Jayme Closs was missing for almost three months, but her aunt Jennifer Smith always believed the teen would make it back to her family Maria Pasquini is the staff editor for human interest’s ...

She has been working at PEOPLE since 2017. Jayme Closs, who was found on Thursday nearly three months after being allegedly abducted by a 21-year-old man who police say fatally shot her parents ...

Jayme Closs' second cousin Jodie Arnold tells PEOPLE Jayme's "perseverance and will to live" allowed her to escape Karen Mizoguchi is a former associate digital news editor at PEOPLE. She left ...

"I will always have my freedom and he will not," Closs said in a statement At only 13 years old, Jayme Closs‘ life was forever changed when her parents were brutally murdered and she was held ...

Patterson is accused of killing Jayme’ parents — James, 56, and Denise Closs, 46 — inside a home on the outskirts of Barron, Wisconsin, before abducting the teen, holding her captive for ...

Police have identified the man they allege killed Jayme Closs’ parents before abducting the teen, holding her captive for nearly three months before she managed to escape and find help Thursday.

Jayme Closs' aunt Jennifer Smith, who will act as the teen's legal guardian, wrote a heartwarming note after being reunited with her niece After being reunited with Jayme Closs nearly three months ...

PEOPLE has obtained the first photo of the 13-year-old with her aunt Jennifer Smith and her dog Molly Jayme Closs has reunited with her loved ones, one day after escaping the 21-year-old man who ...

Diane Tremblay plans to talk to every student in the school district before Jayme Closs returns to school. “I have a feeling kids aren’t going to know what to say,” Tremblay, superintendent ...

Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said that dispatchers received an unusual call early Monday from inside Jayme Closs' home in Barron, Wisconsin Chris Harris has been a senior true crime ...

Smart also hosted Elizabeth Smart: Finding Justice and Smart Justice: The Jayme Closs Case. Following the movie's premiere, Lifetime will air Beyond the Headlines: The Tanya Kach Story with ...