Jayme Closs case timeline
By Staff Reports
February 6, 2019 at 2:36PM
![The home of James and Denise Closs in Barron, Wis. is seen with Barron County Sheriff vehicles parked outside. ] LEILA NAVIDI • leila.navidi@startribune.com BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Press conference held at the Barron Couty Justice Center in Barron, Wis. to update the case of missing person 13-year-old Jayme Closs on Wednesday, October 24, 2018.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/37ESWTV5NR3G55E4NMWJY5BIBA.jpg?&w=712)
Oct. 18: About 100 volunteers trudge through brush and scour ditches along Hwy. 8 looking for clues, but find nothing.
Oct. 22: A "gathering of hope" for Jayme draws a crowd to a local high school football field. Earlier that day, authorities ask the public to look for two cars seen in the area around the time Jayme disappeared.
Oct. 23: About 1,500 volunteers cover a dozen square miles searching for clues in the second search for Jayme.
Oct. 24: Jayme's family members break their silence at a news conference and deliver an emotional plea for her safe return. A $25,000 reward for information leading to Jayme's whereabouts is announced.
Oct. 27: Hundreds of mourners attend a funeral service for James and Denise Closs in nearby Cameron, Wis.
Jan. 10: Jayme is found alive in the town of Gordon, Wis., at 4:43 p.m. Minutes later, suspect Jake T. Patterson, 21, is arrested.
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