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In The Dark

S1 E3: The One Who Got Away

In The Dark

The New Yorker

Society & Culture, True Crime, Documentary

4.728.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2016

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The closest you can get to a conversation with Jacob Wetterling about his abduction is to talk to Jared Scheierl. Scheierl was walking home from an ice skating rink in Cold Spring in January 1989 when a man who turned out to be Danny Heinrich forced him into a car, assaulted him, and let him go, uttering some chilling parting words: "If they come close to finding out who I am, I'll find you and kill you." That was nine months before Jacob's abduction. Support investigative journalism with a donation to In the Dark.

Transcript

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0:35.3

I love, like enjoying a latte on the bus with some music or on a walk with a friend. My

0:42.7

only resolution is to enjoy more of what I love, like switching up my usual with oat,

0:49.2

soy, almond or coconut. All delicious non-dairy alternatives available at Starbucks for no extra

0:56.3

charge. Whilst stocks last, subjects were availability. Previously, on In The Dark.

1:02.5

On the outskirts of his hometown of St. Joseph, a young boy's mysterious disappearance.

1:07.6

When you looked at me and any grab Jacob and he told me to run as fast as I could in the

1:11.1

woods with each shoot. Times your biggest enemy in a investigation. People have short memories,

1:16.2

they don't remember everything correctly. You gotta get out there and talk to people and

1:20.3

find out what the hell's going on. Did the police ever come knocking at your doors and

1:25.6

did you live in the neighborhood? Did you ever have to talk to the cops about it or?

1:28.7

No, no, they never did. They never did. Okay. I remember just leaving out of there just

1:34.0

so angry because they weren't listening to anything that I had to say. We are here today

1:40.7

because of the perseverance of the investigative team. We got the truth. The weatherling family

1:46.3

can bring him home. Earlier this year, I went out to meet up with a guy named Jared

1:58.9

Chyrell. Hi, Madeline. Hi. Jared is 40 now. He lives in a house in Central Minnesota,

2:05.8

down a long dirt driveway with a big friendly black dog. It's peaceful here. 80 acres of land,

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