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“Last October, Jake Patterson took a lot of things that I love away from me.'
A Wisconsin judge ruled on Friday that the man who admitted to slaying the parents of 13-year-old Jayme Closs before abducting and holding her captive for 88 days will spend the rest of his life serving two life terms in prison without parole, according to the New York Times and Associated Press.
The couple’s extended family spoke on Friday about the lasting impact of her their deaths, but it was Jayme’s statement that made media headlines that afternoon. Family attorney Chris Gramstrup read the statement on behalf of the teen, who was not in the courtroom, to Barron County Circuit Court Judge James C. Babler:“Last October, Jake Patterson took a lot of things that I love away from me. It makes me the most sad that he took away my mom and my dad.
“But there’s some things that Jake Patterson can never take from me. He can’t take my freedom. He thought that he could own me but he was wrong. I was smarter. I watched his routine, and I took back my freedom. I will always have my freedom, and he will not. “Jake Patterson will never have any power over me. I feel like I have some power over him, because I get to tell the judge what I think should happen to him. He stole my parents from me. He stole almost everything I love from me. For 88 days he tried to steal me, and he didn’t care who he hurt or who he killed to do that.
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