A 13 year-old girl held captive for 88 days by a man who murdered her parents hit out at him for turning her into a recluse.
Speaking through her attorney Chris Gramstrup Thursday, Jayme Closs condemned Jake Patterson, saying: ‘Last October Jake Patterson took a lot of things that I love away from me.
‘What makes me most sad is that he took away my mom and dad.
‘They did all they could to love and protect me. He took them away from me forever.
‘I don’t want to even see my home or my stuff because of that memory of that night. I have to have an alarm in the house just so I can sleep.
‘I used to love to go out with my friends… he took all of those things away from me too. It’s too hard for me too go out in public. I get too scared and anxious’
Jayme’s mother Denise and dad James were shot dead by Patterson at their home in Barron, Wisconsin, last October.
Did Ariana Grande 'call for security' after being asked to sing like James Charles?The youngster vanished for 88 days, but managed to escape Patterson’s home and raise the alarm in January.
Jayme told how she loved her parents and home, and that she’d felt safe there – until Patterson came and kidnapped her after driving past her on the way home from work, and deciding he wanted to abduct her.
Chilling details of the double murder and abduction were revealed in court for the first time Friday.
Prosecutor Brian Wright told how Patterson had become intent on abducting Jayme, and drove up to her home on the night of the abduction in a car with false number plates.
The terrified youngster saw his car pull up on her parents’ remote drive that night, and woke them up.
Denise took Jayme into a bathroom while James went to confront the intruder, who shot him dead through the door of the family’s home.
He then forced his way into the house by shooting its lock, and opened the bathroom door and blasted Denise to death as she dialed 911.
Jayme also told the court that she had vowed to get her life back on track – and bravely told Patterson that he will have no further hold over her future.
Jayme explained: ‘There are some things that Jake Patterson can never take away from me.
‘I watched his routine and I took back my freedom. I will always have my freedom and he will not.
‘Jake Patterson will never take away my courage.
‘I felt like what he did was what a coward would do….He can’t ever change me.
‘I will go on to do great things in my life and he will not.
‘Jake Patterson will never have any power over me. He stole my parents from me. He stole almost everything I loved from me. For 88 days he tried to steal me. He should stay locked up forever.’
