Jayme Closs, a 13-year-old girl who was missing since October, has been found alive in Wisconsin. The Barron County Sheriff’s Department confirmed late Thursday that the teenager was abducted from her home on October 15, 2018, which was the same day her parents were found shot dead inside of their home. Jayme was able to escape her captor and flagged down a dog walker.
The dogwalker accompanied Jayme to her neighbor’s home, belonging to Kristin and Peter Kasinskas, where they dialed 911 for help.
Closs was located approximately 70 miles from her home.
“I think we recognized Jayme immediately. I mean, her picture has been everywhere around here, billboards and things so we recognized her immediately. She seemed kind of in shock and kind of timid, but she did talk to us a little bit, and she came in and sat down in our living room and was able to have a conversation with us,” Kristin Kasinskas told the TODAY Show.
“She didn’t give us a ton of detail. I had asked her if she knew where Gordon, Wisconsin, was. She did not know where Gordon was, and she didn’t know where she was at the time. She was – she did state who she believed had her, and she did give us a little information about the person’s car. But other than that she didn’t give us a ton of detail about.”
The Kasinskas said Jayme showed up to their home “skinny, dirty and wearing shoes too big for her feet.” She declined food but otherwise appeared okay.
A suspect has been taken into custody and arrested in connection to her disappearance but has not been identified.
Let’s hope that authorities can identify the person responsible for Jayme’s abduction and the murder of her parents, James, 56, and Denise Closs, 46.