A
A SECTION
A SECTION IS SCRIBBLED OUT, THEN I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID THIS.
>> ANOTHER SIDE OF THE STORY,
IS HOW THAT COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN PATTERSON AND LOU
BEGAN.
BEGAN.
BEGAN. HERE IS CHRIS, WITH THAT ANGLE.
>> THIS IS A BIG DAY.
>> BIG.
>> BIG.
>> BIG. >> BIG STORY.
>> WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO WRITE
HIM A LETTER?
>> I THOUGHT THAT OBVIOUSLY
THIS CASE, HAS SUCH GREAT
INTEREST, THERE WERE STILL
QUESTIONS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
WERE ASKING ME, THAT REALLY
SHOULD BE POSED TO THE SUSPECT.
I WROTE A LETTER IN JANUARY,
AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED, AND I
WAS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD, I
SAID I AM A REPORTER WHO HAS
COVERED THIS FROM THE
BEGINNING.
BEGINNING. I HAVE FIVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU
THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ANSWERED IN
THE COURT FILINGS.
PLEASE WRITE BACK AT THIS
ADDRESS.
ADDRESS.
ADDRESS. >> HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING BACK
FOR HOW LONG?
>> A MONTH WENT BY.
I WAS WATCHING A SPECIAL ON THE
PTK KILLER ON TV.
AND THAT GUY, IN THAT CASE,
CORRESPONDED QUITE A BIT WITH
THE REPORTERS AND IT JUST
REMINDED ME OF THIS AND I WAS
LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT, HE HASN'T
RESPONDED BUT I WILL REACH OUT
AGAIN AND BE EVEN MORE DIRECT.
TODAY THERE WAS AN ENVELOPE IN
THE MAILBOX.
THE MAILBOX. >> WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU MOST?
>> THE NUMBER ONE THING IS HE
SAYS HE IS COMPLETELY GUILTY
AND HE SAYS HE WANTED TO PLEAD
GUILTY AT HIS LAST COURT
HEARING BUT THEY WOULDN'T LET
HIM.
HIM.
HIM. HE
HIM. HE SAYS ON MARCH 27 WHICH HIS
ARRAIGNMENT, WHERE WE WOULD ALL
EXPECT HIM TO PLEAD NOT GUILTY
IN THE CASE OF A TRIAL, HE
CLAIMS THAT HE PLANS ON
PLEADING GUILTY.
PLEADING GUILTY. OF COURSE THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AS THE
ATTORNEYS COULD YOU KNOW,
CONVINCE HIM OTHERWISE.
BUT THAT IS WHAT IT SAYS IN
HERE AND THAT IS HUGE.
>> HE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT
PROTECTIVE OF JAYME, AND
JAYME'S FAMILY IN THE LETTER.
>> THIS IS THE STUFF THAT WILL
BE OFFPUTTING TO PEOPLE.
I MEAN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE
LIKE OKAY, HE HAD JAYME'S BEST
INTEREST IN MIND?
HE CRITICIZES POLICE FOR
QUESTIONING HER, AFTER SHE WAS
FOUND.
FOUND.
FOUND. HE
FOUND. HE CLAIMS THAT HE TRIED TO GIVE
THEM EVERYTHING SO THAT THEY
WOULDN'T NEED TO PUT HER
THROUGH MORE PAIN.
>> THERE IS ONE THING HE DOES
NOT MENTION IN THAT LETTER AND
IT IS JAYME'S PARENTS WHO HE
IS ACCUSED OF MURDERING.
>> JIM AND DENISE HAVE SADLY
TAKEN SECOND FIDDLE ON THIS
WHOLE THING BECAUSE OF JAYME
BEING KIDNAPPED AND THE FACT
THAT SHE MIGHT STILL BE ALIVE.
THAT IS RIGHTFULLY SO BUT THEY
DID NOT GET EVEN THE COVERAGE
THAT THEY SHOULD'VE FOR SUCH A
BRUTAL MURDER.
BRUTAL MURDER. BECAUSE OF WHAT ELSE HAPPENED.
AND HE DOES NOT NAME THEM OR
EVEN MENTION HER PARENTS IN
THIS ENTIRE THING.
>> I POSE A QUESTION THAT SAYS
WHAT GOES THROUGH THE MIND OF
SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO CARRY OUT
SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
THE WAY THAT HE PHRASES THE
ANSWER, IS THAT I DON'T THINK
LIKE A SERIAL KILLER.
