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10.22.1989
11-year-old Jacob Wetterling abducted and killed while biking home
10.22.1989
Minnesota 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling was biking home from a convenience story with his younger brother and a friend when they were stopped by a masked man with a revolver. The assailant let the other boys go, but abducted Jacob, who was sexually assaulted and then killed. It took 27 years before authorities made an arrest. Danny Heinrich confessed to the crime, led investigators to the burial site and also admitted to kidnapping and molesting another preteen boy earlier in 1989.
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