a documentary titled Smart Justice: The Jayme Closs Case premiered on the Lifetime network. The documentary is hosted by Elizabeth Ann Smart, a high-profile kidnapping survivor and advocate for missing and exploited children. Joining Smart in the documentary are female high-profile kidnapping…
Smart in 2023
Elizabeth Smart (center) and her mother Lois meet with President George W. Bush in the Roosevelt Room at the signing of the PROTECT Act of 2003
Smart in 2012