THIS WAS MOSTLY ON IMPULSE.
>> IT IS NOT ONLY HIM ADMITTING
THAT HE DID IT, IT IS HIM TO
RENT-FREE IN TREATING -- HIM
DIFFERENTIATING HIMSELF FROM A
SERIAL KILLER.
SERIAL KILLER. >> I REACHED A SOURCE WHO WAS
VERY CLOSE TO THIS
INVESTIGATION, TO THIS CASE,
AND THAT SOURCE TOLD ME THAT
THE WAY THIS WAS MAILED, FROM
THE POLK COUNTY JAIL WITH A
STAMP ON IT FOLLOWS THE
PROTOCOL THAT THEY HAVE THEIR.
AND THAT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE
FOR ANOTHER INMATE TO WRITE A
FAKE LETTER AND USE JAKE
PATTERSON'S NAME, BECAUSE THEY
REVIEW ALL THE MAIL THAT GOES
IN AND OUT.
>> SOME MIGHT SAY THIS IS
GLORIFYING PATTERSON.
GLORIFYING PATTERSON. BY PUBLISHING HIS LETTER.
AND GIVING HIM A VOICE.
DO YOU THINK IT IS DOING THAT?
OR DO YOU THINK THIS IS
NEWSWORTHY?
NEWSWORTHY? >> THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE THING
I WAS CONSCIOUS ABOUT WHEN I
CRAFTED MY LETTER.
I DID ASK HIM WHAT IS GOING
THROUGH YOUR HEAD NOW?
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING THAT IS
TALKING ABOUT WHAT HE IS
FEELING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I KEPT IT ALL FACT-BASED,
PRIMARILY WITH JUST QUESTIONS
THAT PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME, THAT
I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO.
I HAVE RECEIVED STILL MAIL
BEFORE.
BEFORE.
BEFORE. 99.9% OF THE TIME IT IS NOT
NEWSWORTHY.
NEWSWORTHY. IN A CASE LIKE THIS, THAT IS
NOT RESOLVED YET, WHERE THERE
IS STILL ALL THESE OUTSTANDING
QUESTIONS AND HE HASN'T EVEN
MADE A PLEA YET, HIS ANSWERS TO
THESE QUESTIONS ARE NEWSWORTHY.
>> AGAIN, THE KEY HERE FIRST
AND FOREMOST, WAS AUTHENTICITY.
IS THIS AN AUTHENTIC NOTE?
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
RIGHT? WE
RIGHT? WE REACHED OUT TO THE SHERIFF,
HE REACHED OUT TO THE SHERIFF
OF BARRON COUNTY AND SAID IT
WAS AUTHENTIC.
WAS AUTHENTIC. HE THIRD -- HEARD THAT IT WAS
AUTHENTIC.
AUTHENTIC. THEY HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE
IT WOULD NOT BE AUTHENTIC.
THAT WAS A BIG THING.
ALSO SOMETHING YOU MAY HAVE
NOTICED.
NOTICED.
NOTICED. THERE WERE LINES IN THE LETTER.
IT WAS FOLDED LIKE A PAPER
AIRPLANE AT SOME POINT WHICH IS
VERY EERIE.
VERY EERIE. >> I HEARD THAT FROM LOU.
THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS THAT
ARE STRANGE.
ARE STRANGE. WHAT I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT AND I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT TO ASK
HIM THAT.
HIM THAT.
HIM THAT. THE SCRIBBLES ON THE LETTER,
IS THAT REDACTED SCRIBBLE OR IS
THAT JAKE SCRIBBLING STUFF HE
DIDN'T WANT TO SHARE?
>> GOOD QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT ANSWER
BUT HE DOES SAY SELF REDACTED
LOL AT ONE POINT IN THE LETTER.
SO I WOULD IMAGINE IT WAS HIM
WRITING SOMETHING AND SAYING
OKAY, I WILL EDIT THAT OUT.
I CAN'T SAY THAT.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE DID IT.
>> I CAN SEE THE RETICENCE AND
I KNOW THAT I HAVE SEEN A
LITTLE BIT OF CHATTER ON LINE
ABOUT THIS.
ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL,
OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE FIRST AND
FOREMOST, IS THE SAFETY OF
JAYME CLOSS AND HER FUTURE AND
A MEMORY OF HER PARENTS.
THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT HE
ASKED, THAT YOU WANTED
ANSWERED.
ANSWERED.
ANSWERED. >> YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT
TO REJECT DEMISE ,