Jacob’s Legacy
“What did I do wrong?”
Handcuffed, trapped in a car disappearing into the night, this was the question posed to his abductor.
You did nothing wrong, Jacob. You did nothing wrong.
You didn’t know that vile, depraved evil exists and stalks the most vulnerable. Proof came again yesterday as a sexual predator and murderer confessed in graphic detail how he abducted and killed eleven-year-old Jacob Wetterling almost 27 years ago in rural Minnesota. Hearing this brought tears and took breath away in the same moment.
Over the years, Jacob’s story would surface now and then with new leads but no results. Through it all, Patty Wetterling, Jacob’s mother, and family provided relentless advocacy for Jacob and other missing and exploited children.
Now that our worst fears have been confirmed, what can be learned?