/ CBS Minnesota. MINNEAPOLIS --A Minnesota man who abducted, sexually assaulted and killed 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling 27 years agoapologized in court Monday for his evil acts as he was sentenced to 20 years in prison on a child pornography count that let authorities close the books on a mystery that had haunted the state for nearly three decades. [21] In sentencing Heinrich, Judge Tunheim said: We won't pretend that this crime and sentence is about child pornography. "For the sake of Jacob I hope there's justice whoever it may be I guess.". At a hearing before Judge John Tunheim of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, Heinrich testified that he kidnapped and handcuffed the boy, drove him to a gravel pit near Paynesville, molested him, killed him and buried his body. That led to a search of Heinrich's house in Annandale, which appears to have turned up no evidence connecting him to the assault or Jacob's abduction. Court documents also say Heinrich was once a patient at the Willmar Regional Treatment Center as a young man. His abduction remained a mystery for nearly twenty-seven years. In exchange, he was only sentenced on one count of child pornography, following his 2015 arrest. Advances in DNA technology had led investigators to being looked at Heinrichs possible role in Wetterlings disappearance. Friends and neighbors paint a dark picture of Danny Heinrich's past. Sources told WCCO just this year investigators revisited Heinrich's connection to an early morning arson on November 12, 1989 at a home he was known to visit. Hauntingly, Hart says Heinrich asked him how to dispose of a body. Sources say the FBI took a second look at that fire again this year. Nothing frustrated him more than not solving this crime. Just like everyone else, I was was deeply saddened last week to learn of the final twist in the tragic tale of the abduction of Jacob Wetterling. In March of 1989 his Mercury Topez was repossessed. His trial in that case is set for next month, but he changed his plea in that case to guilty. Our investigation this week uncovered that Heinrich was also familiar with a house that caught fire exactly three weeks after Wetterling disappeared. [23], Four months after Wetterling's abduction, his parents, Jerry and Patty Wetterling, formed the Jacob Wetterling Foundation, an advocacy group for children's safety. Danny Heinrich, who confessed to kidnapping and killing 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling in 1989, apologized as he was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday, November 21 - read more But, ultimately, police found nothing they could use to justify a charge in the Wetterling case. Danny Heinrich. This sentencing should serve as a reminder to those who perpetrate crimes against children: Law enforcement will never give up in its hunt to find you and bring you to justice no matter how long it may take., The victims today spoke eloquently of the real effect of these crimes, for not only themselves but also on behalf of other victims both present and represented in the videos and in the vast amount of child pornography Heinrich possessed, said Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall. Police arrested Hart in 1990, three months after Wetterling went missing. Since Jacobs abduction, the Wetterling family has become noted advocates for missing and exploited children, founding a resource center in his name and lobbying for legislation. As part of his plea allocution, HEINRICH admitted in court that on October 22, 1989, he abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling. [18][19] He said that he came back to the site a year later and moved the body after noticing that Wetterling's jacket had become exposed. [25] The law has been amended several times, most famously by Megan's Law in 1996 and the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act in 2006. He drove him to an area near a gravel pit, sexually assaulted him and then, in a panic, shot him and buried him, he told the judge. MINNEAPOLIS -- Danny Heinrich, the man who led authorities to the remains of Jacob Wetterling, admitted in U.S. District Court Tuesday, Sept. 6, that he abducted and killed the 11-year-old boy . In a bargain with prosecutors that was approved by the Wetterlings, Heinrich admitted to Jacobs abduction, assault and slaying, as well as Scheierls abduction and sexual assault and he at last led investigators to Jacobs remains. While Heinrich may be eligible for release after 17 years, he could be civilly committed as a sex offender in Minnesota and remain in state custody. The pre-teen was taken at gunpoint by a man close to Wetterlings home in St. Joseph, Minnesota, on October 22, 1989. MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Friends and neighbors paint a dark picture of Danny Heinrich's past. There were 8 reported incidents of young boys assaulted near here. The Paynseville Press wrote about that