![Man Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping of Jayme Closs](https://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2019/01/Jake-Patterson1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Man Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping of Jayme Closs
BARRON, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents.
Twenty-one-year-old Jake Patterson pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of intentional homicide and one count of kidnapping. A count of armed burglary was dropped. The intentional homicide counts carry a sentence of life in prison.
Patterson admitted to kidnapping Jayme after killing her parents, James and Denise Closs, at the family's home on Oct. 15. Patterson held her at a remote cabin for 88 days before she escaped in January.
A criminal complaint says Patterson told authorities he decided to ``take'' Jayme after he saw her getting on a school bus near her home.
More From 98.1 Minnesota's New Country
![UPDATE: Jayme Closs Captor Sentenced to Life in Prison](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2019/01/Jake-Patterson1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Suspect in Closs Abduction Says He’ll Plead Guilty](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2019/01/Jake-Patterson1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Return of Jayme Closs Good Reminder Other Kids Still Missing](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2018/10/Missing-Person.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Suspect’s Father: ‘All I Care About’ Is Jayme’s Family](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2019/01/Jake-Patterson1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Suspect Watched Jayme Closs as She Got on Bus](http://townsquare.media/site/65/files/2019/01/Jake-Patterson1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Suspect in Wisconsin Killings, Kidnapping Due in Court](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2019/01/Jake-Patterson1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Grandfather: Wisconsin Teen In ‘Good Spirits’ After Rescue](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2019/01/Jayme-Closs1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Ex-Kidnapping Victims: Jayme Closs Needs Space, Time to Heal](http://townsquare.media/site/65/files/2019/01/GettyImages-846723802.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Jayme Closs Kidnapping Suspect Lived Under the Radar](http://townsquare.media/site/65/files/2019/01/Patterson.png?w=980&q=75)