SNATCHED FROM THE STREET
Oct 01, 2020
3 minutes
COMPILED BY RUSSELL BELL
Climbing on his bike, 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling felt very grown up.
It was 9pm on October 22, 1989, and he was about to cycle down to the local convenience store to rent a video with his younger brother Trevor, 10, and their friend Aaron, 11.
His parents were out for dinner and his mum, Patty, had said no the first time Jacob had called to ask if he could go. It was dark and too dangerous, she said.
But then Jacob rang his dad, Jerry, promising
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