ABSTRACT
Jacob Wetterling was kidnapped on October 22, 1989. Jacob (age 11), his brother Travis (10), and his friend Aaron (11) were riding their bikes home from a convenience store. A masked man with a gun approached them and told them to throw their bikes in the ditch and shut o€ their ±ashlights. He commanded Trevor and then Aaron to run toward the woods, with the threat of shooting them if they did not. e gunman held Jacob behind. By the time the boys looked back, both Jacob and the kidnapper were gone. Friends, relatives, neighbors, and people of the community searched in nearby remote areas and passed out ±yers every day, but to no avail. Jacob has not been heard from since. It is not uncommon that kidnappers sexually exploit the children they abduct.
