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>>> I
>>> I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID THIS. THOSE ARE THE WORDS THAT CAME
IN A LETTER FROM A MAN CHARGED
WITH KIDNAPPING JAYME CLOSS AND
KILLING HER PARENTS .
>> THE LETTER ARRIVED THIS
MORNING FROM THE JAIL.
WE EXPLAIN HOW THIS TRANSPIRED
AND HOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO
KNOW HOW JAMIE'S, FAMILY KNEW
ABOUT THIS LETTER AHEAD OF TIME?
>> Reporter: I HAD A
CONVERSATION WITH JENNIFER SMITH
, SHE TOLD HER SISTER KNEW
ABOUT THE LETTER BEFORE WE
RECEIVED IT.
RECEIVED IT. I WROTE TO PATTERSON INITIALLY
TO ASK MANY QUESTIONS MANY OF
YOU OUT THERE WERE ASKING US.
THIS MORNING WHEN THE LETTER
ARRIVED I TOOK EVERY MEASURE I
COULD TO CONFIRM THAT IT DID
INDEED COME FROM PATTERSON.
A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE CASE SAID
THIS STAMP ON THE ENVELOPE IS
CONSISTENT WITH JAIL MAIL
PROTOCOL.
PROTOCOL.
PROTOCOL. THE PROTOCOL PREVENT ANYONE
FROM SENDING A FAKE LETTER
SINCE ALL MAIL IS REVIEWED.
WHAT'S IN THE LETTER?
LET'S WALK THROUGH IT TOGETHER.
THE LETTER BEGINS BY SAYING HI,
I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL ACTUALLY
SEND THIS.
SEND THIS. I WILL ANSWER SOME OF YOUR
QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS. SOME I CAN.
I WILL PUT A LOT OF DETAILS
ANYWAY.
ANYWAY.
ANYWAY. THERE ARE SOME SECTIONS
SCRIBBLED OUT AND AT THE BOTTOM
JAKE PATTERSON WRITES THAT MEAN
SELF REDUCTION.
SELF REDUCTION. MY FIRST QUESTION WAS WHY DID
YOU CONDENSE WHEN YOU WERE
CAUGHT AND WHY DID YOU CONFESS
IN SUCH DETAIL?
I KNEW AND I WAS CAUGHT WHICH I
THOUGHT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
SOONER I WOULD INVITE ANYTHING.
I TRY TO GIVE THEM EVERYTHING.
WASN'T COMPLETELY HONEST THAT
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO INTERVIEW
JAYME CLOSS.
JAYME CLOSS. THEY HURT HER MORE FOR NO
REASON.
REASON.
REASON. MY NEXT QUESTION, WHAT IS YOUR
PLAN NOW, PLEAD GUILTY OR TAKE
THE CASE TO TRIAL?
HIS ANSWER, PLEAD GUILTY.
I WANT JAYME CLOSS AND HER
RELATIVES TO KNOW THAT.
DON'T WANT THEM TO WORRY ABOUT
A TRIAL.
A TRIAL.
A TRIAL. WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO ON THE
SIX WHICH WAS PATTERSON'S LAST
COURT HEARING.
COURT HEARING. IN CASES LIKE THIS IT'S NOT
REALLY LOUD SO THE JUDGE MOVED
IT TO THE 27th.
WHAT LED YOU TO WANT TO KIDNAP
A GIRL IN THE FIRST PLACE?
IT'S NOT BLACK AND WHITE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY REMORSE OR
REGRETS FOR THE THINGS HE DID?
HIS ANSWER, HUGE AMOUNTS.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID THIS.
>> WHAT WAS YOUR LONG-TERM PLAN
IF JAMIE HAD NOT ESCAPED THAT
DAY?
DAY?
DAY? >>
DAY? >> WON'T SAY.
DID YOU CAN FIND ANYONE OR
LEAVE HINTS?
LEAVE HINTS? NO, AND MORE WORDS ARE
SCRIBBLED OUT.
SCRIBBLED OUT. I ASKED DID YOUR FAMILY REALLY
HAVE NO CLUE, HOW OFTEN WERE
FAMILY MEMBERS IN YOUR CABIN
AND HOW CLOSE DID THEY COME TO
DISCOVERING JAYME CLOSS UNDER
THE BED?
THE BED?
THE BED? NO ONE KNEW.
MY DAD ONLY CAME ON SATURDAYS
THE SAME TIME EVERY DAY SO IT
WAS A ROUTINE.
JAYME CLOSS, HYATT ON SATURDAY.
