Finding Jacob Wetterling (eBook)

The 27-Year Investigation from Kidnapping to Confession

Dudley Robert M. Dudley (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
216 Seiten
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4766-2836-3 (ISBN)

Infos

In October 1989, 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling was abducted near his home in the small town of St. Joseph, Minnesota. Despite an unparalleled effort to find him, his whereabouts remained a mystery for 27 years--until his kidnapper, arrested on another charge, confessed to Wetterling's murder and led authorities to his buried remains in September 2016. Wetterling's disappearance--and the national media attention that followed--had far-reaching effects. No longer was small-town America considered safe from the exploitation of children. In 1993, Congress passed the "e;Jacob Wetterling Act,"e; setting up a nationwide registry for offenders convicted of crimes against children. Based in part on earlier publications by the author, this detailed account chronicles the decades-long search for Wetterling and his abductor. Long-overlooked names and information that pointed the way to solving the case are brought to the forefront of the investigation.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.11.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• ISBN-10: 1-4766-2836-X / 147662836X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4766-2836-3 / 9781476628363