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On October 15, 2018, a couple was brutally murdered in a small Wisconsin town, and their 13-year-old daughter vanished without a trace. For 88 days, the search for Jayme Closs was a mystery that captivated the nation and left a grieving family holding its breath. KARE 11 television reporter Lou Raguse extensively covered the months-long investigation and takes listeners inside the case and into the mind of the killer. Hear in-depth interviews, analysis, and how it all unfolded. 88 Days: The Jayme Closs Story is a KARE 11 original podcast in association with Vault Studios. New episodes are released on Tuesdays. https://88dayspodcast.com
A neighbor's 911 call ends your waiting; the aftermath asks you to stay.
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A sentencing hearing turns Jamie's 88-day confinement into a stark record of evidence, exhibits, and Patterson's own words.
Chapter 8 finds its shape in Jake Patterson's sentencing hearing, with a full Barron County courtroom, Judge James Babbler calling State v. Jake Patterson, and testimony that lays out the kidnapping and murders in plain legal sequence.
A brief hearing gives way to written answers that sharpen the questions around Jamie's captivity.
Chapter 7 uses Jake Patterson's brief courtroom appearance as a way into what still feels unresolved after he waives his preliminary hearing and tells his family he loves them.
A grim court appearance and the evidence from Patterson's home give his account sharp, troubling weight.
Chapter 6 follows the case into one of its most public and unsettling moments: Jake Patterson's first court appearance after being charged with kidnapping 13-year-old Jamie Kloss and killing her parents.
A false Facebook rumor gives way to Jamie's quiet return and first account of what happened.
Chapter 5 opens on a false Facebook rumor and turns it into a tense, closely held account of the search for Jamie, a 13-year-old girl missing since October after the homicides at her home.
A disturbing break-in leads into a quiet portrait of a family's hope under relentless pressure.
Chapter 4 follows the Kloss case from a disturbing break-in at the family home into the strain of a search still pressing on at Thanksgiving. The Barron County sheriff says the man charged is not a suspect in Jamie's disappearance or in the murder of her parents, which gives…
A funeral, a widening search, and a family's fear keep this chapter close to the ground.
Chapter 3 moves from the murders of Jim and Denise Kloss to their funeral, with a $50,000 reward, a frightened community, and the search for 13-year-old Jamie all pressing in at once.
A rural Wisconsin murder case opens with two gunshots, a missing girl, and neighbors struggling to make sense of the night.
Chapter 1, Day One starts in the dark hours of a Barron County, Wisconsin night, with a brutal murder, a missing 13-year-old girl, and a small western Wisconsin town suddenly pushed into fear.
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Lou Raguse follows Jake Patterson's sentencing hearing in Barron County, Wisconsin, where six Kloss family members and Jamie Closs's attorney Chris Gramstrup present victim-impact statements.
Lou Raguse and Ellie Coder examine an 11-question letter Jake Patterson sent from the Polk County Jail about the kidnapping of Jamie Kloss and the deaths of Jim and Denise Kloss.
Lou Raguse reports on Jake Patterson’s first court appearance, where a Wisconsin judge set five-million-dollar cash bail after charges in the deaths of James and Denise Kloss and the kidnapping of Jamie Kloss.
Lou Raguse reconstructs how a false January 10, 2019 Facebook report about Jamie Kloss gave way to confirmation that she had been found alive after 88 days.
Chapter 4 of 88 Days: The Jamie Kloss Story follows the investigation through a break-in at the Kloss home, a false lead involving Kyle Janky Annis, and continuing uncertainty around Jamie’s disappearance.
Lou Raguse's 88 Days: The Jayme Closs Story, Chapter 1 follows October 15, 2018, when two adults were found dead near Barron, Wisconsin, and 13-year-old Jamie Kloss was reported missing.
In Chapter 2 of 88 Days: The Jamie Kloss Story, Lou Raguse follows the first week of Jamie's disappearance after Jim and Denise Kloss are killed in Barron County, Wisconsin.
Chapter 3 of 88 Days: The Jayme Closs Story follows Lou Raguse's interview with Jim Kloss's siblings Kelly Englehart and Jeff Kloss one month after Jim and Denise were killed and Jayme remained missing.