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Livestream at 1:30 p.m.: Jake Patterson sentenced in Barron, Wis.

More than seven months after he shot his way into a home in western Wisconsin, killing two adults and abducting their teenage daughter, Jake Patterson is headed back to court for his sentencing.

May 24, 2019 at 7:03PM
Jake T. Patterson, charged with kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents last fall, appeared for a brief hearing in Barron County Circuit Court on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, in Barron, Wis. The 21-year-old Wisconsin man pleaded guilty on Wednesday, March 27, 2019.
Jake T. Patterson, charged with kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents last fall, appeared for a brief hearing in Barron County Circuit Court on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, in Barron, Wis. The 21-year-old Wisconsin man pleaded guilty on Wednesday, March 27, 2019. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune/TNS) ORG XMIT: 1303462 (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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