(City of St. Joseph, Mn)
ST. JOSEPH, Minn. (WJON KFGO) – The city of St. Joseph says there will be a memorial dedication Wednesday evening for Jacob Wetterling.
In 1999, the community planted trees in Klinefelter Park in memory of Wetterling and Officer Brian Klinefelter. A boulder was also donated, which is known as Jacob’s Rock. The Wetterling family has bought a memorial to place by the rock, to remember the 11 attributes that Jacob loved and wanted people to live by.
Eleven-year-old Jacob Wetterling was abducted near his St. Joseph home on October 22 1989. His body was recovered on September 1, 2016, in a pasture in rural Paynesville. Danny Heinrich of Annandale admitted to kidnapping, sexually assaulting, and murdering Wetterling. He is serving a 20-year sentence.
Officer Brian Klinefelter was shot and killed in the line of duty on January 29, 1996. Officer Klinefelter was stopping a pickup truck that was believed to be involved in an Albany liquor store robbery just minutes before.
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