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May 23, 2017 at 10:40PM
October 23, 1989 Jerry Wetterling watches in dispair as his wife Patty breaks down in tears upon seeing the missing persons poster of abducted 11-year-o1d son Jacob that volunteers began spreading throughout the state and natiion Monday afternoon. Jacob was abducted from a country road near his home at 29422 Kiwi Court in ST. Joseph, MN at about 9,15 Sunday evening. (The two young women comforting Mrs. Wetterlinq are Shannon Brannan, right, a former foster daughter of the Wetterlings and Lisa Ov
October 23, 1989 Jerry Wetterling watches in dispair as his wife Patty breaks down in tears upon seeing the missing persons poster of abducted 11-year-o1d son Jacob that volunteers began spreading throughout the state and natiion Monday afternoon. Jacob was abducted from a country road near his home at 29422 Kiwi Court in ST. Joseph, MN at about 9,15 Sunday evening. (The two young women comforting Mrs. Wetterlinq are Shannon Brannan, right, a former foster daughter of the Wetterlings and Lisa Overturf, a niece.) October 24, 1989 Friends and family gathered Monday at the St. Joseph, Minn., home of Jacob Wetterling, 11, son of Jerry Wetterling, standing, and his wife, Patty, holding poster. Shannon Brannan, right a former foster daughter, and Lisa Overturf, a niece, offered comfort over Jacob's apparent abduction. Rita Reed, Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jamie Hutt — Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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