fire back in 1989. Luger said. READ: Why Jacob Wetterlings confessed killer isnt charged with murder. Danny James Heinrich, who has been a person of interest in the 27-year-old cold case since day one, confessed Tuesday to sexually assaulting and killing the boy, according to The Associated Press. Jared Scheierl, who was 12 when Heinrich abducted and sexually assaulted him months before Jacob vanished, also read a statement in court: Were here today to hear the level of pain and trauma that Danny Heinrich has inflicted on a number of people through the course of 27 years or longer.. Danny Heinrich will appear in federal court in Minneapolis at 1 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. The Star-Tribune reports that as recently as July 28, deputies from Stearns County searched Heinrichs home. A then 26-year-old Heinrich was having financial trouble. He just wanted to go home, Patty Wetterling said. Jacob Wetterling's remains were found Saturday, authorities say, in a rural part of Paynesville not far from Heinrich's home. [29], Terry, Karen J. and Ackerman, Elissa R. 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As a federal prosecution source previously explained to PEOPLE, [Heinrich] is not getting away with murder. He said he saw a handgun, two police scanners and a black "ninja-type" suit, all of which are hallmarks of the assaults in the area. Former Brooklyn Park Police Chief Don Davis was not involved with the investigation into Wetterling's kidnapping, but in his 35 years in law enforcement he knows a lot can be learned from the time leading up to a crime. 2016 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. According to Gudmundson, Heinrich's driving tactics matched those used by the man who abducted and sexually assaulted 12-year-old Jared Scheierl in January 1989. He's a convicted sex offender from Paynesville and a long-time acquaintance of the Heinrich family. Documents say that the videos found in Heinrichs home were apparently shot by the suspect from hidden locations. Heinrich read a brief statement himself, apologizing to Scheierl and the Wetterlings for his crimes. In 1989, shortly after Wetterling went missing, Heinrich was questioned by FBI agents but deserved closer scrutiny, reports Fox Minneapolis. WCCO is taking a closer look at what was happening in the life of Danny Heinrich in the days before, and after, Jacob Wetterling went missing. In Heinrich's 2016 confession he said he initially buried Wetterling on Sewage Pond Road. Well, to spare myself and the humiliation I would have brought to my family for my actions., There is no more, your Honor, he said. The Wetterling family openly wept in court as Heinrich went into detail about the night he kidnapped, assaulted and killed Jacob. While the sentence for Danny Heinrich was as expected, the courtroom scene was gut-wrenching at times as Jacob's family spoke of how the 11-year-old's abduction in 1989 and the nearly 30-year . He is the man in jail on child pornography charges and a person of interest in Jacob Wetterling's kidnapping. [27] It carries on the work started by the Wetterling family "to educate the public about who takes children, how they do it and what each of us can do to stop it". She said: "All I can confirm is that Jacob has been found and our hearts are broken. He says he turned investigative notes over to the FBI in 2014 from Hart, who admitted in those notes that Heinrich's older brother was one of his victims. Heinrich served as a specialist in the National Guard. Find Danny Heinrich's phone number, address, and email on Spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information. What's remarkable about this lineup is who didn't see it: Neither Trevor Wetterling nor Aaron Larson, who were with Wetterling when he was kidnapped, nor any of the seven victims of the Paynesville molester. Why would you bring bullets if not to use them? Right now we know what is being reported. Heinrich then demanded to view the faces of the two remaining boys. They never rebuilt that one.". He said he panicked, told Jacob to turn around because he had to urinate. A year later he reburied him in a field near Paynesville, where he lived at the time, about 30 miles from St. Joseph. ), Speaking from the bench on Monday, Judge John Tunheim, who sentenced Heinrich, said, This long nightmare is not over. He was also the investigator who, on Oct. 30, 1989, had received an FBI crime lab report connecting the tracks to one of two types of Sears tires. You didnt need to hurt him. "Finally, we know," said U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger at a press conference after the hearing. He told a federal judge and a packed courtroom on Sept. 6 that he was driving on a dead-end road near St. Joseph nearly 27 years ago, when he saw Jacob and two other boys on bikes with flashlight. That year was 1989. Every child matters. Danny Heinrich, 53, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on child