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The Jacob Wetterling Abduction

Crime Salad

Weird Salad Media

True Crime

4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In 1989, there were about 20,000 murders, but only 12,000 were solved. That’s only a 60% success rate, and that number hasn’t changed much in the last thirty years. You would think that with technology like DNA analysis and surveillance in more places, we’d be doing better. And of those unsolved crimes, few are solved years later. One of those 8000 unsolved cases in 1989 was the disappearance of Jacob Wetterling. Unlike so many others, this cold case did get a resolution, but it wasn’t until 27 years later. As a warning, this case references sexual abuse of children.


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Researched and Written by: Allison Hauser and Crime Salad

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Katie

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Hey, Crime Sal listeners. Welcome back to another episode of Crime Salad. My name is Ashley

0:31.2

and with me always is my partner in crime Ricky. Hey, guys. Hey, so we have a list of patrons

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more to that. We're going to focus on our Patreon a little bit more in the next few weeks. So

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and we have just a little shout out for those of you who left us a five star review. We really

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appreciate the support for those of you who took the time to show us some love. Lately we've been

1:31.4

getting eaten alive a little. So it really helps people like you find our show. And we just

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give us a pat on the back. Yeah. It gives us, you know, it makes us feel good too. Worms are

1:42.5

little hearts, especially when we get a few one star reviews. And then this kind of hurt a little.

1:49.6

They hurt a lot more than they probably should. Hmm. Sad. All right, guys. So let's jump into this

1:56.4

week's episode. In 1989, there were about 20,000 murders, but only 12,000 were solved. That's

2:06.3

only a 60% success rate. And that number hasn't changed much in the last 30 years. You would think

2:12.8

that with technology like DNA analysis and surveillance and more places, we'd be doing better.

2:18.9

And of those unsolved crimes, few are solved years later. One of those 8,000 unsolved cases in

2:26.2

1989 was the disappearance of Jacob Wetterling. Unlike so many others, this cold case did get a

2:34.7

resolution, but it wasn't until 27 years later. As a warning, this case references sexual abuse of

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