Finding Jacob Wetterling

<p> 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.</p><p> 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 Jacob Wetterling Act setting up a nationwide registry for offenders convicted of crimes against children.</p><p> 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.</p>