SENTENCED TO THE MAXIUM OF 20
YEARS IN PRISON IN NOVEMBER.
AFTER THAT HEARING, THE
WETTERLINGS SPOKE PUBLICLY FOR
THE FIRST TIME SINCE JACOB HAS
BEEN FOUND.
THE WETTERLING FAMILY WAS IN
THE COURTROOM IN THE FRONT ROW
WHEN HEINRICH CONFESSED IN
DETAIL.
PATTY WETTERLING SAID IT WAS
INCREDIBLY PAINFUL TO KNOW HER
SON'S LAST DAYS, HOURS, AND
MINUTES.
SHE SAID THEY HAD ALWAYS HELD
OUT HOPE THAT JACOB WAS ALIVE
UNTIL HE WAS FOUND LAST WEEK.
WE'VE WATCHED PATTY FOR NEAR
THROUGH 27 YOURS TALK ABOUT THE
HOPE SHE HAD OF FINDING HER
SON.
YESTERDAY SHE HAD THE STRENGTH
TO TALK TO THE MEDIA RIGHT
AFTER HEINRICH'S CHILLING
COURTROOM CONFESSION.
SHE WAS SURROUNDED BY HER
HUSBAND, SON, AND TWO
DAUGHTERS.
WE LOVE YOU, JACOB.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT.
OUR HEARTS ARE HURTING.
I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU
ALL.
I'M JUST NOT READY YET, BECAUSE
FOR US, JACOB WAS ALIVE TILL WE
FOUND HIM.
WE NEED TO HEAL, AND WE WILL
SPEAK WITH YOU.
THERE'S A LOT OF LESSONS
LEARNED AND A LOT OF WORK TO DO
TO PROTECT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN.
Reporter: PATTY WETTERLING
ALSO THINKS ANOTHER VICTIM OF
DANNY HEINRICH.
SHE SHED JARED SCHEIERL HAD THE
COURAGE TO STAND UP AND TELL
HIS STORY UNTIL PEOPLE STARTED
LISTENING.
SCHEIERL WAS ASSAULTED IN COLD
SPRINGS.
DNA LINKED THE CASE TO HEINRICH
LAST YEAR, WHICH LED
INVESTIGATORS TO THE DISCOVERY
OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IN
HEINRICH'S HOME LAST SUMMER.
SCHEIERL SAID HE IS IN THE
PROCESS OF HELPING OTHERS FIND
CLOSURE.
I HOPE TO OPEN THE DOORS TO
THE PAYNESVILLE COMMUNITY FOR
STARTERS.
IT'S WHERE I'VE LIVED FOR THE
LAST 27 YEARS, UNBEE KNOWN TO
ME THAT JACOB WAS RESTING THERE
THE WHOLE TIME.
THE IRONY IN THAT IS SURREAL.
Reporter: HEINRICH CAN'T BE
CHARGED IN THIS CASE BECAUSE
TOO MUCH TIME HAS PASSED, BUT
SCHEIERL SEWED HIM, AND IS NOW
SEEKING DAMAGES.
PATTY WETTERLING, AS YOU JUST
HEARD, SAID THERE WERE A LOT OF
LESSONS LEARN REQUESTED, AND
STALE LOFT WORK TO DO TO
PROTECT CHILDREN.
SHE'LL BE SPEAKING ABOUT THAT
ANOTHER BOY, JARED SCHEIERL.
IN EXCHANGE, HEINRICH WILL
SPENT A MAXIMUM OF 20 YEARS IN
PRISON FOR THE CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY THAT WAS FOUND IN
HIS HOME.
ASHLEY ROBIDAS IS LIVE IN
THE -- ROBERTS IS LIVE IN THE
NEWSROOM WITH THE LATEST.
THE WETTERLING AGREED THE
PLEA DEAL WITH HEINRICH WAS AN
OPPORTUNITY THEY COULDN'T PASS
UP.
PATTY WETTERLING SAID SHE
DIDN'T WANT THE PLEA DEAL TO
FALL APART IS PART OF THE
REASON WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM
HER BEFORE NOW.
WE COULDN'T TALK.
IF YOU WERE IN COURT, YOU SAW
HE SIGNED THAT THING TODAY IN
COURT.
WE COULDN'T TALK.
WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING THAT
WOULD GET IN THE WAY.
AFTER THAT PLEA DEAL WAS
SIGNED IN COURT, THE WETTERLING
FAMILY LISTENED A AS HE TAKE
BOUT HE ABDUCTED, SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED, AND KILLED JACOB.
PATTY SHARED HER HEART FELT
THOUGHTS ABOUT JACOB AFTER
HEARING THAT COURTROOM
CONFESSION.
HE'S TAUGHT US ALL,000 LIVE,
NOW LOVE.
HOW TO BE FAIR.
HOW TO BE KIND.
HIS LEGACY WILL GO ON.
IT'S INCREDIBLY PAINFUL TO KNOW
HIS LAST DAYS, LAST HOURS, LAST
MINUTES.
IN 1990, THE JACOB
WETTERLING FOUNDATION WAS
ESTABLISHED.
A NATIONAL DAY PA BASE THAT
HELPS FAMILIES OF MISSING
CHILDREN.
THERE'S ALSO THE JACOB
WETTERLING ACT, WHICH REQUIRED
EVERY STATE TO CREATE A SEX
OFFENDER REGISTRY.