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Where is Aaron Larson now? Latest update on Jacob Wetterling’s friend as ABC 20/20 episode shines light on kidnapping

Where is Aaron Larson now? Latest update on Jacob Wetterling’s friend as ABC 20/20 episode shines light on kidnapping

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The Jacob Wetterling case left the country and the small Minnesota town terrified. The child was kidnapped back in 1989 and his body would only be found years later. Now a new ABC 20/20 episode is bringing the case back into the spotlight and focus has gone to Aaron Larson, Wetterling’s best friend, who along with the victim’s brother was present when he was taken by a masked man all those years back. Jacob Wetterling was cycling back home with his brother, Trevor, and best friend, when the 11-year-old was kidnapped by a masked man. (X/@MSHPTrooperF) What happened to Jacob Wetterling? Jacob Wetterling was kidnapped and murdered when he was just eleven years old. Wetterling and his brother, Trevor, and friend, Aaron Larson, were biking when a stranger stopped them and asked them to put their bikes down in the ditch and lie face down. At the time Trevor was ten and Aaron was eleven. He asked them to run and not look back, threatening to shoot them otherwise. When the were united and finally …

Who is Jared Scheierl and where is he now? Survivor who helped crack Jacob Wetterling case returns in ABC’s 20/20

Who is Jared Scheierl and where is he now? Survivor who helped crack Jacob Wetterling case returns in ABC’s 20/20

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A new ABC 20/20 episode, “Where Are You, Jacob?”, has renewed public interest in the Jacob Wetterling case. The special also features an updated interview with Jared Scheierl, the Minnesota man whose survival and decades-long pursuit of justice played a pivotal role in solving the 1989 murder. Following Danny Heinrich’s court admissions, Jared Scheierl speaks with the media in September 2016. (@CarolineLoweTV) Scheierl was 12 years old when he was abducted at gunpoint and sexually assaulted by Heinrich near Cold Spring, Minnesota, on January 13, 1989. He survived the attack after Heinrich ordered him to run without looking back. Months later, 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling was abducted similarly and murdered. On October 22, 1989, Jacob Wetterling was abducted while riding his bicycle with his younger brother and a friend near St. Joseph, Minnesota. Heinrich later confessed to sexually assaulting and killing the 11-year-old out of fear that the boy could identify him. The case remained unsolved for nearly 27 years until investigators matched Heinrich’s DNA with evidence preserved from Scheierl’s assault. Heinrich later confessed to Jacob’s …