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In The Dark

S1 Update: A Sentencing, A Demand, No Closure

In The Dark

The New Yorker

Society & Culture, True Crime, Documentary

4.728.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2016

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The sentencing of Danny Heinrich on Nov. 21, 2016, brought to a close the 27-year investigation into the abduction and murder of Jacob Wetterling. But it didn't end the story. Support investigative journalism with a donation to In the Dark.

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Hi, this is Madeline Baron. I'm here to give you an update because since the last episode

1:05.6

of In the Dark was released, a few things have happened that I thought you'd want to

1:09.7

hear about. People have been writing to ask me how Jacob Wetterling's family is doing

1:15.1

since Danny Heinrich confessed to killing Jacob. And I did get a chance to talk to Jacob's

1:20.0

parents recently. I also had a chance to hear from their other children and from Jacob's

1:25.5

best friend, the one who was with him that night in 1989 when Jacob was kidnapped while

1:31.3

biking home from a store. We didn't interview them for the podcast. Jacob's siblings have

1:36.5

mostly stayed out of the media, but recently in court, they finally got to talk directly

1:42.5

to the man who killed their brother. So I'm going to tell you what they had to say.

1:47.3

And what Heinrich said at his sentencing. And I've also got an update on Dan Rassier,

1:53.1

the guy who lived right by the kidnapping site and was under suspicion for so many years.

1:58.7

A lot of people have written, ask how he's doing now, whether he's gotten his stuff back,

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