Jacob Wetterling case is on The Hunt Sunday

This one always haunted me too. Maybe because it happened pretty close and I was raising kids at the time. I'm going to try to remember to watch it.

I was a senior in St. Joseph at the College of St. Benedict at the time. I remember it quite well and yes, it still haunts me. It's a tiny town in the middle of rural Minnesota, and a major freeway is about a mile from where it happened.

I lived alone and realized how easy it would be for me to be missing for days before I was missed. It changed how I leave a trail to this day, as I often travel alone and DH has been deployed numerous times over the years.

I just hope that some day the family can find some peace.

They suspected a man with a farm nearby and all these years later searched his property but nothing came from it. More recent a local blogger posted about a man who committed several cases of molestation and how his crimes were similar sround the same time. But he died in prison a month or so ago after denying anything.

This is on the Nationsl Center For Missing & Exploited Children: m.facebook.com/missingkids?_rdr

I am pretty sure the family has peace. They are very involved in missing children foundations and programs. Though I find it odd you never hear from the dad? Patty is very involved. They did interview one of the boys a few yrs ago. He seemed very normal, and I think it was when they were graduating HS? and looking back.

I don't get the sense that the family is at peace at all. I've heard Patty talk at some trainings I've been at and she says they are coping with not ever knowing the truth as best they can. The family has had personal ups and downs about the abduction and doing the best they can. His friends have suffered enormous guilt and struggled with asking why he was taken and not them.

Jerry has let Patty take the lead in communication and in the media, but does participate in interviews at times. He's continued his practice all these years.