Her story has been widely reported on and has raised awareness about the issue of child abduction and the need for greater support for victims and their families. Then 13 years old, jayme escaped the home of the man who had killed her parents and abducted her for 87 days Wearing only her pajamas and her captor’s sneakers on the wrong feet, she trudged. Jayme closs, 13, escaped her abductor, jake thomas patterson, who killed her parents so he could kidnap her Patterson said he decided to kidnap jayme after seeing her board a school bus For the next 88 days, patterson held jayme captive in his rural wisconsin cabin, terrorizing her and confining her to a space under his bed for up to 12 hours at a time with no food, water, or bathroom breaks.
The biblical name jacob means ‘supplanter.’ In some cultures, jayme is also a surname Jaime is its most popular alternative. Jayme, who disappeared in october when her parents were killed, told authorities she was often barricaded under a bed in the home.
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