pornography charges part of a plea deal made in exchange for admitting that he took Jacob's life. If you know anything about this man, his ties to St. Joseph in 1989 and his victimization of children or since, please call the Stearns County Sheriffs Department at 320-259-3700 or 320-656-6625. At 3:40 p.m., less than 48 hours after Jacob Wetterling is abducted while riding his bike, a local high school sophomore walks into the Stearns County Sheriff's Office with his father and asks to meet with an investigator. Fast forward to 2015. Jacob's brother was told to run toward a nearby wooded area and not look back or else he would be shot. Stearns County detectives finally arrest Heinrich in connection with the kidnapping and molestation of Scheierl. They said there's two boys in there. In his research Dudley discovered in July of '89, three months before Wetterling was kidnapped, a 9-year-old St. Joseph boy told police he ran from a man driving a light tan van who asked him to get inside. Gudmundson said he asked retired Stearns County detectives why they didn't take another look at Heinrich. ", "It all hits home. It's the same date documents said Heinrich started a new job. Makes you wonder who is who," Herding said. Today, he is facing justice.". I encourage all Minnesotans to draw on the example of Patty and Jerry Wetterling, who transformed their grief into hope., (Heinrichs defense team did not immediately respond to PEOPLEs request for comment on the sentencing. What happened? The boy thinks the "quick, military, and proficient" style of the attacks resembles what happened to Wetterling. In addition, there are shoe prints from the scene of Wetterlings abduction that may match Heinrichs. Patty Wetterling also told her sons killer she wont waste a minute of time thinking about him from this day forward.. I didn't know who they were until later on they identified Danny Heinrich as one of them," Athmann said. / CBS Minnesota. Heinrich, 53, entered a guilty plea on Sept. 6 in the deal that prevents him from facing more serious state charges, but will . It was to bring Jacob home or not.. [13] However, a search warrant was granted, and child pornography was found in Heinrich's house, leading to his arrest on October 28, 2015. That incident occurred 10mi (16km) from where he would later stop the Wetterling brothers and their friend. Female forms are Henrike and Henriette. Herding says it was well known that Hart also molested Danny Heinrich. Sheriff Gudmundson said Scheierl should have been given a chance to hear the men talk so he could tell if their voices matched his abductor's. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Stearns County investigators don't pursue the lead until Jan. 5, 1990, nearly three months later. Child pornography is devastating, harmful criminal activity. Danny Heinrich appeared in a photo lineup Jan. 26, 1990. (Victims of sexual assault typically are not identified, but Scheierl has discussed his case publicly.). On September 3, Wetterling's family announced that the bones were those of Jacob, and local law enforcement stated that the identity of the bones had been confirmed by dental records. In 2010, John Sanner, then the Stearns County sheriff, identified Dan Rassier as a "person of interest" in the crime. And when police were about to execute the 2015 search warrant, they first came to Heinrich's workplace, a plywood veneer manufacturing company in Buffalo, Minn. We will be available for comment next week but ask for some space at this point in time. Find Danny Heinrich's phone number, address, and email on Spokeo, the leading people search directory for contact information and public records. This three-day period should have made investigators more suspicious of Heinrich, not less. The boy says that in the last two years, there have been roughly eight molestations in nearby Paynesville, Minnesota. Today we ask for a little time. I dont know what else to say. Investigators also believed he recently had a high-stress event in his life that triggered the high-risk way he kidnapped Wetterling. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that there is DNA evidence that connects Heinrich to a separate sexual assault case in Cold Spring, Minnesota, also from 1989. Heinrich, 53, made the confession as he was pleading guilty to separate federal child pornography charges. He will be sentenced at a hearing in November. While some of Jacobs siblings said they want Heinrich to spend the rest of his life in prison, the family agreed with prosecutors and investigators that the plea deal was their best hope of learning Jacobs fate. As part of his plea bargain, prosecutors agreed not to charge Heinrich with murder. Patty also addressed Heinrich directly: You didnt just bring a gun to scare the boys, you brought bullets. Sources tell WCCO a plea deal has been in the works for months to get Heinrich to tell FBI investigators where Wetterling's body was, an arrangement that was