Jayme Closs wasn’t present for the sentencing, but an attorney did read a heartbreaking statement from the 13-year-old.
"I will always have my freedom and he will not. Jake Patterson can never take my courage," Jayme Closs vows in a powerful statement read on her behalf at kidnapper's hearing.
Jake Patterson was sentenced to life in prison without parole. https://t.co/avyiw67MQo pic.twitter.com/wPCPu7R327
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