MY FAMILY RESPECTS PRIVACY SO
NO ONE EVEN WENT IN MY ROOM.
DID YOU EVER RETURN AFTER THE
CRIME OR INSERT YOURSELF
INDIVIDUALS ARE ANYTHING BEING
HELD IN HER HONOR?
DID YOU GET CLOSE TO HER FAMILY
FOLLOWING THE SHOOTINGS?
I STAYED AWAY.
HOW CLOSE DID YOU FOLLOW THE
NEWS COVERAGE?
NEWS COVERAGE? WAS JAYME CLOSS AWARE OF THE
COVERAGE ? I FOLLOWED IT
THROUGH MY PHONE.
IF SOMETHING POPPED UP ON TV I
WOULD CHANGE THE CHANNEL.
I WOULD TELL JAYME CLOSS I'M
SORRY I CAN'T WATCH THIS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE KNEW.
AUTHORITIES SAID PATTERSON
PLANNED THE CRIME IN GREAT
DETAIL INCLUDING SHAVING HIS
HEAD.
HEAD.
HEAD. I
HEAD. I ASKED HIM WHEN IN YOUR LIFE
DD YOU REALIZE YOU WERE
CAPABLE OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE
THIS?
THIS?
THIS? I
THIS? I EXPLAINED I JUST WATCH A
SPECIAL ON THE VTK KILLER AND
HE TOLD A REPORTER HE KNEW AS A
TEAM HE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING
LIKE THIS ONE DAY AND WAS
JEALOUS OVER ATTENTION OTHER
KILLERS LIKE TED BUNDY WERE
RECEIVING.
RECEIVING. I ASKED HIM IF HE FELT ANY SAME
BOX. HIS ANSWER, THE COPS SAY I
PLAN THIS THOROUGHLY AND I SAID
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. THEY ARE GOOD AT TWISTING YOUR
WORDS AROUND AND PUT THEM IN
DIFFERENT SPOTS.
DIFFERENT SPOTS. THEY STRAIGHT UP LIE.
THEY TRY TO COVER UP THEIR
MISTAKES.
MISTAKES.
MISTAKES. THIS WAS MOSTLY ON IMPULSE.
I DON'T THINK LIKE A SERIAL
KILLER.
KILLER.
KILLER. WHAT GOES THROUGH THE MIND OF
SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO CARRY OUT
SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
HIS ANSWER, AT THE TIME, I WAS
REALLY PAST.
REALLY PAST. I DIDN'T WANT TO.
THE REASON I DID THIS IS
COMPLICATED.
COMPLICATED. THE FINAL SENTENCE ON THE
LETTER SAYS NO ONE WILL BELIEVE
OR CAN EVEN IMAGINE HOW SORRY I
AM FOR HURTING JAYME CLOSS THIS
MUNCH . ON THE BACK AND BUBBLE
LETTERS IS AS, I AM SORRY, FOR
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. I KNOW IT DOESN'T MEAN MUCH.
>> CHRIS, SAYS HE WAS AWARE
PATTERSON SENT ME A LETTER.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE POST
PERKINS AS SHE HAS NO REASON TO
THINK IT'S NOT AUTHENTIC THE
ARRAIGNMENT WHERE HE WILL ENTER
A PLEA IS SCHEDULED MARCH 27.
HIS ATTORNEY WOULD NOT SAY
WHETHER HE INDEED WILL PLEAD
GUILTY.
GUILTY.
GUILTY. >> THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS
LETTER UNTIL TODAY.
>> THEY WERE WHERE THERE WAS A
LETTER THEY HAD NOT SEEN IT.
I INFORMED THEM.
>> IT CAN BE USED IN THIS CASE
AS WELL.
AS WELL.
AS WELL. >> A COPY IS LIKELY SCANNED AND
HANDED OVER TO THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY.
ATTORNEY.
ATTORNEY. >> IT'S SO BIZARRE.
HE ANSWERS QUESTIONS.
THERE IS NO SATISFYING ANSWER
TO THESE QUESTIONS.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THERE'S
LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW
WE WOULD PRESENT THIS LETTER.
DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT?
>> WE HAD A LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT
INITIALLY HEARD WE MADE THE
DECISION TO SHARE THIS BECAUSE
THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE IN
THE COMMUNITY ASKING THESE
QUESTIONS. WE FEEL THAT THIS
BRINGS THEM ONE STEP TO KNOWING
THE ANSWER AS TO WHY THIS
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. WE SAW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY BE
SMARTER ABOUT ISSUES