approved by the Wetterling family. Although the criminal complaint says that recordings of news segments about Wetterlings disappearance were found. As part of the plea deal, Heinrich will likely serve 20 years in prison. Please enter valid email address to continue. Additional news available on our website. "We regard the interrogation as perhaps the most fatal flaw in the Wetterling investigation," Gudmundson said. Cloud, is named in Jacob's honor. Another indication, experts said, that he may have been trying to avoid detection. According to HEINRICHs guilty plea, on October 22, 1989, he abducted, sexually assaulted, and murdered Jacob Wetterling. If he is released, he will be required to register as a sex offender and be under a lifetime of court-ordered supervision. / CBS Minnesota. Danny Heinrich. This case is the result of an investigation conducted by the FBI, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Stearns County Sheriffs Office. Aliases. "[15][16][17], In the plea agreement, Heinrich agreed to plead guilty to one count of the 25 federal child pornography charges brought against him. Twitter: twitter.com/MissingKids76 Copyright Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. pic.twitter.com/KlN7UwZvRP, Chad Nelson (@CMNelsonPhoto) October 29, 2015. I'm going to do that again.' "I equate it to shoplifting. Nothing comes of the interview. In court documents, a judge asks him why he dropped out of school in his junior year. Patty Wetterling spoke to the media after Tuesday's court hearing. In 1994, the federal Jacob Wetterling Act was passed and named for Jacob. Illuminating Journalism from American Public Media. [12] The statute of limitations had expired for the Cold Spring kidnapping, meaning Heinrich could not be arrested and charged with that crime. "Planning of the time and the place of an arrest sometimes is the most important part of an investigation. Its a traumatic event that defines your life in a lot of ways.. Every parent at one point or another tends to bend the rules to make their child happy; however, Jerry never expected that overturning his wife's decision would lead to the kidnapping and brutal murder of their 11-year-old son Jacob Wetterling. She pointed out that by Heinrichs own admission, he put two bullets into his gun and shot Jacob with them. He had maintained his innocence in the abduction until Tuesday's hearing, when he described the crime in gruesome detail and said he had acted alone. Life is hard, Larson added, but Jacob showed us how great this hard life can be., The Wetterling family said in a statement following the sentencing, in part, We are so grateful for the collaborative effort that it took to find answers., We are getting stronger every day and we will deal with the finality of the search for answers, but like many other realities of life, healing has its ebbs and flows, the Wetterlings said. A spokesperson said he did not take part in any search for Wetterling in St. Joseph. Tunheim said he wont pretend that the sentence is only about child pornography. The attorney said Heinrich was moved most by the Wetterlings and that in the end the only thing he felt like he could give them is the location of Jacobs body so they could bury him.. They took a sample of his hair and searched his father's home. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. According to U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger, Heinrich has denied any involvement.. Tim Thone, of Woodbury-based Thone Development LLC, announced on Wednesday he will buy the property at 55 Myrtle Ave. S., Annandale, and flatten it on Dec. 23. That search was related to the Wetterling case. Mr. We curate and disseminate outstanding articles from diverse domains and disciplines to create fusion and synergy. The same day that Heinrich fails a polygraph test and is found to have car tires that resemble tracks left at the site of Wetterling's abduction, investigators put him under surveillance. Heinrich . That was a serious mistake.". With renewed interest in Heinrich, investigators took the hair sample he had given decades earlier and tested it for a DNA match to evidence held in storage from the 1989 Scheierl assault. 1/23/1990: Search warrant obtained for Heinrich's father's house, located at 16021 County Road 124, Paynesville, MN, where a family member claimed Danny had moved in Oct. 1989 (raising . Every second counts., The FBI, along with our law enforcement partners, never wavered in the effort to solve this heinous crime, said Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Minneapolis Division Richard T. Thornton. Authorities released a sketch of that man a week after Wetterling went missing. Danny Heinrich, 53, led authorities this summer to the field where he buried Jacobs remains. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Retired Stearns County investigators do n't pursue the lead until Jan. 5 1990. 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